Thoughts on Watching The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby is one of the representative works of American writer Fitzgerald, and Fitzgerald himself is the representative of the "lost generation". Therefore, Gatsby, the hero in the work, also has some shadows of the "wasteland spirit" of the upper class in the United States during the Great Depression. Gatsby is a typical example-he made a fortune by selling bootleg liquor, held a series of drunkenness and drunkenness in a mansion built with money, accompanied by piano music that attracted a lot of money, and rare flashy celebrities during alcohol and prohibition. However, this is just a tortuous acacia of "now, near my village, meet people". "He scattered starlight on moths in the past, just for one day" sitting in a stranger's house "."Gatsby's light of life and his lamp of hope, Daisy, finally lit him up after five years of infatuation. When he struggled to be as rich as Daisy's husband, he carefully passed Daisy's cousin "I", relived his first love dream when he was young, and stepped into the upper class in his heart.

In the film The Great Gatsby, there is a beautiful picture of Daisy entering Gatsby's mansion for the first time. Gatsby threw one colorful shirt after another downstairs and told us that as long as we have money, most clothes are unisex (crossed out). But in fact, it can be seen here that Gatsby is not really rich, because his shirt is too fancy and does not conform to the aristocratic style. Daisy cried when she looked at it, perhaps recalling the popularity of her girlhood, which is in sharp contrast with the married woman whose husband is cheating, perhaps because she could have had other life choices, but now she has a family and a daughter, so she can only be content with the feelings of the status quo. But in any case, she and Gatsby rekindled their love. One day, Gatsby asked Daisy to confess to Tom (Daisy's husband) and told him "I never loved you", but this was not true. Gatsby didn't see that Daisy and Tom were essentially the same kind of people. He is self-disciplined, speculative and climbs up step by step, thinking that he can be equal to them by accumulating wealth, but this is not the case, at least not completely. Sadly, he didn't see it or chose not to. Tom suggested going home and being quiet. So Gatsby and Daisy returned to the city in the same car, but no one thought it was a death journey.

When Daisy drove back to the city, Tom's mistress recognized that it was Tom's car, ran out and was killed on the spot. The frightened Daisy kept flying forward. Gatsby, who loved Daisy deeply, took responsibility. Defamation and accusations poured in, and Gatsby shot himself in the shadow. Before he died, he held out his hand in despair, as if trying to catch a wisp of air and leave a fragment-but in his hazy tears, it all ran too fast, and he knew that he had lost that part, the freshest and most beautiful part forever. Looking around the world, it seems that all of a sudden only ignorant bystanders and insiders are silent. Compared with noisy and quiet people, only "I" stands alone on Gatsby's side. Daisy and Tom flew away, and once the dinner was gorgeous, only the empty yard was left. Mr. Gates, who is old and rustic, saw the newspaper coming to the east to take away his son's body. It's sad to see his son achieve something without their knowledge, and proudly and clearly indicate that he doesn't belong to his own class.

In any case, this is a complete tragedy. Just as the novel says at the end, "We are struggling to move forward, and the ship is going upstream, being pushed back to the past by the tide", but isn't the hope of our life this elusive green lighthouse? Life is so hard, but I just want to have a good scenery.

Thoughts on Watching The Great Gatsby

Before watching this movie, I had collected the original works for ten years, and I had never seen them. Especially in recent years, I almost lost the habit of reading paper books. I remember the conversation between Watanabe and Yongze when I first learned that this work was still being watched. When I opened the book, it was full of fun, and I always kept its place in my heart. Anyway, I saw this old movie first.

I should have seen the film earlier, but at that time I didn't think the actress fit my image of Daisy. I remember that she seemed to have acted. This time I watched it because I wanted to see how Xiao Lizi interpreted Gatsby's thought, which exceeded my expectations of the hostess. He is the aura and acting skill of Diamond Male. Although his comprehensive image does not conform to Gatsby's feelings in the original book, it does not disappoint me, especially his eyes obsessed with dreams, which are a bit like him in the movie.

I didn't take every line seriously when I watched it, but I vaguely felt that the director was definitely an expert in manipulating the composition and atmosphere of the film. Daisy appeared in a room, and the white curtains were blown by the wind, full of her laughter. Gatsby kept throwing the silk he brought back from India to her downstairs. The witness or recorder of all this is Nick, who is the only one who really cares about him.

The most beautiful picture is Gatsby's king-like life scene, and the picture of the film is estimated to exceed the description in the book. He invited Daisy to a stand built by the sea to play golf against the sea. Just to enjoy the feeling that the ball will never come back

Originally, he and Daisy were lovers and agreed to come back to marry her when he became famous, but during this time, she got married. She didn't expect Gatsby to really come back as a super tycoon. Then they planned to elope. Xiao Lizi looked at her and cared about the feeling of ecstasy, which made me feel that she really became a daisy.

I was going to make up for not watching it carefully, but I was deeply attracted by the last conversation between Nick and Gatsby in the last half hour of the movie. Nick knows that Daisy won't run away with him, but Gatsby is too obsessed with his dreams to listen to him, and he doesn't say anything anymore. Just a little sad to say that he is leaving and going back to work.

When he left, he turned to Gatsby and said his first compliment to his face. "You are much better than those people!" " "Gatsby waved to him.

