Reading Beowulf before watching the movie allowed for an open‚ personal interpretation of what the author wanted us to create in our minds. We created our own thoughts about the setting‚ characters‚ and imagery that the author had envisioned and put into the book. There were multiple differences between what was read and what was watched. Multiple changes and additions were made to the storyline in the movie. The creators of the movie made the changes with the idea that the story line would be similar
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Even considering the complicated format of the book‚ David Fincher managed to almost perfectly illustrate the novel Fight Club‚ by Chuck Palahniuk‚ in his movie of the same name. Although tempting to compare a book and its film counterpart on even grounds‚ as a substitute of one another‚ the tools used to create each one differ greatly and thus should be evaluated on a thematic level. While the reading audience has the chance to reread‚ and absorb the themes in layers‚ the other audience is seeing
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novel and movie many people of all ages would enjoy. GLMS sixth grade students read the novel and then watched the movie. The Westing Game book and movie contains many similarities and differences that are worth explaining. The Westing Game is about a young girl (Turtle Wexler) and heirs trying to find who killed Uncle Sam (Sam Westing). In the novel and movie Turtle‚ the main character‚ wins and who finds the fourth. A few of the characters that are in the book aren’t in the movie. In the book
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Secrets Promise you’ll keep my secret --- these words have echoed down the corridors of time. Since time immemorial secrets have been an integral part and parcel of human life --- whether personal or professional! From your youth until the day we die‚ we share secrets with others and are told secrets by others. These secrets range from casual‚ gossipy secrets to heart-rending‚ life-altering ones. Some of these secrets are hidden mysteries beyond the understanding of the human mind‚ also known as
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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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In the book of Romeo and Juliet you picture what the characters will look like. The movie shows their point of view of the characters. In the movie it shows the Montagues having a surfers characteristics. They wore a lot of beach shirts with palm trees on them. As we were reading the book I pictured them not as fancy as the Capulets but more casual type of clothing. I visioned Benvolio looking younger than Romeo and Mercutio from how the book described Benvolio. In the movie Benvolio looked a little
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version of a Christmas Carol. Because I pay more attention to the DVD. When I read a book I read it but I think about a lot more then the book and then I don’t know what it is about. When it is the move I think about other things why I watch it and I can tell you what happened. And the movie mead it so much better because it shows you what is going on and what he sees. Some of the differences I found were. In the movie it didn’t say anything about Marley being dead in the beginning but it told us
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adventure both in the movie and book. Although differences may apply they are both fascinating. Imagine a community where your feelings are tucked away from a pill? Both in the movie and the book Jonas was skipped during the ceremony of the twelve. Jonas was frightened and embarrassed and thought he wasn’t good enough to get selected to do anything. This is a pretty big key in the book because this is the time Jonas becomes the receiver of memory. Towards the end of the movie‚ there was a pretty significant
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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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The title of this book/movie is The Lovely Bones. It is about a girl named Susie Salmon who is raped and murdered by her neighbor Mr. Harvey. Throughout the book and the movie susie’s family falls apart as they try to solve her murder. But as susie watches from heaven she tries to help her family cope with her loss while she is coping with the thought of never being able to grow up herself. There are many differences between the book and the movie. For example in the book hen susie’s soul leaves
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