Compare and Contrast paper

A critical viewer is always beaten by a critical reader. This opinion has changed however, after seeing the movie and afterwards reading the story of “Gravestone Made of Wheat” and the movie “ Sweet Land” which is derived from the same story. The charming love story tells of the deep love between the two main characters in the story, Inge and Olaf. The story tells of how they fought for the love that they had for each other. The film gives a vivid scenery of the story and gives justice to the idea of the writer. It shows how people could discriminate in terms of origin and culture. However, the depiction of Olaf as a man who will stand by his woman until the end justified this kind of mentality among almost all peoples from different cultures.
An in-depth analysis will give us a thorough explanation of people’s discriminatory attitude. Of how they can be rude to those who do not dance their music. Another thing worth valuing in both the movie and the story is the fact that they depicted the harsh reality of peasantry. The story has the touch of simplicity but the detailed feature of the movie made the subject more colorful. At the outset, it would seem that the story is not far from ordinary against-all-odds type of a love story but, upon seeing the movie, there is more into it than just a love story. It tells of implied discrimination for the German nationals, especially that the setting of the movie was sometime after the First World War. A stigma bent to the Germans was still very vivid among American country folks. They couldn’t get over the memories of the war. Since Inge was German, their feelings were subjected towards her. And that made life a little more difficult for Olaf and Inge, especially with their getting married. What makes the story odd is the fact that Inge is actually a mail order bride. She was sort of ordered by Olaf’s Norwegian parents for him. Being the good son that he is, he looked for the girl that his parents were