Later, Nick learned that Gatsby was shot by an intruder while working on Wall Street. Daisy didn't even come to the funeral

Finally, Nick's confession, he wrote at the end of recording this past, "I still remember the scene when Gatsby pointed out the green light at Daisy Pier that day. It took him a long time to make his dream within reach. He thinks the lamp is a symbol of a bright future, and the bright future is drifting away from us. We can only sail against the current, struggle forward, and be constantly returned, and finally we can only recall the days in our lives.

Nick looked at a stack of manuscripts. On the cover, he added greatness to the title with a pen.

Thoughts on Watching The Great Gatsby

This is a dream that was once considered almost impossible to realize. Unexpectedly, because of time or fate, it has already escaped our pursuit.

Fitzgerald borrowed Nick's eyes and looked longingly at Gatsby's pursuit of his dream, getting closer and closer, but just as he was about to touch it, it suddenly burst like a bubble. As the name implies, Gatsby is really something. He came from a humble background, won the hearts of all the ladies by cheating, and then cashed in his lies with his own efforts and gambling courage. Even when he heard that the secular people who came to his house for dinner every week spread rumors about him unscrupulously, Gatsby continued to entertain them without care, only refuting skeptics who did not believe that he had studied at Oxford University. He really doesn't have to care, because his wealth is enough to cover up his less glamorous past.

However, The Great Gatsby seems destined not to belong to the upper class of this dirty force. I have to say that he is very naive, so naive that he keeps the dreams that others have long forgotten in his heart year after year.

Gates' infatuation with Daisy can be seen everywhere in the text. But I don't think he's really that obsessed with Daisy. He just subconsciously decided that he was infatuated with Daisy. Before he got rich, "daisy" meant its "glorious history" once accepted by the upper class. This wonderful experience stimulated him to make money by hook or by crook and strive to be among the best. Every step of his success contributes to the sculpture named Daisy in his heart. Unconsciously, the weight of "daisy" became great and became his spiritual pillar. Even after Gatsby became famous, he could only habitually continue this dream. It can be said that in his day-to-day fantasy, "daisy" has been abstracted into everything he yearns for. She is fire, she is light, she is the meaning of his life.

In fact, there is no doubt that this dream has long died. It's just that Gatsby was too loyal to the last sporadic fire of hope, so he didn't have time to remember this reality and continue his persistent attempt to pounce on the light of the flame. Unfortunately, he was doomed to die.

In this farce, the only person who knows the truth is "me". Nick is an ordinary person, and his life is dull and casual. Unexpectedly, he became the last "friend" of the wealthy businessman's neighbor. This matter has nothing to do with him, he is only involved because he has some connections with relatives and friends. Nick played a cool bystander. When the protagonists have lost something and started a new life along a completely different trajectory, only his trajectory is fixed. As if everything was clear, he continued his old life, but his new girlfriend was gone, and he still didn't care whether he was sad or happy.

Maybe Nick is you and me. No matter from character or talent, it is not so good. He is not a role that stirs up the overall situation, but only witnesses the surging tide of others. Then turn a blind eye and continue to live by the rules.

But I always feel that this is not enough.

There is only one life, so let it be as beautiful as a flower, and let it go after a dream. Even if you know it's silly and useless, it's at least better than repeating the actions of others around you like a worker ant all your life: for yourself, there is no memory to look back on; For others, there is no sense of existence, just like never living.

The small lamp that Gatsby saw on the shore every night gave him the strength to persevere. There was no room for other light in his eyes, but he struggled to fly to the other side. Unfortunately, Gatsby's heavy feelings are beyond Daisy's endurance and understanding ability to pursue secular love and happiness. At first, she thought she had found her youth and was happily immersed in Gatsby's love. However, under the stern questioning of Tom and Gatsby, Daisy began to waver again. She may have loved both of them, or neither of them. She just wants to enjoy the spoiled romance, and she doesn't want to take any responsibility and trouble, and she doesn't want to make a headache choice. In her world, she is the most important. So even if she killed Tom's mistress and indirectly killed Gatsby, she didn't stand up and tell the truth after all. Daisy may not be a villain, but her escape proves that she is a selfish "coward". But who is not mortal? If you only know one inch of light in front of you, you will waste your life and lose your value in the price balance and comparison.

The author summarizes the novel at the beginning: "Gatsby himself is blameless in the end." What makes me temporarily lose interest in people's short-lived sadness and instant joy is what devours Gatsby's mind, and it is the dirty dust that comes after his fantasy disappears. " Gatsby was very sad. Not because of the broken dreams, but because of what the author calls "filthy dust". His mansion is always so lively, but it is always empty. People sang and danced all night, but they didn't know Gatsby, the owner sitting in the corner. Although there are many unexpected guests around him, he is really alone. Even his accomplices tried their best to refuse to attend his funeral. No wonder the weirdo who sleeps in the library is surprised. Gatsby has many friends, but he has no real friends and people who really love him. But, I don't know why, I don't think he will care about this. The harvest of his busy life has been shown to Daisy, and the light in his heart has passed through. In the end, he waited for Daisy's untimely death in disappointment, but he also avoided complete despair. That's enough. In my opinion, Gatsby may have realized his wish in the end of failure.

The fire went out after all. The ashes left by the burning covered the earth. Never mind, Gatsby can't be illuminated by the light of the evil world. Fire fighting lies in the moment of joy before jumping, not the loss after approaching. Now, he dances on the ashes and looks down sympathetically at the secular world under his feet. He radiates dazzling light, which I know only a dreamer can have.