Daisy s Change of Character in the Movie and Novel of The Great Gatsby
... One such movie that follows this trend is the movie The Great Gatsby, directed by David Merrick, originally a novel written by F. ... This movie’s flaw was that its characters lack the depth of character evident in the original novel; for example, the character Daisy Buchanan was portrayed in the novel as a cunning, sly woman who carries a great dishonesty. However, David Merrick’s portrayal of Daisy in his rendition of The Great Gatsby on film fails to carry this cunning nature and instead replaces it with an emotional character, thus reducing the implication of dishonesty surrounding Daisy. In the original novel, Fitzgerald portrayed Daisy as a cunning woman that feigns ignorance to show the dishonesty she harbors.