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Boys And Girls: Comparing The Book And Movie
In the movie version of “Boys and Girls”, there were many differences, such as the beginning. In the movie, we open into the scene where the first horse is shot. The girl and Laird are both watching, however another difference to the original short story is that Laird has an adverse reaction to the death of the horse. He runs out of the barn and away until his sister catches him and tells him that it was good that he saw, so he now knows what has to eventually be done in these cases. In the events leading up to the “great escape” of the horse, Laird is the one to tell her that the horse would be getting shot in the morning. After the escape of the horse, the father brought the horse back to the house alive, whereas in the book they butchered

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