The Great Gatsby is known as one of the greatest classic novels in literature. This is a book about Jay Gatsby’s love for a beautiful girl named Daisy, and his determination to repeat the past with her. Gatsby and Daisy’s complex love affair is the main focus of this book, and their relationship is portrayed in many different ways, depending on who is telling their story. The relationship between Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan in the novel, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and the 2013 movie version by Baz Luhrmann has many essential similarities, but it also differentiates by the moments they spend together and the responses Gatsby expresses to Daisy’s decision. Jay Gatsby’s incredible devotion to make Daisy happy and impress her varies
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Nick says in the novel “I knew that except for the half-hour she’d been alone with Gatsby she wasn’t having a good time” (106). In the film, you see that Daisy and Gatsby go off together in the forest to talk for a while until Nick comes and interrupts their conversation (Luhrmann). After that night, Gatsby stops having his parties, and he fires all of his servants because he realizes Daisy does not enjoy them, and he was only having these extravagant parties to please her. In the novel, Nick says “only gradually did I become aware that the automobiles which turned expectantly into his drive stayed for just a minute and then drove sulkily away” (113). On the contrary, the movie version only shows the house to be dark and quiet instead of lit up to look like a castle like it usually is. Another example is when the reader finds out that Daisy was actually the one who hit and killed Myrtle. In both versions, Gatsby is willing to take the blame for Daisy’s actions just to keep her reputation safe. Furthermore, Gatsby does everything he can to make Daisy happy because he is trying to repeat the …show more content…
The 2013 movie version shows a time where Daisy and Gatsby go on a picnic together, and another moment when Gatsby puts on his old uniform and dances with Daisy above a single lit candle like they did when they were young (Luhrmann). Gatsby is willing to do whatever it takes to regain their past relationship together, and he even shows Daisy the book he put together of all the articles she was mentioned in. We observe from both works that Gatsby is completely in love with Daisy, however, Daisy shows that she has a disinclined attitude to commit herself fully to Gatsby. Daisy is very tentative about her relationship with Gatsby. The first moment that one gets a hint of Daisy’s attitude toward Gatsby is when Nick is at her house for lunch and Jordan brings up Gatsby. Daisy overhears the conversation and says “Gatsby? What Gatsby?” (Luhrmann). The reader learns that Daisy and Gatsby have some sort of relationship at this moment, and later in the story their relationship together advances. In both the novel and the film, Gatsby tries to tell Tom about him and Daisy, but she quickly avoids the topic and suggests they go to the
Nick says in the novel “I knew that except for the half-hour she’d been alone with Gatsby she wasn’t having a good time” (106). In the film, you see that Daisy and Gatsby go off together in the forest to talk for a while until Nick comes and interrupts their conversation (Luhrmann). After that night, Gatsby stops having his parties, and he fires all of his servants because he realizes Daisy does not enjoy them, and he was only having these extravagant parties to please her. In the novel, Nick says “only gradually did I become aware that the automobiles which turned expectantly into his drive stayed for just a minute and then drove sulkily away” (113). On the contrary, the movie version only shows the house to be dark and quiet instead of lit up to look like a castle like it usually is. Another example is when the reader finds out that Daisy was actually the one who hit and killed Myrtle. In both versions, Gatsby is willing to take the blame for Daisy’s actions just to keep her reputation safe. Furthermore, Gatsby does everything he can to make Daisy happy because he is trying to repeat the …show more content…
The 2013 movie version shows a time where Daisy and Gatsby go on a picnic together, and another moment when Gatsby puts on his old uniform and dances with Daisy above a single lit candle like they did when they were young (Luhrmann). Gatsby is willing to do whatever it takes to regain their past relationship together, and he even shows Daisy the book he put together of all the articles she was mentioned in. We observe from both works that Gatsby is completely in love with Daisy, however, Daisy shows that she has a disinclined attitude to commit herself fully to Gatsby. Daisy is very tentative about her relationship with Gatsby. The first moment that one gets a hint of Daisy’s attitude toward Gatsby is when Nick is at her house for lunch and Jordan brings up Gatsby. Daisy overhears the conversation and says “Gatsby? What Gatsby?” (Luhrmann). The reader learns that Daisy and Gatsby have some sort of relationship at this moment, and later in the story their relationship together advances. In both the novel and the film, Gatsby tries to tell Tom about him and Daisy, but she quickly avoids the topic and suggests they go to the