The Great Gatsby Gruesome Differences Many years there have been inspirational books that have been made into movies, some are impressive while some are appalling. While Baz Luhrmann's depiction of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby was a magnificent one, it had its flaws. They both shared many similarities and differences with the characters, the setting, and the symbols. The symbol the green light-- that is at the end of the Buchanan's dock-- is portrayed differently between the novel and the movie. In Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, the green light represents Hope and the pursuit of prosperity and dreams that never come to fruition are represented by green. The Green light at the end of Daisy’s dock represents hope to Gatsby that someday
