GG Movie vs. GG Book

Was it easier to understand the plot and the symbolism with or without watching the movie?

For me personally it was easier to read the book, then watch the movie, and then go back and re-read the book. The book was extreamly confusing for me because I've never read a book with a large amount of symolisim, motif, and themes before this book. Yes, I remember The Odyssey, and The Alchemist, but I don't think those books had as much symbolism as this one. And I don't think those books had a movie, and if they did my bad, anyway, The Great Gatcby was easier to understand for myself after reading the book and watching the movie. I just want your option on which helped you understand the book better.

Great Gatsby

Choose any topic of interest that we have discussed in class (or not discussed, if you have a new one) in relation to The Great Gatsby and explore it further. Use textual evidence to support your ideas.

During seminars we talked about the green light at the end of Daisy's dock, and how Gatsby is always reaching out to it as if it was his goal to reach it. Well I thought about how while he was reaching for the American Dream, he was also reaching for Daisy. Because of his past life of as a soldier he met Daisy, when he met Daisy he fell in love. After he fell in love with her he wanted to marry her, but he was still poor, and Daisy was starting to get tired of waiting for Gatsby. We know she married Tom after a while and that whole shabang, but what really caught my eye is when Gatsby did finally become rich, and when he bought the house across from Daisy. As he reached out to the green light he was reaching for two things, Daisy and the American Dream, Daisy I think was top priority in this book. He was so close yet so far away, he had her once, but he will never have her again...