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    The book and movie Jumanji they are very similar and different in many ways. They are very similar by their tone they are both mysterious‚ but they are also very different. Paragraph one will be the tone of the movie. Paragraph two will be tone of the book. Paragraph three will be the difference between the book and the movie. First‚ tone of the Jumanji movie is mysterious. In the first scene of the movie when the two kids are burying the box the kid says its after him he says it like a little boy

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    The Odyssey‚ by Homer‚ is a classical piece of Greek literature. Throughout The Odyssey‚ the Blind Bard makes use of many literary techniques in order to lend meaning to the poem beyond its existence as a work of historic fiction and aid his readers in the comprehension of the tale. One of these techniques is the use of motifs. A motif is a recurring theme that is used throughout the work. In The Odyssey‚ Homer makes use of many motifs including eating/drinking‚ Odysseus ’s

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    Many people feel that book to movie adaptations give the readers a chance to connect with the characters and visualize what happens in the book. While many others believe that many important things that happen in the book may be left out or altered‚ changing the plot of the book entirely. One of these book to movie adaptations being Stardust by Neil Gaiman. After reading Stardust by Neil Gaiman and watching the movie “Stardust” 3 differences that impact the plot directly would be the role the lightning

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    Have you ever read a book that is not like the movie? In Percy Jackson the movie‚ he is a teenager and in the book he is in sixth grade. There are differences between the Lightning Thief book and movie; however‚ there are similarities as well. Some similarities are how the book and movie start. In both the book and movie the story starts off with the main character and his best friend‚ Grover‚ in Manhattan‚ New York. They go on a field trip at the Metropolitan Museum of Arts. As the story progresses

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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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    The Odyssey In The Odyssey‚ Odysseus had to face many challenges during his travels; a few of these difficulties were a cannibalistic Cyclops‚ huge whirlpools‚ determined suitors‚ along with many hardships. Odysseus fought constantly to return to his homeland of Ithaca‚ but to accomplish this Odysseus had to be clever‚ resourceful‚ and have great leadership qualities. Odysseus proved throughout the story that he was very clever. When he was faced with having to get out of Polyphemus’s cave‚

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    In the book and the movie of The Member of the Wedding has differences and similarities. The differences of the the book and the movie are the things that were not mentioned in one or the other. The similarities of the book and the movie are the things that stayed the same and were never left out in the movie or book. One difference between the movie and book is that at the end of the book it says she was taken home by the police but in the movie she never was. A similarity between the book and the

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    Noah Sola English I Mrs. Johnson 4/22/2014 The Odyssey Book 1 The poet invokes the Muse to help him tell the story of Odysseus. How original. I learn that Poseidon‚ god of the sea‚ begrudges (though I don’t know exactly why) against Odysseus and is making the guy’s expedition home pretty difficult. This tells me two very important things: (1) Greek gods are temperamental‚ and (2) Poseidon is a powerful guy. So Poseidon isn’t around on Mount Olympus (presumably because he’s full of activity

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    The Odyssey The Odyssey was full of wonder‚ power‚ and surprises. It is packed with epic heroes‚ creatures‚ gods‚ and goddesses. The gods‚ goddesses‚ and creatures had supernatural powers that effected the lives of Odysseus‚ his crew‚ and his family. Their actions proved to be powerful‚ beneficial ‚ and deadly. The gods‚ goddesses ‚ and creatures in The Odyssey on many occations proved to be powerful. Zeus‚ leader of the gods‚ was a prime example of this. When‚ "Zeus the lord of cloud roused

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    Essay for The Great Gatsby The plot and the setting of book and movie are very similar. There was a lot of thins borrowed from the book‚ but there was a lot changed as well. The movie followed the plot of book very closely and portrayed the setting of the book very well. A lot of the dialogue was borrowed and spoken directly as it was in the book. The movie did an excellent job portraying the 1920’s and the parties that happened at Gatsby’s house. “There was music from my neighbor’s house

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