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The Great Gatsby, a historical novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Initially had mixed reviews. The New York Times called this novel a “glorified anecdote” While others considered it minor work. Fitzgerald claimed she only earned $4,000 off of this novel. Unfortunately, she passed 15 years after the publishing of her book in 1940 of a heart attack before she could see the popularity of her book skyrocket during the sixties. In this time the book became an important part of high school…

Despite the common idiom “don’t judge a book by it’s cover,” book covers play an essential role in grabbing attention from potential readers. Book covers leave lasting impressions on people in a bookstore or in the appstore, and are more influential and eye-catching than a summary. With this knowledge in mind, most publishers choose flashy and memorable covers as a means of luring in an eager audience. However, for world renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald, book covers serve a much more…

Some movies are based off of good books, this is a known fact. Often, Hollywood blockbusters stem from the imaginations of a work of an author. However books and movies don’t always portray the same meanings and story in the end result. Often a movie will have all the same people and places, yet by changing a changing the dialogue, deleting a scene or two, and changing other details certain facets of the story change from the novel. In contrast the novel may do a better job explaining certain…

After reading F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby there was one chapter that I really enjoyed the most. Chapter five, in my opinion, is one of the most important chapters in the novel. Gatsby and Daisy finally meet. Not to mention all the symbolism in this one chapter that you just can’t miss, and if it is adapted into a movie it must be well executed, for if not the movie will fail to bring purpose to the book. In the 2013 film version of The Great Gatsby directed by Baz Luhrmann the scene…

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a common piece in a student’s high school experience because a large majority of students read the book. This novel is the¬¬¬ mysterious story of the lust between Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan, narrated by a neighbor to Gatsby and cousin to Daisy, Nick Carraway, considered a classic among generations. Nearly all classics eventually become an overdone and painful-to-watch film version; therefore, The Great Gatsby is no exception. This rule stays true not…

In the 2014 version of the film, The Great Gatsby, the scene in which Daisy meets Jay Gatsby for the first time in five years differs slightly from the scene described in the original novel. In the film, Director Baz Luhrmann uses contrasting color schemes between the homes of Nick and Gatsby to foreshadow the change in emotion and situations that will occur. While Gatsby, Daisy, and Nick are having tea in Nick’s home, Luhrmann makes emphasizes the tranquility and peacefulness of Nick’s home as…

6) The Great Gatsby’s death in the book is not much different than it was in the Movie. In the Movie Gatsby he was in love with Daisy but she was not his girlfriend. Gatsby built a house and was planning a life with Daisy until he got called to war. Gatsby was also trying to get all the financials together before he was going to meet up Daisy again. When he came back from the war 5 years later, Daisy was already married to to Tom Buchanan. Gatsby wanted to meet with Daisy to see if she…

In the story of The Great Gatsby, the narrator who explains everything is named Nick and he tells us about all the characters in The Great Gatsby . To know more about Nick the narrator, he is a non judgemental person , rich, joined the WW1. Then there is Gatsby, who is the main character. Tom is married to Daisy who is cousins with Nick, and Jordan Baker is Daisy’s friend and is interested in Nick. Myrtle is Tom’s mistress who he tries to keep secret, but everyone knows he is having an affair.…

Regarded as one of the most exceptional novels of the twentieth-century and deemed a classic, Francis Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” portrays a veracious painting of what American life was during the early 1900’s. The story reflects on the promising American dream and the zealous Jay Gatsby who yearned for the eternal love of the golden-girl Daisy Buchanan. Thereafter, eighty-eight years would elapse before director Baz Lurhmann would take charge of adapting the pages of Fitzgerald’s…

The Great Gatsby is a film that was produce in 2013 adapted from F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel that used the same title. The movie opens up with Nick Carraway staying at a hospital to treat his alcoholism, while he’s there his doctor suggests that Nick should write down all of this thoughts because writing has been a passion for Nick. The setting would take place in the roaring twenties in a fictional area known as the West Egg in Long Island, New York. Nick met up with his cousin Daisy…