Similarities And Differences In Robert Louis Stevenson's Essendean

"Why, sir," said I, "if I knew where I was going, or what was likely to become of me, I would tell you candidly. Essendean is a good place indeed, and I have been very happy there; but then I have never been anywhere else. My father and mother, since they are both dead, I shall be no nearer to in Essendean than in the Kingdom of Hungary, and, to speak truth, if I thought I had a chance to better myself where I was going I would go with a good will.”
Davie is explaining to Mr. Campbell that he was upset about his parents passing, and that he can’t be anywhere near Essendean, so Davie says. Davie states, “I have been very happy there; but I then have never been anywhere else.” Davie is trying to tell Mr. Campbell that Essendean is a great place
In the novel, Davie received a small amount of cash from the sale of his father's belongings, which were a bible, a shilling, and a recipe for “lily of the valley water” written in red ink from Mr. Campbell. The bible, which provides Davie with the knowledge he will need on his journey. However, in the novel, the minister gives the presents of a couple of loose buttons, and he still receives a bible. The story would have gone differently, because of what Davie got to travel with. For example, buttons and a bible or a bible still for religious reasons, and a couple of shillings. Next, Davie and Ebeneezer have porridge which they had in the novel. Davie says he is hungry, so they both have porridge and, beer together, nothing had changed between the novel and the movie. This whole eating scene was the same. Then, Allen climbs up the boat in the movie. However, in the novel, Davie and him are already on the boat together. This was suspicious, because Allen came on the boat very differently in the novel than in the movie. Then, Davie’s dad does not die by a tree hitting him in the movie, in the novel the author never told the reader how Davie’s dad died. This makes the reader curious as to why he died completely differently between the novel and the movie. In addition, Davie sees the red fox in the novel and movie, and nothing different happened. Finally, Allen says to