Great Gatsby Video Analysis

The Great Gatsby Analysis of Video

The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a story of revenge and deceit. The novel takes place during the early 1920’s, a time in America where everyone was succeeding in their own ways. The novel depicts many events that can be viewed in many different ways by people. In the movie, the director chooses his own perspective and views of how The Great Gatsby happened in his mind. The book and movie both tell the same story, but each in a different way.
In the book, the most significant event that happened was at the very end where Gatsby was shot and killed by Wilson, who then shot himself in the head with the same weapon. This was the climax and Fitzgerald wrote this very well to describe what occurred. However, in the movie, some events that seemed minor became much more serious because of the gruesome nature that the movie showed. Two examples are when Gatsby was shot and Wilson committed suicide and when Myrtle was hit by a ...