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The Great Gatsby: Similarities and Differences of Novel and Film
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The Green Light
Differences:
Gats and Daisy
The green light at the end of the Daisy and Tom's doc is a permanently lit electric lamp that marks the end of Daisy and Tom's boat dock. It's practical purpose is to warn boats at night or during harsh weather conditions that there is a structure there, hence why it is always actively flashing.
The green light is a recurring symbol in the novel and film of an unattainable dream, derived from the first appearance of Gatsby as he stands with his arm stretching out to the green light which is directly across the bay from his mansion from the end of his doc.
The Green light represents the bold thoughts each generation develops with aspiration to make the world a better place. This view of hope resonates with the world, Gatsby represents the wonder of the American Dream, "Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter- tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms further".
Differences:
Gats and Daisy
The Green Light
The film portrays less loyal parts to the book by creating the scenes with more dialogue to give a difference incite to the character’s relationships. Coppola felt there had to be more dialogue between Jay and Daisy in the film, he resolved this through research of the Fitzgerald’s technique and voice of literature through reading his short stories, creating the scene that is least loyal to the novel. In the scene when Daisy and Jay when talk about their past, why Daisy married Tom instead of waiting for Gatsby to return from war, Coppola had to interpret the dialogue in the form of Fitzgerald’s typical way of implementing encounters of love interests based in the ‘Jazz age’ and the expectations and social standards based upon whom a person should spouse, “Because rich girls don’t marry poor boys, Jay Gatsby. Haven’t you heard? Rich girls don’t marry poor boys” (The Great Gatsby, 1974, 1.10.15).