Compare And Contrast Book And Movie

The movie was more intriguing than the book and was easier to comprehend the history. The movie helped me understand what was going on in the book. The movie caught my attention more than the book did. The movie emphasized more than the book did. I’d like to build on the idea that the movie helped me understand what was going on in the book because I wasn’t really interested in the book so I didn’t really take in all the history that I could in the movie because the movie was more action packed. For example, towards the end of the movie when John Glenn was orbiting Earth and coming back down into the atmosphere there was so much suspense and action and I pay attention to action packed movies. The book says on page 182 “At that point--the most dangerous part of the reentry--the signals
There was no signal from Friendship 7.” I didn’t really understand that part until i thought about the movie because the movie caught my attention. That brings me to my next point, the movie caught my attention more than the book. For example, the first 8 to 9 chapters in the book was so boring and didn’t catch my attention I didn’t enjoy it. On page 49 the text says “I will get you up in the air, let you do your job, and bring you back to earth safely,” promised the Mustang to its pilots, like a trusted horse to it’s rider.” That was talking about the Tuskegee Airmen which is good information and all, but the movie didn't have things like that it had more action that caught my attention. The movie showed me more about how black women were treated unfairly and emphasized it more. For example, the book says on page 66 “At Log Cabin, black families were able to enjoy being outside without “Colored” signs to remind them of their place.” The movie in the first scene when Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson’s car was broken so they were almost late for work they thought it was a dream come true