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The Great Gatsby is a story about the power of money, power, love, and revenge. It also show kind of what the “American Dream” of that time period and what it could consist of. The story the Great Gatsby has two forms of it, one is the novel version the other is the movie. Throughout both versions you get some similar and different things that happen in the story. In more detail this discussion will go more in depth the characters and the scene and how they are similar and different. First…

The Great Gatsby comparison and contrast between the book and the 1974 movie. The difference between the ways the book expresses and shows the characters then in the movie, but the movie helps you understand the plot and storyline better. The 1974 movie uses vision to show the characters filled with emotion while the book uses dialogue. The Great Gatsby plot and setting in the movie and book are mostly the same. Most of the movie used things from the book, but some things were changed. The 1974…

The Great Gatsby Comparison In 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote a classic novel called The Great Gatsby, and in 2013 Baz Luhrmann directed a film over the story. Both stories take place just outside of New York City, where a man named Jay Gatsby lived and fell in love with a married women named Daisy.There are many similarities in the story, as well as many differences. Although they may be small differences, they certainly do have an impact on how the story is perceived. One of the larger ways…

Period 4 English 3 CP Mrs. Iannuzzi The Great Gatsby Movie Review After reading the novel, “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and now watching the movie, it is apparent that there were several differences made from the book to the movie that are both good and bad. Although there were minor things changed from the book to the movie, the overall theme and plot remains the same. The actors chosen for this movie portrayed the characters of the book very well, and the movie gives an accurate…

The adaption of the book The Great Gatsby into a movie was done in its own unique way. A book is capable of leaving interpretation up to the reader, while a movie takes the interpretation of someone and gives it visuals for others to follow. A primary source for visuals is in symbols. Symbols are able to be distinguished by different means, whether descriptive words in a novel or by drawing focus with the help of visual and auditory aids in a movie. Novels and movies are both—in different…

The time and setting were in the 1920 known as the roaring 20’s.The movie of The Great Gatsby maintained true to the original book written by Scott F. Fitzgerald. Of course, as with the majority of most movie adaptations, there were minor and subtle changes in the movie, missing content from the book. One of the biggest differences between the film and the book was the characters of both Daisy and Tom Buchanan. In the novel, Daisy seems to be a more educated well brought up lady.…

The Great Gatsby is a great story.It has very different characters that are all bold in their own unique ways. It also has a setting that is upscale and dirt poor in the same setting. This story is portrayed by a well written book and a very well put together movie. And, although it's the same story in both there are some differences that occur between the characters and the setting. But as many would think there are of course multiple similarities. In the book and the movie many of the…

The Great Gatsby is a novel written in 1925 by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in 1922, the describes the short lived affair of Jay Gatsby and the narrator’s cousin, Daisy. This book was adapted into a film in 197 and later adapted into another in 2013. Though they are based on the same book they have many differences, such as the character portrayal and the level of extravagance in each film. They also had few similarities, such as the length of the film and the overall plot. The way the characters…

The novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is about Jay Gatsby and his love for a girl named Daisy. The book is set in the 1920s in Long Island, New York during the Prohibition era. It is told by Nick Carraway two years after the story took place. Nick is a bonds man from Minnesota who now lives next to Mr. Gatsby in the West Egg district. Unlike Nick, Mr. Gatsby lives in an immense mansion and throws enormous, lavish parties every Saturday night. Nick meets his second cousin Daisy…

The Great Differences Between the Gatsbys; Film versus Novel The Great Gatsby, a classic novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is said to be one of the most influential novels of the 1920’s. Later, adapted into a film by Baz Luhrmann, this quintessential novel has striking differences when compared with its adaption; giving viewers a skewed perception of the Jazz Era. Characters, main plot points and even the main character Gatsby all carry some sort of difference from the book to the movie.…