Professor Thomas 2/20/2012 Dracula: A better read‚ or a better movie? Since the beginning of the moving picture‚ directors have been recreating books into movie. More often than not‚ the directors will change the original plot line of the book. In Bram Stoker’s Dracula the director changes the plot in a few different instances but for the most part‚ the director keeps the same plotline. Some similarities between the book and the movie are: the genre and setting‚ loss of personal power‚ and the gothic
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similarities about the "Giver" in the movie and book. These are some of them. One similarity about "Giver" was both in the movie and book Jonas had learned about love and he liked it. Another one is‚ Jonas lied to his parents when they asked Jonas if he understood why the word love wasn’t used anymore. In the book Jonas and Giver come up with a plan on how Jonas can escape from the community the same thing happened in the movie. In both the movie and book a the same tragic event occurred‚ Jonas
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Into the Wild: Book vs. Movie Into the Wild happens to be my favorite book‚ and also one of my favorite movies. Most people like one or the other‚ but I think the two complement each other because of the varied stances taken on the main character himself. In case you’re not familiar‚ Into the Wild is based on the true story of Chris McCandless who‚ after graduating with honors from Emory University in 1990‚ gave his entire savings of twenty-four thousand dollars to charity and set off following
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Being There: The Book Vs. The Movie Being There by Jerzy Kosinksi is a unique novel about a man named Chauncey Gardiner‚ also known as Chance‚ who is forced to move out of the only environment he’s ever known in his life‚ the “Old Man’s” house. The book was successful enough to have a screenplay for the movie written by the author as well. Since Chance is very mentally slow‚ his perception of the world outside his house is unlike any other. When he comes into contact with other people‚ they find
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"Digging" for evidence as to whether or not the film adaptation of Holes was good Holes is a book by Louis Sachar that was first published in 1998. The film adaptation of this novel‚ also titled Holes‚ was released in 2003. These two literary works have many similarities and differences that can be easily compared‚ or contrasted. The film adaptation‚ directed by Andrew Davis‚ successfully represented the original novel by Sachar. Holes is the story of a young man by the name of Stanley Yelnats
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and Calvin follow mysterious space travelers known as Mrs.Whatsit‚ Mrs.Who and Mrs.Which. The movie is better than the book because of the subplots‚ darkness‚ and relationships. The movie is better because it adds more subplots. One of the subplots is how Meg can tesser. In the movie Mrs.Whatsit tells Meg‚ “Stay angry‚ little Meg. You will need all your anger now”. So she can tesser. But in the book on page 8‚ “a scientist who seems to have mysteriously vanished.” In detail this means Meg’s father
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When you read a book you have it is a must to use your imagination to build the world of your book. A person must use their mind to be able to describe what they think a character may sound like‚ look like‚ mannerisms‚ clothes they would wear‚ and where they live. But when is comes to most movies‚ sadly the use of your imgaination is not needed. In the movie industry today it has become common practice to adept a book into a movie. But with the legnths most movies run‚ which is about an hour and
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The movie itself is very much different from the book. The story was also changed with some of the plot. The movie and the book are both still following the same story line. Along with the same ending. This is what I have noticed between the movie and the book. Number one is that the old man was cruel to the young man. Unlike in the book where it says and I quote “The old man had never wronged me”. That was huge difference. This change also gave him a different reason to kill the old man. That was
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breathtaking costumes‚ the movie Troy was a Hollywood movie that was certainly a box office hit. I am not sure if you know this but Troy was based on the Iliad an epic by Homer. Aside from the excitement during the movie‚ unfortunately it proved to be a loose adaptation of Homer’s classic and I could not help but notice the major differences between the book and the movie. One of the most major differences between the book and the movie was the absence of the Gods in the movie. In Homer’s Iliad‚ the
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Ever read a book‚ and then see the movie of the story? The novel and movie‚ The Outsiders‚ had many similarities and many differences. The Outsiders is an excellent tale by S. E. Hinton‚ and the movie was high-quality as well. There was a huge variation between the two. There were also tiny details that were precisely the same. The novel and movie had many similarities and differences. The similarities are a huge part of what makes the movie great. The movie and the novel both had the complete
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