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    William Faulkner’s short narrative ‘A Rose for Emily’ was printed. William Faulkner’s narrative may be one of the greatest anthologized works of literature. In 1981‚ Lyndon Chubbuck directed a movie based on the short story. This film has‚ however‚ received criticism from critics suggesting that the feature movie failed to bring about the same emotions as reading the short story. The film failed to bring out the Southern Gothic culture and traditions‚ the change in the chronological order of the events

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    Freak By: hp This book project is on The Cirque du Freak. Cirque du Freak was an amazing book that was made into a movie in 2009. The use of this essay is to tell you the differences between the movie and the book. The book and the movie were not really the same at all. The first difference is the movie is not just called Cirque du Freak it is called Cirque du Freak the Vampires assistant. In the book Darren Shan the main character narrates the book while in the movie it is some omniscient

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    Period The movie‚ “The Great Gatsby”‚ begins with Nick Carraway (main character) working with a doctor to recover from his health after troubles with alcohol. Nick also confesses the events leading up to Jay Gatsby’s death. Also‚ Jordan Baker’s entire storyline is sped up and her unlikely romance with Nick is cut out throughout the movie. In the book‚ the two have a casual affection for each other‚ especially as Jordan is shown to be dishonest. Furthermore‚ While Fitzgerald’s book always feels

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    Great Gatsby the book contrast against the book in many different ways. Nothing in the movie that was changed from the book‚ changed the overall impact or the meaning of the story. At the beginning of the movie there is not very many differences to the book but near the middle to the end it starts to change a little more. The First contrast would have to be at the beginning of both the movie and book‚ were Tom was described in the book as a very muscular man‚ thats fit and doing all these sports

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    The book and the movie of The Devil’s Arithmetic had many similarities and differences. The movie had Rivka as Chaya’s cousin while the book did not. In both of them Hannah does not want to go to the Seder. The book and the movie showed how much you should value what you have and how you live your life. The Devil’s Arithmetic was written by Jane Yolen. The story starts off as a girl named Hannah was complaining to her mother about not wanting to go to the Seder. She is named after her Aunt Eva’s

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    released as a movie‚ tells the story of a zombie outbreak and the events that unfold as the world turns into complete chaos. Throughout the book and the movie‚ zombies attack and devastate the human population‚ leaving the remaining survivors to fend for themselves as the world slowly overruns with the undead. Even though both the movie and the book contain the same title‚ each tells a different story from the other‚ leading to numerous differences and miniscule similarities. Both the book and the movie

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    The movie‚ “Fahrenheit 451‚” was different from the book of Fahrenheit 451‚ was one difference in the move was that Montag went out with Clarisse on his sick day so he could devise a plan‚ but in the book he stayed home and devised his plan‚ and also there was no Mechanical Hound or Professor Faber and Granger in the movie. Based on the book‚ Professor Faber and Granger were major characters because they emphasized the themes‚ “three things are missing‚” and the “phoenix.” The missing components

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    To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee and the 1962 movie‚ had many differences in the ways they were shown to us in the book and movie. One of the ways‚ is that most of the movie is told in the point of view of Jem unlike the book which is narrated by Scout. The other is about how Mrs. Dubose role in the book and movie are completely different‚ because in the movie she is just some crazy old lady that the kids would walk by. Also In the book‚ she used to show how atticus discipled his kids. These

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    The movie and the novel The Great Gatsby surprisingly contrast in many ways. This is surprising because with small changes between the two can cause some confusion to the audience. Small changes can have a huge effect on how the audience perceives both the novel and the movie. Although most of the time there is a purpose as to why the writer decides to make these subtle changes. While reading the novel and watching the movie The Great Gatsby one will notice they have differences concerning the beginning

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    controlling government trained kids to become leaders to fight against the Buggers. Ender Wiggin is the main character of this story who was sent to battle to become one of these leaders. The Ender’s Game book is a better representation of the story‚ rather than the movie. The story has key themes in the book that makes it a better story. One example‚ is how the I.F. put monitors on children and then if qualified sent to Battle School to train. This shows the theme of how the government in the story was

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