Adaptation Sources

1.     Social History

"1925." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 15 Feb. 2015.

This website has all the events that occurred the year that The Great Gatsby was released.

"JiffyNotes: Great Gatsby, The: Summary: Historical Context." JiffyNotes: Great Gatsby,            The: Summary: Historical Context. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Feb. 2015.

This website has the historical context of the book itself.

McCarty, Jeanne Bozzell. The Struggle for Sobriety: Protestants and Prohibition in           Texas, 1919-1935. El Paso: Texas Western, U of Texas at El Paso, 1980. Print.

This book has information relating to prohibition, which was a big issue around the time that The Great Gatsby was published.

2.     Genre

"Book vs. Movie: “The Great Gatsby”." Book vs. Movie: “The Great        Gatsby”. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Feb. 2015.

Gives specific details on the differences between the book and the movie.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott, and Matthew J. Bruccoli. The Great Gatsby. New York,         NY:Scribner, 1996. Print.

The Great Gatsby. Dir. Baz Luhrmann. Perf. Leonardo DiCaprio. Carey Mulligan, Tobey             Maguire. Warner Bros., 2013. Film.