Sunday, June 6, 2010

The Great Gatsby film versions



The Great Gatsby film versions are good films that represent the book very well. The movie gives you a picture of what the scene could look like, which is fairly pleasing to the eye. As a reader of the book you get to see the old styles of clothing and cars that were used in the 1920s. The Movie also comes very close with the the lines each character says and what Nick is thinking about throughout this magnificent story.



The Great Gatsby film version also shows off what you would think the characters would look like for the most part. Paul Rudd is the perfect Nick character. He has all of the same qualities as nick and he plays the role very well. another character that comes close is Toby Stephens as Jay Gatsby. He has that smile that you would imagine Gatsby to have. The film version of The Great Gatsby does an all around good job with the book and i would recommend it as a rental.


Thursday, June 3, 2010

The Men of Gatsby



There is alot of different types of men in the Gatsby. There is Tom the tough cheating rich man who went to Yale. Then there is Nick the somewhat poor man who is very independent and an all around good man. Gatsby is another fellow who gets his money through illegal ways in order to win his lover back into his own heart. All of these men are very different within the Great Gatsby.



Typically the men in Gatsby are rich men. These men usually work themselves to death or they cheat to get to the top. Most of the men in Gatsby are also very egotistic as well. They usually only care about themselves and if anything they will care for there family, but anything outside they do not really care about them. Most of the rich men in Gatsby feel that people who make less money are worthless and that they really dont matter in the world. These are the types of men in Gatsby.


Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Jealousy






In the book, The Great Gatsby there is a lot of jealousy between people. Not only in the book was there a lot of jealousy but in the 1920s was the time of jealousy. Everyone would try to out do and be better then the rest which created drama between a lot of people back in those days. This also shows and refleacts in the Great Gatsby. Tom Daisy's husband shows his jealousy of Gatsby by thinking his just a bootlegger and nothing he says he does is true. Tom ends up investigating in Gatsby and his buisness and soon fineds out the truth about him. There is also issue over money in the book and the fact that it brings jealousy to a lot of people but in the end it doesnt truely buy happieness. The way Daisy marries Tom because of his money but is still never over Gatsby shows the way money is involed in the story and how in the end Daisy ends up falling back in love with Gatsby.