The Great Gatsby Compare And Contrast Essay

In the story of The Great Gatsby, there are four characters. The main character is Gatsby. He is rich, lives in West Egg New York, and throws parties that last all weekend long. Gatsby had a girlfriend that he loved before he left for war. His girlfriend promised him she would wait for him. Her name is Daisy Buchanan, but Daisy got married to Tom Buchanan before Gatsby came back from war. Daisy broke her promise and then married Tom, because she could not get married to a poor man. After the war Gatsby comes back as a rich man and then wants Daisy back in his life. Jordan Baker, Daisy 's best friend, plays professional golf. The most important character in The Great Gatsby is Nick Carraway. Nick is the only character that knows everything …show more content…
One similarly of both of The Great Gatsby movies is they are the same time period, the 1920’s. Another similarly is that all of the men in that time period wore suits. In both movies, Gatsby wore a pink suit when they all went to New York. There was cheating in both of the movies by Daisy, Tom and Myrtle. There was a lot of dancing in both movies also. Gatsby still has all his parties in both movies. Gatsby also got killed the same way by getting shot by George Wilson in both …show more content…
The newer movie of The Great Gatsby is not as accurate to the 1920’s time period. The parties and the music at Gatsby’s house were not accurate to the time period. Most of the clothes the men and women wore were not accurate to the time period as well. The way they talked and acted were not accurate to the time period. Jay-Z did not exist in the 1920’s and that was the type of music that they played in the new movie. They should have played Jazz. The accurate music in that time period was jazz and classical