SUMMARY OF GATSBY
MOVIE
It begins when Nick Carraway talks
to his psychiatrist about "Gatsby," his neighbor. Nick was intrigued
by the life of Gatsby, wanted to find out who it was. Nick knows one of
Gatsby's famous parties. Soon Nick knew that Gatsby is in love with Daisy
Buchanan. Daisy was Nick's cousin, and also the wife of Tom Buchanan. Tom had a
mistress, Myrtle.
Nick found out that Gatsby and Daisy
had been in love before, but Daisy married Tom while Gatsby was in Europe
during the war. After this, Gatsby made his fortune illegally. So he decided
buy a mansion in Long Island to be near of Daisy. Gatsby's house was across the
bay right in front of Daisy's house. From where, she could see a green light every
night.
Nick decided to help to reunited
Gatsby with Daisy and they began meeting in secret often. But Tom knew of his
wife’s romance. Tom and Gatsby argue over who really loves Daisy. Daisy says
she wanted both, but decided to return to her house with Gatsby.
Later,
Daisy accidentally ran over Myrtle (Tom's mistress) while driving Gatsby's
yellow car and escape without further. Myrtle's husband Gatsby blames the death
of his wife. So he killed Gatsby and then he shouted himself. At the end, Daisy
and Tom ran away together with their daughter. Nick was the only one that
attended Gatsby's funeral along with several reporters.
ANALYZE 3 CHARACTERS
Jay Gatsby: He was a very mysterious young
millionaire. He was one of the new rich of society. But before, he was a poor
boy. He was always wanted something more ambitious and knew that wasn’t the
life he deserved, he knew he was capable of great things. This shows his
motivation, determination and passion which then we would look at the character
that he created for himself, his new incarnation, Gatsby. He was completely in
love with Daisy and tried to protect to the end.
Daisy Buchanan: She
was Nick’ cousin, Tom's wife and the love of Gatsby's life. Gatsby's fortune
and whole his life was built on the hope that someday he can revive his love
with Daisy. Daisy is a different character is flirty, she liked to have fun.
Daisy is a dreamer, an idealist, is presented as someone irresistible.
Tom Buchanan: He
was Daisy’s husband. A rich man, but also he was a brute and an athlete. He was
a football player. He came from an extremely rich family. He was very selfish
and did what he had to do to get what he wanted. Above all, he looked for take
control of his life and control over others. When Tom realized that Daisy loved
Gatsby, he forced confrontation. He was very abusive. Although never hit Daisy
but to his lover did. He wasn’t attentive or responsive to his wife, she
actually said "brute" to him.
PERSONAL OPINION
I really liked the movie, it's
different, not a typical love story and drama. It's like a re imagination of
the 20s, with luxury, glitter and music. I liked the mystery that gives the
characters, Gatsby and Daisy to the movie, their reunion. And the end isn’t
like typical love late. They present the harsh reality of when someone becomes
obsessed with a person and doesn’t care about anyone but her to end up dying
almost by someone who didn’t attend either his funeral. Both main characters were
somewhat indifferent to certain events. First Gatsby a little bit evader and at
the end, Daisy determined to continue her life no matter she left behind.
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