The Novel and Movie of, House of Sand and Fog
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The compare and contrast the novel and movie of House of Sand and Fog
In the book, when Behrani learns that his son has died at the hospital, his grief turns into rage at Lester and Kathy. He returns to the house. He finds Kathy there and strangles her. Believing she is dead, he puts on his uniform, and then suffocates his wife, who is sleeping in the bedroom. Then he suffocates himself. Kathy revives and finds their bodies. Both she and Lester are arrested. As they await trial, Kathy, who is in jail, has been pretending that she is unable to speak since Behrani attempted to strangle her. She mimes a request for a cigarette.
Two main differences exist between the movie and the novel. First, the book gives the reader more detail into Lester Burdon’s life. Lester’s father abandoned Lester and his family when Lester was a teenager. The movie mentions the abandonment, but provides no background. Lester also endured bullying as a child, and young man. The novel suggest these experiences in his youth led to some of the bad decisions made, first threatening the Colonel, and then kidnapping the Colonel and his family in order to force the Colonel into giving the house back to Kathy.
Second, the movie depicts the ending differently. The movie depicts the Colonel arriving at home after witnessing the death of his son. He poisons his wife by serving her tea with an overdose of her pain medication. He then commits suicide. Kathy finds the Colonel and his wife and tries to resuscitate the Colonel, but it is too late.
The novel ends differently. When the Colonel returns home, Kathy is there. The Colonel is enraged, and strangles Kathy. He then smothers his sleeping wife, and ends his own life. Kathy wakes up in the hospital unable to speak and is later transferred to a prison. Lester Burdon is also in prison.
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The compare and contrast the novel and movie of House of Sand and Fog
In the book, when Behrani learns that his son has died at the hospital, his grief turns into rage at Lester and Kathy. He returns to the house. He finds Kathy there and strangles her. Believing she is dead, he puts on his uniform, and then suffocates his wife, who is sleeping in the bedroom. Then he suffocates himself. Kathy revives and finds their bodies. Both she and Lester are arrested. As they await trial, Kathy, who is in jail, has been pretending that she is unable to speak since Behrani attempted to strangle her. She mimes a request for a cigarette.
Two main differences exist between the movie and the novel. First, the book gives the reader more detail into Lester Burdon’s life. Lester’s father abandoned Lester and his family when Lester was a teenager. The movie mentions the abandonment, but provides no background. Lester also endured bullying as a child, and young man. The novel suggest these experiences in his youth led to some of the bad decisions made, first threatening the Colonel, and then kidnapping the Colonel and his family in order to force the Colonel into giving the house back to Kathy.
Second, the movie depicts the ending differently. The movie depicts the Colonel arriving at home after witnessing the death of his son. He poisons his wife by serving her tea with an overdose of her pain medication. He then commits suicide. Kathy finds the Colonel and his wife and tries to resuscitate the Colonel, but it is too late.
The novel ends differently. When the Colonel returns home, Kathy is there. The Colonel is enraged, and strangles Kathy. He then smothers his sleeping wife, and ends his own life. Kathy wakes up in the hospital unable to speak and is later transferred to a prison. Lester Burdon is also in prison.