F. Scott Fitzgerald’s well known American novel, The Great Gatsby was transformed into two movies by the directors Jack Clayton and Baz Luhrmann. It is more interesting for American teenagers to watch a summarized movie rather than to read a 9 chapter book, it also helps them to understand the story more easily. Gatsby’s death in the novel symbolized the death of the American dream, Luhrmann’s movie developed this theme more effectively than Clayton’s movie because of the cinematography, sound effects
historical fiction novel, The Great Gatsby, he draws many parallels between the East and the West and people and places. In the foreboding novel, Fitzgerald warns for a need to separate the values of the East and the West in order to reveal how society needs to preserve the morals of the West and eliminate the morals of the East. Gatsby and Nick both come from the West, a place where people express compassion, ambition, strength, love, and order. Nick immediately connects with Gatsby through similar backgrounds
In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby attempts to win back his love, Daisy, and has gone to great lengths to make himself considered worthy of marrying a rich girl. There is a problem with his underlying goal that makes it impossible. He wants more than to just win her back. He wants to return to the time when they were first in love and when Daisy had never loved her husband Tom. He firmly believes that he can do this, and it leads to his downfall and death. In Jack Clayton’s 1974
Gatsby Vs. Gatsby The book and the movie have many things in common but they also have many things that are different. They both have the same theme obviously otherwise they wouldn’t have the same name. They also have the same characters in both but some of the characters are different in the movie than portrayed in the book although they have the same name. Another thing to compare is that some scenes are different in the movie than they were described in the book. Taking all of these comparisons
Oftentimes these movies are considered to be not as good as the book. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a classic novel that gives us a glimpse into the 1920s. The story begins with Nick Carroway explaining the backstory of his life. He lives in West Egg, across the bay from his cousin Daisy Buchanan and next to a mysterious man named Jay Gatsby, whom he never sees. Daisy is married to Tom Buchanan, a vacuous man of old money. Gatsby on the other hand is a man of new money, who became wealthy through
The Great Gatsby exceeded my expectations in every way. The book written by F. Scott Fitzgerald is truly rich in detail and makes you feel like you are living in the 1920s. Director and Producer, Baz Luhrman did an excellent job creating a cinematic version out of the original lititure created by Fitzgerald. Being a person who learns better visually, I enjoyed the film much more than the book. Leonardo DiCapro (Gatsby) and Tobey Magguire (Nick Carraway) we're great choices of actors to play the
The Great Gatsby” is an American novel by author Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald published in 1925. It describes the story of some characters from the fictional town of West Egg on the renowned Long Island in the 1922 summer. Jay Gatsby, the young and mysterious millionaire, is the protagonist of the novel and the book talks about his love and passion for his lover Daisy Buchanan. Nick Carraway is his neighbour with whom he shares the secrets of his life and become good friends eventually. As the story
novel The Great Gatsby has inspired many people and other artists, including Hollywood. There have been many movies that were made based off of this famous novel. The most poplar movie for thirty-nine years was Jack Clayton’s adaptation of The Great Gatsby in 1974. Recently in 2013 Baz Luhrmann came out with his film of this widely known story. Whenever movies are made based on books they never fully show every part or they even change some things. In Clayton’s 1974 film of The Great Gatsby there are
“The Great Gatsby” and “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” are the most popular books of the modern age. The books became so popular that they even were turned into film adaptations. When the novels were turned into movies something happen between the convergent of the medium. The response from both fans and critics alike are viewed negatively when the films are not to expectation. Films based on novels are usually not as good as the book because they do not get in to depth with the characters, have missing
one will always dominate the other, but once in a great while the movie will hit the book right on the money and the world is happy. Francis Scott Fitzgerald created a powerhouse novel that stuck out through multiple decades and is still alive in classrooms today. Some people may think that trying to create a movie from a greatly appreciated book is a bad idea, but Baz Luhrmann pursued his goal and made a vivid, unique motion picture. The Great Gatsby movie director did an above average job with connecting