Essay On The Basketball Diaries

People tend to show their lack of consideration for those who they don’t show much sympathy towards. This lack of consideration can encounter many problems between individuals. Many differences are conveyed in the book Basketball Diaries by Jim Carroll. Although both Scott Kalvert’s film and Jim Carroll’s novel portray Jim as a character who hides his true feelings from everyone in his life, their leads major barriers, Kalvert’s interpretation of the play while examining his own behaviour and change in attitude differs from Jim Carroll’s original version; this allows the audience to feel more attached to the book. It is clear that there is a major difference between both the book and movie; this is evident through the exploration of characterization.
When it came to came to the novel, The Basketball Diaries, Jim deliberately made individuals encounter the wrong idea of his personality, which initially ended up being on the dark side of people’s perspective that had a negative impact. On the other hand, the movie’s plot has showed his negative side affecting his positivity which ultimately turned out to be a never ending negative perspective. Jim is alone and says “You're growing up. And rain sort of remains on the branches of a tree that will someday rule the Earth. And it's good that there is rain. It clears the month of your sorry rainbow expressions....” (Carroll 124) Jim interprets his comparison between the rain and him, how they’re two different entity yet share the same qualities. This quote signifies Jim’s interpretation of change, he examines his abilities through rain, how rain can have a positive and/or negative effect for an individual. Also, this quote interprets, one should never think precipitation will fall based on false assumptions. However, in the movie, Jim acknowledges his perspective based upon a rock, dull, quiet and no sympathy, which signifies a contradiction between both medians when it comes to changes in Jim’s personality. To conclude, Jim has learned to get through judgments based upon false assumptions in the book