Prisoner Of Azkaban And Harry Potter Similarities
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban In the book and movie of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, there are many similarities and differences between them. Similarities that the book and movie shared is that they both had all the characters, the plot and the settings. They also had the most important events that happened. For instance, they both include what happened to Aunt Marge when Harry got mad, the dementors on the Hogwarts Express, the news and the truth about Sirius Black. All of these example contributed together can create the book’s summary, showing how they are similar. Not only there are similarities, there are also differences. There are more differences between the movie and the book because the book is the original
and the movie is something that can help visualize and summarize the book. Some differences that were in the movie was when Harry got his Firebolt from Sirius Black. In the book, Harry had received the Firebolt after the Quidditch match against Hufflepuff and he had known that his Nimbus 2000 was smashed. When he received it from an unknown, Hermione immediately reported this news to Professor McGonagall. On the other hand, the movie showed that Harry received his new Firebolt after he had saved Sirius Black, Let Peter Pettigrew escape, and seeing Professor Lupin transforming into a werewolf. This is a key event for receiving the Firebolt because in the book, Harry Potter used his Firebolt for the finals for Quidditch and made him the Gryffindor victorious for the Quidditch Cup. Another difference was how the Dementor’s Kiss was portrayed in the movie and how it was written in the text. In the movie, the dementors swooped down to suck out the soul, (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gft5_uMD30o 0:50 to 1:00), but in the book, it was written that “... the dementors lowers its hood only to use its last and worst weapon.” (Rowlings Pg. 247) This shows the difference between the movie and book.
and the movie is something that can help visualize and summarize the book. Some differences that were in the movie was when Harry got his Firebolt from Sirius Black. In the book, Harry had received the Firebolt after the Quidditch match against Hufflepuff and he had known that his Nimbus 2000 was smashed. When he received it from an unknown, Hermione immediately reported this news to Professor McGonagall. On the other hand, the movie showed that Harry received his new Firebolt after he had saved Sirius Black, Let Peter Pettigrew escape, and seeing Professor Lupin transforming into a werewolf. This is a key event for receiving the Firebolt because in the book, Harry Potter used his Firebolt for the finals for Quidditch and made him the Gryffindor victorious for the Quidditch Cup. Another difference was how the Dementor’s Kiss was portrayed in the movie and how it was written in the text. In the movie, the dementors swooped down to suck out the soul, (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gft5_uMD30o 0:50 to 1:00), but in the book, it was written that “... the dementors lowers its hood only to use its last and worst weapon.” (Rowlings Pg. 247) This shows the difference between the movie and book.