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A Separate Peace: Differences between the Book and the Movie
Colin Goodman
1/14/14
Compare & Contrast

Comparing and contrasting tColin Goodman
1/14/14
Compare & Contrast

Comparing and contrasting the difference between the book and

movie of “A separate piece”. I personally think that the movie

was much more fun to watch, but the book was better over-all.

some of the reasons I did not like the movie are Brinker, and the

way he seemed much more nice. I also did not like how Gene

did not go to Leper’s house and how Leper came back to the

school. Another thing I did not enjoy in the movie is how Brinker

did not enlist with Gene as he did in the book. In my overall

opinion, the book was better. So here is my detailed

description of comparing and contrasting the movie and the book.

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1/14/14
Compare & Contrast

Comparing and contrasting the difference between the book and

movie of “A separate piece”. I personally think that the movie

was much more fun to watch, but the book was better over-all.

some of the reasons I did not like the movie are Brinker, and the

way he seemed much more nice. I also did not like how Gene

did not go to Leper’s house and how Leper came back to the

school. Another thing I did not enjoy in the movie is how Brinker

did not enlist with Gene as he did in the book. In my overall

opinion, the book was better. So here is my detailed

description of comparing and contrasting the movie and the book.

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