The Great Gatsby - Comparitive
The movie created by Jack Clayton as well as the novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, both are titled The Great Gatsby, are two great pieces of art. The movie version shows the viewer what is happening in the story without the internal comments from the narrator, Nick Carraway, and the viewer can understand exactly what is happening in the story without having to analyze anything. The novel, however, challenges the reader to analyze the writing in order to understand what’s going on. It lets the reader explore the characters personalities and shape their own opinions about the symbolism. The novel is told from the perspective of a single character, Nick Carraway. Nick is virtuous and nonjudgmental character and when the story is told by this kind of character, the story seems to be told objectively. Nick is genuine, yet critical, and is through his narration because he tells the story with his comments about the different characters. For example, when he describes Tom’s speech on the family, “Nowadays people begin by sneering at the family lif
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Approximate Word count = 726
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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