Journal 21

Journal 21 - Some Like It Hot and The Great Gatsby Comparison/Contrast

Although Some Like It Hot is a comedy and The Great Gatsby is a tragedy, both works use popular culture to portray life in 1920s America.  Focusing on the following elements (characterization, conflict, and theme), discuss how the two works are similar and different and what each is saying about American life.

While Some Like it Hot and The Great Gatsby who different genres, they can be related by the way that they portray life in the 1920’s. Characters in both novels drink alcohol illegally, and parties are a bid aspect of each novel. Both of the novels have to do with people being in love. In Gatsby, he is in love with Daisy and in Some Like It Hot, Joe and Jerry both are interested in Sugar. Both novels have women who are flappers and are only interested in money. The women in the novels seem to portray women as shallow in the 1920’s. Daisy loved Tom because of his wealthy and Sugar fell in love with the personality created of a rich person. It showed that people during that time were more interested in having fun then good solid morals.