The Birds Movie And Book Comparison

Fear The Birds, the novella version is a more accurate and symbolic representation of how society was feeling at the time. The novella is a short story of a family living in euro England that is savagely attacked by birds. The film in the other hand is a loosely representation compared to the novella. In the film it is a town that is attacked by birds near a sea side town. The conflict starts with the town people being ignorant of the threat. In both the novella and the film of The Birds clearly show the use of fear. However, Daphne du Maurier’s novella is more accurate that Alfred Hitchcock’s film. Consequently, the novella was a more successful representation of mood, tone, and setting than the film. The mood in the movie is week as the
visual is limited to what the movie shows. This cause the mood to be limited to what you see. “When the seagulls prevented Mitch from closing the window” (Hitchcock). The mood in the movie is very dependent in the setting not allowing the reader/viewer to feel imagine a different scenario that what they see. Thus, the fear is limited in the film. The tone in the novella is eerie and mysteries the authored uses this tone to cause suspense, and fear to the reader. “When the seagulls stop attacking and Mitch has to get the car” (Hitchcock). In the book they are watching Nat this is a more suspenseful event than the birds going passive again. The setting is use to cause fear and it is use to create an environment of isolation. “When the gas station exploded the setting shows fire spreading and people being attacked by birds.” This shows cayuse and fear this creates a suspense. On the other hand, the mood in the novella is an eerie, suspenseful and frightful mood. Compere to the film were its greatest trait is creating suspense. “In the film the attacks are quick and unpredictable. Compere to the book it was a more suspenseful because the attacks last hours. This makes the reader unaware of what will happen next. Not to mention the time limited when the birds are not attacking gives a feeling is rush and panic as they have to prepare for the next attack and how. The tone is suspenseful and frightful both the novella and the film express this tone. Although, the novella did a better job of expressing this to the readers. This is case with how the birds tried every way to get in. this cause fear and suspense as they always found a way to defend against the birds. The time limit of the attacked added a sense of paranoia. “The birds attack with flood tide” (Maurier, 11). This gives Nat time to preper for the next attack and gives the sense of paranoia by giving him limited time. He is being rush to barracked his house, and get supplies. The setting in the novella is an isolated setting only knowing of two houses and having to drive to get to the bus stop. All of this shows that they can’t get help from many and causes the reader to feel isolated. “This was a solitary disposition” (Maurier, 1). This shows he lives a solitary live with his family. On the other hand the film has a nearby town witch gets rid of the feeling of isolation. In conclusion, in both the novella and the film of The Birds clearly show the use of fear. However, Daphne du Maurier’s novella is more accurate that Alfred Hitchcock’s film. This is proved by the comparison of their mood, tone, and setting. Base in all of the evidence it is clear that the novella is a better version of the short story The Birds that the film