At the beginning of the book Nick meets Tom at his door, and in the movie he meets him at the dock and is then driven to the house. In the book the second chapter starts off with Tom and Nick in route to pick up Daisy, while in the movie, it starts off with nick drinking coffee on his porch and he describing the preparations for the party scene at Gatsby’s. He then describes the parties from looking out from his porch while eating dinner. Nick’s first meeting with Gatsby is different in the movie than in the book. In the movie, Nick is summoned by a tough-looking, unfriendly man and silently brought to Gatsby who is observing the party alone. In the book, Nick has a substantial conversation with Gatsby before finding out who he is. This occurs during the party, with Jordan Baker next to him. There are a few scenes in the movie where Gatsby encounters Daisy, asking why she married Tom, telling her he had promised to come back, reminding her she promised to write, that are not in the book. There is also the line, “rich girls don’t marry poor boys” not in the book. This movie makes no reference to Dan Cody, the wealthy yachtsman who is an important influence in Gatsby’s early adulthood. Only three attend Gatsby’s funeral; Nick, Gatsby’s father, and the minister this is from the book. In the book, a man wearing owl-like glasses arrives separately. In my opinion, I think the novel was more effective, because in the book the author has shown the potential of money that can do to people. Fitzgerald shows money can make people careless and selfish; ultimately all of the characters in the book show themselves to be disloyal. Bad character spans all classes. Money can buy you many things and it practically makes the world go round or at least makes you move to the right direction but money can’t buy you happiness. Or
At the beginning of the book Nick meets Tom at his door, and in the movie he meets him at the dock and is then driven to the house. In the book the second chapter starts off with Tom and Nick in route to pick up Daisy, while in the movie, it starts off with nick drinking coffee on his porch and he describing the preparations for the party scene at Gatsby’s. He then describes the parties from looking out from his porch while eating dinner. Nick’s first meeting with Gatsby is different in the movie than in the book. In the movie, Nick is summoned by a tough-looking, unfriendly man and silently brought to Gatsby who is observing the party alone. In the book, Nick has a substantial conversation with Gatsby before finding out who he is. This occurs during the party, with Jordan Baker next to him. There are a few scenes in the movie where Gatsby encounters Daisy, asking why she married Tom, telling her he had promised to come back, reminding her she promised to write, that are not in the book. There is also the line, “rich girls don’t marry poor boys” not in the book. This movie makes no reference to Dan Cody, the wealthy yachtsman who is an important influence in Gatsby’s early adulthood. Only three attend Gatsby’s funeral; Nick, Gatsby’s father, and the minister this is from the book. In the book, a man wearing owl-like glasses arrives separately. In my opinion, I think the novel was more effective, because in the book the author has shown the potential of money that can do to people. Fitzgerald shows money can make people careless and selfish; ultimately all of the characters in the book show themselves to be disloyal. Bad character spans all classes. Money can buy you many things and it practically makes the world go round or at least makes you move to the right direction but money can’t buy you happiness. Or