Some
Like It Hot and The Great Gatsby both focus on the culture of affluence. The
underlying theme of both works is money and indulgence. Both have character that
drink and smoke. Characters are also having affairs in The Great Gatsby and
are getting married and divorced multiple times in Some Like It Hot. In Some
Like It Hot, girls are attracted to wealthy millionaires. Sugar fell in love
with Joe because she thought he was a wealthy oil tycoon. In Gatsby, Daisy fell
for Tom because of his wealth. Both works also address conflict with the law during
prohibition. Gatsby was selling alcohol in his drug store under the counter and
the gangsters were running liquor illegally. Both works include woman that are flappers and who drink. Gatsby
has lavish parties with the music of the day and Joe and Jerry are musician in
speak easies. The characters are also characterized as shallow; however, more
so in Gatsby. They are only after trivial things in life. The characters are
also struggling to find love in both of the works. The works are different in that both characters find love in Some Like It Hot and Gatsby looses his love. Some Like It Hot is also far more comical than Gatsby and has a more jubilant ending. Asgood is like Tom because they both are born into wealth. The criminals in both works, Gatsby and Spats, are killed in the end.
