The comparisons between the novel and the movies are vast, but the novel still remains to be the better version. Fitzgerald’s writing is amazing, which is why so many are assigned to read The Great Gatsby in school. His venture in writing this novel began because he was in need of money, but he wrote something much deeper in meaning. The 1920s changed Fitzgerald along with many others, not always for the better. The Great Gatsby teaches us about the trials of the American Dream, and how obsession can lead to our demise. We all desire to be happy, whether it be through another person, or acquiring material things. Gatsby wanted both, and his obsession only hurt him, and eventually killed him. Movie adaptations sometimes get the point across
