Differences Between Great Gatsby Movie And Book

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The time and setting were in the 1920 known as the roaring 20’s.The movie of The Great Gatsby maintained true to the original book written by Scott F. Fitzgerald. Of course, as with the majority of most movie adaptations, there were minor and subtle changes in the movie, missing content from the book. One of the biggest differences between the film and the book was the characters of both Daisy and Tom Buchanan. In the novel, Daisy seems to be a more educated well brought up lady. Whereas in the movie, she is came across as the typical, unintelligent blonde. Tom is the All American guy in the book, described as a well built football player with a confident gait. In contrast with the film, he is a scrawny and skinny husband whom Daisy

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