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    Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve is a lengthy piece of writing dating back to 1740 that was transformed into a well known children’s movie today. The moral of the original story by Madame Villeneuve is that love isn’t about what’s on the outside its about what’s on the inside. The Disney Movie version premiered in 1991 took the story and transformed it into the movie that most people know of today. The Disney version is also titled Beauty and the Beast and the typical happily ever after happens for

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    Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep in comparison to Blade Runner The novel‚ ‘Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep’‚ written by Philip K. Dick in 1968‚ explores the bleak life of San Francisco‚ in the aftermath of World War Terminus. The text presents the struggle of humans as they tussle to retain their humanity in a world dependent on artificial ‘mood organs’ and ‘empathy boxes’‚ which allow them to experience feelings- an event that no longer occurs naturally. Several characters in the text undergo

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    When I was a kid‚ one of my favorite story books was‚ Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. As a piece of my childhood‚ that simple story about Max and the “wild rumpus” meant a lot to me. So in the fall of 2009 when I saw the coming attraction for the full-length feature film‚ my first thought was‚ “I really hope they do it justice.”      In chapter 10 of Adaptation: Studying Film and Literature‚ authors Desmond and Hawkes note that one of the potential reasons for the failure of an adapted

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    - A2028710087 [BOOK SUMMARY‚REVIEW AND COMPARISON WITH THE MOVIE BY MIRA NAIR] BOOK SUMMARY AND REVIEW The first word of Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake isn’t a word at all. It is a date. 1968‚ to be exact. But in many ways it is fitting that the opening line

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    The Great Gatsby ----comparison between book and 1974 movie The difference between the developing way of books and movies is magnificently huge because the way of emotion transmitting is different; the movie is based on vision‚ while the book is based on words. ADDITONS in plots: In the beginning of the movie‚ Nick is sailing a boat and then meets Tom at the dock‚ while Tom was just riding a horse. However‚ in

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    Hamlet: A Comparison of Two Movies By Michael Bucknam May 29‚ 2006 The purpose of this report is to compare and contrast two movies made about Hamlet. I will present and discuss different aspects of the version directed by Kenneth Branagh to that of Franco Zefirelli. During this paper you will be presented with my opinions in reference to determining which version of Hamlet best reflects the original text by Shakespeare. I will end this paper with my belief and explanation of which

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    memoir‚ The Glass Castle written by Jeannette Walls has been converted into a movie in which was released on August 11‚ 2017. The movie also called The Glass Castle was written and directed Destin Daniel Cretton. In the movie Jeannette Walls was being played by Brie Larson‚ Rex by Woody Harrelson‚ and Rose Mary by Naomi Watts. My expectations were set high for the movie due to me having the background knowledge of the book and it’s fine details. Therefore it did not meet my expectations as much as

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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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    Reading The Book vs. Watching The Movie Reading or watching movie has been a hot topic under debate for the past fear years. Some people find it very hard to choose whether or not to read the book or watch the movie of something. Ultimately‚ most people end up both reading and watching the movie because usually the movie comes out a while after the book is released. Most people find that there are huge similarities and differences between reading the movie and watching the movie in regards to detail

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    island. Comparing the book and the movie‚ the similarities are more significant. The movie keeps all the major plot elements and the symbolism. However‚ the book does demonstrate the deaths differently and is missing some plot points. Upon searching for the similarities between the 1954 novel and the 1963 film the similarities strike more significant than the differences and they are very important to the plot of the movie. The major elements of the plot remain in the movie. For example‚ all the

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