Two Magnificent Cases of Benjamin Button
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Two magnificent cases of Benjamin Button
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a story about a man name Benjamin Button who was born with a strange symptom of reverse aging. The short story was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1922 and was adapted into a film in the same name in 2008 by David Fincher. The film is a loose adaptation. Most of the story elements in the literary text are dropped and most elements in the film are added. It uses the literary text as a point of departure.
Narration and plot
Since the story of Benjamin Button is strange and curious because of the abnormal aging process, both the writer and the director had to present the character’s growth differently for the changes in the physical and mental development. However, the short story and the film are different in the ways of telling the story and the development of story and characters, especially Benjamin Button. As the film adaptation is the point of departure, only a few things came from the short story which is the name of Benjamin and the reverse aging. The only similarity is that time is indicated in many paces of Benjamin’s life such as mentioning his age or the date so that the readers and audiences would notice the character’s development as time passes.
The plot of the short story is in chronological order according to the timeline of Benjamin Button so it is like telling Benjamin’s autobiography. It is noticeable that this short story doesn’t seem to have an obvious climax. Although we might get excited and interested in his life stages, the story just goes on and on with no change that leads to the real peak point of his life. Probably because of this curious case that he’s born old already surprises readers at the beginning so that they would know that the rest of the story is going to be different. However, what could be the climax is meeting Hildegarde that leads him to have his own family. After
Onsurang Saengsomsurasak 5340268122
Two magnificent cases of Benjamin Button
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a story about a man name Benjamin Button who was born with a strange symptom of reverse aging. The short story was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1922 and was adapted into a film in the same name in 2008 by David Fincher. The film is a loose adaptation. Most of the story elements in the literary text are dropped and most elements in the film are added. It uses the literary text as a point of departure.
Narration and plot
Since the story of Benjamin Button is strange and curious because of the abnormal aging process, both the writer and the director had to present the character’s growth differently for the changes in the physical and mental development. However, the short story and the film are different in the ways of telling the story and the development of story and characters, especially Benjamin Button. As the film adaptation is the point of departure, only a few things came from the short story which is the name of Benjamin and the reverse aging. The only similarity is that time is indicated in many paces of Benjamin’s life such as mentioning his age or the date so that the readers and audiences would notice the character’s development as time passes.
The plot of the short story is in chronological order according to the timeline of Benjamin Button so it is like telling Benjamin’s autobiography. It is noticeable that this short story doesn’t seem to have an obvious climax. Although we might get excited and interested in his life stages, the story just goes on and on with no change that leads to the real peak point of his life. Probably because of this curious case that he’s born old already surprises readers at the beginning so that they would know that the rest of the story is going to be different. However, what could be the climax is meeting Hildegarde that leads him to have his own family. After