Everyone has that one person who manages to turn their lives upside down for better or worse. It is hard to forget about that person as you may have heavily depended on them whether it be socially or romantically. The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is about that one person. The novel itself centers around the story of Jay Gatsby, who spends 5 years waiting for his one true love, Daisy, in hopes that they will one day get back together. Because of the extremely interesting, somewhat tragic plot, there have been film adaptations of it, trying to capture the atmosphere the novel brings to an even larger audience. The 2013 film adaption by Baz Lurhmann is no different. The film manages to capture the accurate representation of the
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Daisy, who is played by Carey Mulligan, illustrates the idea of a “beautiful little fool” perfectly (17). A synonym for foolish is imprudent. Imprudent is the correct word to describe a character like Daisy, who does not care about the consequences of her actions. An example of that is when she reconciles with Gatsby and begins an affair behind her husband, Tom’s back. She leads Gatsby on, and gives him the impression that she will leave Tom for the sake of Gatsby. In the film, there are even scenes of Daisy and Gatsby spending very private time together (Luhrmann). All of that proves Daisy is the fickle trouble-maker the novel and film depicts her to be. In chapter 7 of the novel, Daisy is described to be looking “desperately” from Tom to Gatsby when Tom decides to call out Gatsby in front of everyone as she has clearly changed her mind in telling Tom that she wants to leave him (129). This correlates to the scene in the film where Tom and Gatsby are arguing about who loves Daisy more (Luhrmann). You can see that Daisy is visibly uncomfortable and agonizing about the whole situation, which is why she keeps changing locations and trying to avoid the subject. She agrees to things very easily, but she does not usually keep the promises she has made. Daisy and her husband are described to be “careless people” as they have the tendency to “[smash] up things and creatures,” and then proceed to go …show more content…
Joshua Rothman from The New Yorker talks about how “Gatsby’s romantic fantasies, his love story, exerts the most force in the novel,” and I do agree with him. Because the novel itself is centered around Gatsby and Daisy, you can expect Gatsby to be quite clingy to Daisy. However, Leonardo DiCaprio’s version of Gatsby is far too possessive of Daisy. It may be the director’s choice for the film version of Gatsby to be more controlling over Daisy as a way to exaggerate the story line and make the film more intriguing; however, having done so, it changes the character of Gatsby by a whole lot. In the novel, Gatsby is basically trying to win Daisy back by showing her how rich he has become and how much he still cares for her, however in the film, Gatsby seems more possessive of Daisy. When Gatsby blurts out how Daisy has never loved Tom in the novel, he is more relaxed about it, “your wife doesn’t love you, said Gatsby” (130-132). He is supposed to be relaxed when telling Tom that, because he, naturally confident, has the mindset that Daisy will leave with him. In the film, Gatsby acts more desperate than needed, you can see very clearly that Gatsby is truly worried and tense as there is sweat dripping on his face. He practically answers questions from Tom to Daisy for Daisy, as if he is afraid of Daisy giving
Daisy, who is played by Carey Mulligan, illustrates the idea of a “beautiful little fool” perfectly (17). A synonym for foolish is imprudent. Imprudent is the correct word to describe a character like Daisy, who does not care about the consequences of her actions. An example of that is when she reconciles with Gatsby and begins an affair behind her husband, Tom’s back. She leads Gatsby on, and gives him the impression that she will leave Tom for the sake of Gatsby. In the film, there are even scenes of Daisy and Gatsby spending very private time together (Luhrmann). All of that proves Daisy is the fickle trouble-maker the novel and film depicts her to be. In chapter 7 of the novel, Daisy is described to be looking “desperately” from Tom to Gatsby when Tom decides to call out Gatsby in front of everyone as she has clearly changed her mind in telling Tom that she wants to leave him (129). This correlates to the scene in the film where Tom and Gatsby are arguing about who loves Daisy more (Luhrmann). You can see that Daisy is visibly uncomfortable and agonizing about the whole situation, which is why she keeps changing locations and trying to avoid the subject. She agrees to things very easily, but she does not usually keep the promises she has made. Daisy and her husband are described to be “careless people” as they have the tendency to “[smash] up things and creatures,” and then proceed to go …show more content…
Joshua Rothman from The New Yorker talks about how “Gatsby’s romantic fantasies, his love story, exerts the most force in the novel,” and I do agree with him. Because the novel itself is centered around Gatsby and Daisy, you can expect Gatsby to be quite clingy to Daisy. However, Leonardo DiCaprio’s version of Gatsby is far too possessive of Daisy. It may be the director’s choice for the film version of Gatsby to be more controlling over Daisy as a way to exaggerate the story line and make the film more intriguing; however, having done so, it changes the character of Gatsby by a whole lot. In the novel, Gatsby is basically trying to win Daisy back by showing her how rich he has become and how much he still cares for her, however in the film, Gatsby seems more possessive of Daisy. When Gatsby blurts out how Daisy has never loved Tom in the novel, he is more relaxed about it, “your wife doesn’t love you, said Gatsby” (130-132). He is supposed to be relaxed when telling Tom that, because he, naturally confident, has the mindset that Daisy will leave with him. In the film, Gatsby acts more desperate than needed, you can see very clearly that Gatsby is truly worried and tense as there is sweat dripping on his face. He practically answers questions from Tom to Daisy for Daisy, as if he is afraid of Daisy giving