The Movie or the Book? Nicholas Sparks has written multiple novels that have evolved into movies‚ such as The Notebook‚ The Last Song‚ Dear John‚ Message in a Bottle‚ and A Walk to Remember. The movies previously mentioned are as equally good as the novels except for Dear John. To me‚ Dear John is one of the best books written by Nicholas Sparks‚ yet the movie is the worst. The plot is excellent‚ but it is poorly portrayed in the movie. Several literary elements are found in both the movie and the
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time‚ the actions of others can also alter someone’s life. How people treat someone‚ what they say to them‚ and their other non-verbal communication can affect someone’s overall personality and ultimately their current identity. In the book Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson‚ this situation plays out with the main character‚ Melinda. She becomes an outcast and is ridiculed by her friends due to her 911 call over the summer during a party. Her friends and others believe that she called the police for no reason
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FEED‚ by M.T. Anderson‚ is one of those books that has voice galore. It had so much voice‚ it was kind of hard to read. In fact‚ as one point in the first forty pages‚ I got so frustrated with it‚ I put the book down and didn’t know if I would pick it back up. This is a book that’s told from the first person point of view of a teenager who is connected to internet feed. The feed is yelling at him all the time: ads‚ news stories‚ TV shows‚ games. It was like reading a book with a stereo blaring
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Just Try Isabel is a young girl. Isabel is a slave. Isabel is a girl who is constantly juggling new problems that are thrown at her. In Laurie Halse Anderson’s book Chains‚ people walk right over Isabel without even a thought. Isabel still gets back up. Three quotes that I think resemble Isabel’s situations are; “Life is tough my darling‚ but so are you”‚ “You have brains in your head‚ feet in your shoes‚ you can steer yourself in any direction you choose”‚ and “Hope
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I am still reading Ophelia Speaks by Sara Shandler. When I first started reading the book I was very interested in it but as I got further in reading the book personally I feel like it gets more depressing. They are all stories about how people have messed up in their lives in many different types of ways or the people’s family issues. It is a good way to learn what not to do‚ which will help some people. But‚ this book for me it is very boring because I would like to read something that is more
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difference between the movie and the book is an important character named Tom Sawyer‚ who is not present or mentioned in the film. It is evident from reading the story that Tom was a dominant influence on Huck‚ who obviously adores him. Tom can be seen as Huck’s leader and role model. He has a good family life‚ but yet has the free will to run off and have fun. Tom is intelligent‚ creative‚ and imaginative‚ which is everything Huck wishes for himself. Because of Tom’s absence in the movie‚ Huck has no one
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"I have existed from the morning of the world and I shall exist until the last star falls from the night. Although I have taken the form of Gaius Caligula‚ I am all men as I am no man and therefore I am a God (imdb)". (Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus‚ A.K.A. Caligula). A sense of divinity was not an uncommon perception by many historic leaders. With a majority of the known world under your command‚ an army so vast it makes the ground tremble underneath it‚ and the ability to do anything at
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Julia Golubenko Mrs. Greenfield Close Reading and Critical Writing November 13‚ 2007 The movie Namesake was a fairly good depiction of the book. As a movie‚ apart from the book‚ it was good. The characters played their role well‚ emotional scenes were shown‚ and the point of the movie was easy to see. The problems that I had with the movie‚ was the fact that they cut out Gogol’s whole college life and Ruth‚ his first girlfriend. This was taking out a huge part of his life‚ where Gogol actually chose
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Book vs. Movies A long time has passed since the idea that “The book is better than the movie” was accepted without question. There are almost no exceptions. Some key reasons why the film version of a book is so lacking relates to‚ one‚ the lack of depth of the story‚ two time constraints and‚ three‚ the inability for producers to include the full content of a story. Most of the time‚ if the movies follow an original script‚ and there is no book version to compare it to‚ it is most likely
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example than Wes Anderson‚ he is one of the best examples of a modern auteur‚ with a whimsical visual style all his own and narrative tendencies that remain consistent across his body of work. Chances are that if you know of Anderson and his past films‚ you can spot whether a movie is directed by him within five seconds of watching one his works or viewing a trailer for an upcoming film. With a distinct color palette that links everything from a the production design to the outfits‚ Anderson adheres to
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