There can be many differences in modern films and novels. They may have kept the same plot or main points but changed some details, large or small, changing the story drastically. Changing some details can change the feel or feel of the story or the characters within it. Before you can determine the differences, you need to look at the similarities. One of the main differences between the two works is the initial meeting between Jay Gatsby and Nick Carraway. Gatsby and Nick met at a party that Gatsby had thrown at his mansion. Nick had been invited to this party because he was Gatsby's neighbor, and Gatsby knew that Nick and Daisy were friends, as they were cousins. Daisy is the girl that Gatsby let get away. This basic plot is the same in the film and the novel. However, the details change within the two storylines. In the book version, Nick and his friend, Jordan Baker, meet at the party and Jordan decides to look for his friend Gatsby so Nick can meet him. They looked around but couldn't find him anywhere. At some point they end up sitting at a table with other people. “We were sitting at a table with a man my age…‘Your face is familiar to me,’ he said politely” (51). The two men began to talk for a while about the war and then the conversation turned to the party. "This is an unusual party for me. I haven't even seen the host. I live there... and this man named Gatsby sent his chauffeur with an invitation... 'I am Gatsby,' he said to the sudden (52)”. The meeting in the film happened differently. They were still at a party at Gatsby's house, but Gatsby met Nick in a crowd of people and seemed to be looking for Nick. .. ... half of the paper ...... movie shows the scene where Gatsby is relaxing in his swimming pool, waiting for a call from Daisy who says they can run away together to get out of the pool, Wilson shoots him, leaving Gatsby bleeding in the pool. Gatsby's death is not described in the novel, it is barely mentioned that they found him in the pool with blood floating around him and "... the gardener. he saw Wilson's body a little far away, in the grass..." (170), rather than on the patio. In the novel, Fitzgerald never mentions the place from which Nick writes nor does he imply it. In the film, it is implied that Nick checked himself into the sanatorium and wrote from there while attending counseling sessions. Which also implies that The Great Gatsby had a huge impact on his life. Overall the 2013 version of The Great Gatsby followed the novel very closely