Journal 21

Some Like it Hot and The Great Gatsby are similar and different in many ways. Many of the characters have clear similarities with each other. Junior, Joe’s rich persona, is similar with Gatsby because they are both using their wealth to impress the girl of their dreams. Daphne is similar to Nick because they are both sidekicks to the main characters in the stories. Sugar is similar to Daisy because they both are interested in rich men. Osgood is similar to Tom due to the fact that they both have a lot of money without doing a lot of work. They were different because the characters in Some Like it Hot are more humorous that in The Great Gatsby. In Some Like it Hot there is a love triangle similar to the one in The Great Gatsby. The themes are different because one is more about crime and morality while the other is more about love, romance, and marriage. There is also more of a focus on social class in The Great Gatsby than in Some Like it Hot.