The Ending Wed wager that everyone who passed GCSE English is familiar with the basic story of F. Scott Fitzgeralds seminal work, The Great Gatsby. Baz Luhrmanns 2013 adaptation though at times a tad overproduced is faithful to the novella. After taking all the responsibility off the shoulders of Daisy Buchanan (Carey Mulligan) for mistakenly killing her husbands mistress in a road accident, Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio) is abandoned by the love of his youth having fulfilled his use to her. Gatsby is then shot and killed by the husband of the deceased mistress who deduces that the enigmatic tycoon killed his wife. Depressing because The tragedy of the tale is that we see a man fail to realise his dreams despite spending years spent creating the perfect storm in which to achieve them. When you take this bleak story and revitalise it by adding the acting chops of people like DiCaprio, Mulligan, Joel Edgerton and Elizabeth Debicki its impossible to not be emotionally wrecked by this stellar adaptation. A Silver-Lining? It is one of the sweetest silver-linings in American Literature that Gatsby dies with infinite hope in his heart, awaiting Daisys phone-call.
Hailing from South East London, Sam Heard is an aspiring writer and recent graduate from the University of Warwick. Sam's favourite things include energy drinks, late nights spent watching the UFC with his girlfriend and annihilating his friends at FIFA.
