Cynthia Ung Ms. Ligator Honors English 15 November 2013 The Little Essay That Could- Open-book vs. Closed-book Eugene Nathaniel Butler once stated‚ “Some people cheat their way through life. They cheat on tests in school. Cheat on girlfriends/boyfriends then graduate to cheating on wives/husbands. They cheat on taxes and many times shortchange
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Outsiders is both a great book and a great movie. Although they are both very great‚ they are not completely the same‚ or completely different. A book that turns into a movie usually has way more information because the person writing the book isn’t just going to make it a movie line for line. The movie “The Outsiders” doesn’t work like that though. The book and the movie are about as close to line for line as you can possibly get. They have to add some scenes in movie to explain the thinking of
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dramatised into a modern equivalent‚ offering viewers a copy that differs on very few points from the original drama. This film was directed by Oliver Parker‚ who also wrote the screenplay. Notably‚ Algernon is portrayed as the older brother in the movie; however in the play Jack is identified as the older of the two. When a film based on a literary piece does not attempt to change its core attributes‚ it can be expected that the director has attempted to convey the meaning as close to the original
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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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Lowry‚ is a fascinating story about a different type of society and learning the secrets behind it. The movie of the same name directed by Phillip Noyce‚ is creative‚ but showed some very disappointing changes from the book. All in all‚ the book is far more preferable because the plot is far more exciting‚ the characters are developed well‚ and the creativeness is more descriptive than that of the movie. The Giver is a novel about a young boy named Jonas. He is given the profession of the Receiver
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The Alfred Hitchcock movie‚ The Birds‚ was said to be based on the DuMaurier story by the same name. Both versions included birds going wild and attacking humans. They also included some of the same things‚ for example‚ in the movie and the book‚ they boarded up the doors and windows to repel the attack‚ and someone is found dead at a farm with their eyes pecked out. However‚ the similarities are not as numerous as the differences. There are many contrasts between the story and the film‚ particularly
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characters.There are little to no characters who help and support the party throughout the remaining part of the journey. One of those type of characters‚ is named Beorn. Beorn is a character that appears in the novel named The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. There is a remake of the book in a movie version called The Hobbit and it is directed by Peter Jackson. The book was originally published during the year 1937. The movie of The Hobbit was released in the year 2012. In the movie‚ Gandalf‚ Bilbo‚ and
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Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel‚ Persepolis‚ is an autobiography about her life during the Iranian Revolution and war. The film version of Persepolis is quite similar‚ however‚ the intention of the film is slightly different than the book. The book has many detailed panels that tell more of a dramatic story of Marjane’s life‚ while the film is less dramatic and detailed. The graphic narrative Persepolis uses black and white comics to tell the story of Marjane’s life. The drawings in the pictures
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In 1996‚ director Nicholas Hynter released a film adaptation of Miller’s play. Despite popular belief‚ movie adaptations hold just as much significance as the original written text. Both the text and its visual counterpart are created to convey a message‚ just in their own respective ways. As authors use literary devices to create meaning and convey themes within their texts‚ directors use movie techniques. A technique like lighting can be used to characterize‚ while visual symbolism can allude and
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to use in the story and the movie‚ with them both showing many similarities. The book of Rikki-tikki-tavi is a fictional story that had the classic good guy and bad guy story line. The overall problem the protagonist‚ Rikki-tikki‚ had to face was there were two evil snakes in the garden‚ who were harassing the bird Darzee. Heroic Rikki decided to take on the two snakes‚ but the
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