The Great Gatsby Film and Book
The film ran pretty close to the actual book. The dialogues for the most part were exactly the same and the scenes in the movies seemed to fit those of the book very well. Many of the differences were very minor and insignificant. There were a handful of differences that are worth noting however. Many of them are scenes left out of the movie that occurred in the book. A few times something is switched around. I had a list of differences from the film that spanned 3 pages but I selected a few of the main ones. A difference that seems inconsequential but it really is quite important is that in the movie there is no “owl man”. In the book Nick runs into the owl man in Gatsby’s library going through his books amazed that they are real books, all of the highest quality. Although that seems very unimportant that scene in the book shows how hard Gatsby tries to have the appearance of being a rich, successful person in society. I saw a small detail in the movie that has a deeper meaning that I did not notice in the book. In the movie at Gatsby’s first party there is two scenes showing a scrappy scuffled looking dog. In one scene the dog sneaks onto the table and grabs a pi
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Some common words found in the essay are:
, Gatsby Gatsbys, Jordan Nick, Tom Daisy, Nick Gatsbys, Daisy Tom, Nick Gatsby, book nick, scene book, gatsbys house, scene tom, hotel gatsby, book movie,
Approximate Word count = 796
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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