The Great Essay Although F.Scott Fitzgerald 's story The Great Gatsby has similarities to both Clayton’s and Luhrmann’s visual preference of the story; There are many things that make each of them unique and individual. For example, when Daisy tells Gatsby how she loves him but also Tom, the costumes that the characters wear are meaningful, and when Gatsby got shot by Mr. Wilson, these come together to create its greater complexity. They all have something in common, but they were made by a different person who had a unique way of letting the readers or viewers picture and visualize the story in their own way. In the novel there is a scene where Gatsby, Tom, and Daisy are in the room. They all start to argue and it ends up with Gatsby
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In the story it is during the hottest day of the year and Daisy decides to gather Tom and Gatsby in the house to eat lunch and then go out into town. During this scene the reader is told that she is wearing a white dress. “...Daisy and Jordan lay upon an enormous couch, like silver idols weighing down their own white dresses against the singing breeze of the fans.” ( Fitzgerald 131) The color white means morally unblemished and honorable. It shows the character od Daisy and how others thought of her. In Clayton’s version the viewers can see that Daisy is wearing a yellow dress. Some people might question why she is wearing a yellow dress instead of a white dress. No one knows the real reason for why he might have chosen this particular color as her dress and going against the author, but there are some reasons that might have lead him to pick the color and just go with it. Yellow stands for richness, but also happy or prosperous. Yellow also means successful, and extremely valuable. It is also the hottest day of the year and yellow is quite often worn between the hotter days to cool people down. Even tho he went against the author, it still fit into the time and season change and the meaning went well with the scene. Luhrmann’s version tries to make the costumes relate to the style that society has and at the time the story is supposed to take place. In the scene Daisy is wearing a …show more content…
Wilson, these come together to create its greater complexity. Even tho it is by three different people, they tell the story in their own way and make it how they envisioned it. Thanks to them three, everyone gets three different versions of The Great Gatsby and gets to enjoy this famous story in their own
In the story it is during the hottest day of the year and Daisy decides to gather Tom and Gatsby in the house to eat lunch and then go out into town. During this scene the reader is told that she is wearing a white dress. “...Daisy and Jordan lay upon an enormous couch, like silver idols weighing down their own white dresses against the singing breeze of the fans.” ( Fitzgerald 131) The color white means morally unblemished and honorable. It shows the character od Daisy and how others thought of her. In Clayton’s version the viewers can see that Daisy is wearing a yellow dress. Some people might question why she is wearing a yellow dress instead of a white dress. No one knows the real reason for why he might have chosen this particular color as her dress and going against the author, but there are some reasons that might have lead him to pick the color and just go with it. Yellow stands for richness, but also happy or prosperous. Yellow also means successful, and extremely valuable. It is also the hottest day of the year and yellow is quite often worn between the hotter days to cool people down. Even tho he went against the author, it still fit into the time and season change and the meaning went well with the scene. Luhrmann’s version tries to make the costumes relate to the style that society has and at the time the story is supposed to take place. In the scene Daisy is wearing a …show more content…
Wilson, these come together to create its greater complexity. Even tho it is by three different people, they tell the story in their own way and make it how they envisioned it. Thanks to them three, everyone gets three different versions of The Great Gatsby and gets to enjoy this famous story in their own