The Great Gatsby (Help needed for paper)

[Yero]

The Great Gatsby (Help needed for paper)#1

Posted: 2/14/08 at 11:27pm

So this student teacher assigned a paper where we have to describe 2 major differences between the novel The Great Gatsby and the film version... when we haven't even finished watching the movie yet.
So, if you've read the book and watched the movie (specifically the one made in 2000 with Paul Rudd and Mira Sorvino), can you possibly give me one major difference that I could expand upon in an essay? I already have one:

SPOILER!!!!SPOILER!!!!SPOILER!!!!SPOILER!!!!SPOILER!!!!SPOILER!!!!
How Gatsby is killed in the very beginning instead of near the end.
SPOILER!!!!SPOILER!!!!SPOILER!!!!SPOILER!!!!SPOILER!!!!SPOILER!!!!

But I need one more.... thanks a ton in advance!

"I have this mental image of Patti barreling down the street and pushing tourists out of her way." -colleen_lee

[WickedGeek28]

re: The Great Gatsby (Help needed for paper)#2

Posted: 2/14/08 at 11:31pm

I haven't seen the movies of the novel, but if you have any novel-based questions, I'd be happy to answer them for you.

"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
To Kill A Mockingbird

[SueleenGay]

re: The Great Gatsby (Help needed for paper)#2

Posted: 2/14/08 at 11:34pm

One big difference...the novel is brilliant, the movie sucks.

PEACE.

[nmartin]

re: The Great Gatsby (Help needed for paper)#3

Posted: 2/14/08 at 11:40pm

I just googled these words: great gatsby novel movie difference. Many sites came up.

[Yero]

re: The Great Gatsby (Help needed for paper)#4

Posted: 2/14/08 at 11:48pm

Yes, I tried that, but many of the sites compare the book with the 1974 film.

"I have this mental image of Patti barreling down the street and pushing tourists out of her way." -colleen_lee

[LePetiteFromage]

#5

Posted: 2/14/08 at 11:51pm

Updated On: 1/27/09 at 11:51 PM

[Yero]

re: The Great Gatsby (Help needed for paper)#6

Posted: 2/14/08 at 11:53pm

It's actually due tomorrow... haha. Procrastination is my worst enemy.
We are watching the movie in class, but we haven't even finished it yet.

"I have this mental image of Patti barreling down the street and pushing tourists out of her way." -colleen_lee

[SueleenGay]

re: The Great Gatsby (Help needed for paper)#7

Posted: 2/14/08 at 11:57pm

Is this for Dollypop's class? Because his late close personal ex-friend, Jerry Hadley starred as Jay Gatsby in the opera version.

PEACE.

[Yero]

re: The Great Gatsby (Help needed for paper)#8

Posted: 2/15/08 at 12:03am

If Dollypop is secretly a 20 something student teacher named Stephanie, maybe.

"I have this mental image of Patti barreling down the street and pushing tourists out of her way." -colleen_lee

[PalJoey]

re: The Great Gatsby (Help needed for paper)#9

Posted: 2/15/08 at 12:10am

It's all about the eyes of Dr. T. J. Eckleburg.

Enough said?

[nitsua]

re: The Great Gatsby (Help needed for paper)#10

Posted: 2/15/08 at 12:37am

Weren't they blue?

I remember them having to do with God.

"Writing is like prostitution. First, you do it for love, then you do it for a few friends, and finally you do it for money." ~ Moliere