The Great Gatsby: Book vs. Movie
The Great Gatsby the novel and the movie have similarities and differences. The major differences the movie and the novel have is that Gatsby died thinking he was a winner, Jordan and Nick have something going on, and Gatsby makes an entrance. These are some examples of the differences between the novel and the movie of The Great Gatsby.
There are many differences between the movie and the novel of The Great Gatsby. One difference is that Gatsby died thinking that he was a winner. It was the phone call that made the movie a little different than the novel. Gatsby was waiting for Daisy and decides to go for a swim, while his butler waits for her to call as well. “Until long after there was any one to give it to if it came” (Fitzgerald, chapt. 8). The movie shows much more than what has been described in the text. Gatsby steps out of the pool as the phone rings, thinking that Daisy was …show more content…
The difference is that you can’t exactly have somebody, like Nick, not notice that Gatsby was being played by Leonardo DiCaprio. He would probably immediately know that he was Gatsby, and not some random stranger having a conversation and talking about his stories in the war out of nowhere. Nick and Gatsby make plans for the next day, and then confesses he has not met the host yet. Gatsby admits that he is the host, and says “I thought you knew, old sport. I’m afraid I’m not a very good host” (Fitzgerald, chapt. 3).
There have been some major differences between The Great Gatsby novel and movie. Some differences would be that Gatsby died thinking he was a winner, Jordan and Nick definitely have something going on, and Gatsby makes a grand entrance. Gatsby thought that Daisy was the one that called, Nick and Jordan definitely flirt but never actually hook up, and Gatsby would have been easily spotted from anywhere. These are the reasons why there are many differences between the novel and the film of The Great
There are many differences between the movie and the novel of The Great Gatsby. One difference is that Gatsby died thinking that he was a winner. It was the phone call that made the movie a little different than the novel. Gatsby was waiting for Daisy and decides to go for a swim, while his butler waits for her to call as well. “Until long after there was any one to give it to if it came” (Fitzgerald, chapt. 8). The movie shows much more than what has been described in the text. Gatsby steps out of the pool as the phone rings, thinking that Daisy was …show more content…
The difference is that you can’t exactly have somebody, like Nick, not notice that Gatsby was being played by Leonardo DiCaprio. He would probably immediately know that he was Gatsby, and not some random stranger having a conversation and talking about his stories in the war out of nowhere. Nick and Gatsby make plans for the next day, and then confesses he has not met the host yet. Gatsby admits that he is the host, and says “I thought you knew, old sport. I’m afraid I’m not a very good host” (Fitzgerald, chapt. 3).
There have been some major differences between The Great Gatsby novel and movie. Some differences would be that Gatsby died thinking he was a winner, Jordan and Nick definitely have something going on, and Gatsby makes a grand entrance. Gatsby thought that Daisy was the one that called, Nick and Jordan definitely flirt but never actually hook up, and Gatsby would have been easily spotted from anywhere. These are the reasons why there are many differences between the novel and the film of The Great