A Rose For Emily Movie And Book Comparison Essay

Books and movies can be very similar but different at the same time. The contrast between the story of “A Rose for Emily “from the movie and the book is quite the difference. In the story “A Rose for Emily”, by: William Faulkner, there’s many differences between the movie and book that make both very unique. One way the book was different from the movie is how in the book it states, “One of us lifted something from it, and leaning forward, that faint and invisible dust dry and acrid in the nostrils, we saw a long strand of iron-grey hair.” The movie and the book tell the same story but have different details about them that make for a different experience.

In the book there were many things that you could point out that where not mentioned in the movie. In the book the character Harry was rumored to actually like other men. Harry still saw Emily but in the movie it never said anything about Harry liking men. Another way the book was different was that Emily had gained weight. Once again in
When watching the movie you have to pay more attention to not just the characters but also the surroundings. When you're reading a story you can just look the the text and it tells you all the details. When watching the movie in the scene when Emily goes to the pharmacy, she buys the poison and on the poison it says “for rats” on the bottle. In the book it does not state that the bottle says for rats on it. In the movie also you got to see more of a visual of Emily. The way she reacts to things and shows emotion to others is very dull. She was very keep to herself through the whole movie. Even when her father died. In the book it stated that Emily and Homer had a relationship but in the movie we saw a more intimate relationship. In the movie they started to take each others clothes off till the scene cut. Overall the movie gave more visual to the audience of what it might of been like to of been there at that