Julia Golubenko Mrs. Greenfield Close Reading and Critical Writing November 13‚ 2007 The movie Namesake was a fairly good depiction of the book. As a movie‚ apart from the book‚ it was good. The characters played their role well‚ emotional scenes were shown‚ and the point of the movie was easy to see. The problems that I had with the movie‚ was the fact that they cut out Gogol’s whole college life and Ruth‚ his first girlfriend. This was taking out a huge part of his life‚ where Gogol actually chose
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The Book Thief Essay Mark Zusak’s novel‚ The Book Thief‚ was better than the film‚ as it dives deeper into the various perspectives and personalities of the characters. It builds up the character of Max‚ and the minor characters (such as the Holtzapfel family) build up the story. By reading this story‚ you learn about the themes of mortality and the power of words which aren’t as present in the film. Max‚ in the film‚ appears to be nothing more than another helpless and weak Jew. He is in hiding
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The movie and the “outsiders” are interesting. Johnny kills‚ bob in the book and in the movie.There’s only one socs in the book and in the movie there’s way more. The movie and the book “outsiders” are like in some ways.All the characters are the same way in their personality.Dally is mean and cool liked described in the book in the movie. The grocery store that dally robbed Thoe he got killed. Thoe they share similar things the book is still different from the movie. The book and the movie
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The Allied powers were Great Britian‚ France‚ and the Soviet Union. The Nazi Party killed over 6 million Jews during the Holocaust. Also‚ members of the communists and socialists were also murdered. “The Book Thief” is a portrayal of life during the Holocaust. The movie is set in 1938 by a girl with the name of Liesel Meminger (Sophie Nelisse) who is traveling on a train with her communist mother and her little brother. On the trip her little brother passes away. While the
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Book vs. Movies A long time has passed since the idea that “The book is better than the movie” was accepted without question. There are almost no exceptions. Some key reasons why the film version of a book is so lacking relates to‚ one‚ the lack of depth of the story‚ two time constraints and‚ three‚ the inability for producers to include the full content of a story. Most of the time‚ if the movies follow an original script‚ and there is no book version to compare it to‚ it is most likely
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film. It’s a very ironic film‚” (Haneke) Haneke also displays the irony through the music‚ “Just like the film is a parody of a classical thriller‚ John Zorn is a parody of classical heavy metal. The classical music is not a soundtrack in this movie. All my music is not meant as a soundtrack—is part of the action‚ part of the story. The other music‚ the John Zorn music‚ is under the titles‚ and it’s the ironic colon. OK‚ now we go to a thriller‚” (Haneke) Haneke’s second message is manipulation
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The Hunger Games vs Divergent Books have an important influence in our life. They teach us something‚ they help us imagine and they help us create our own world so we can do whatever we what with it. Nowadays‚ teens have entered the world of reading. They read more than they used to but why? The answer it’s easy. They read because there are some writers that help them enter a whole new world and experience with it. Two of the most famous writers for teens are Suzanne Collins for “The Hunger Games
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In the book & the movie Kidnapped what I found interesting in the movie was when the gun did not shoot when the captain tried to kill Alan and it worked when Davie shot the Captain I also found interesting was when the uncle of Davie said “Why are you here” with gun pointing at Davie. Another part that was interesting was blowing up the ship instead of cashing the ship. The finally part that I found interesting was when Alan killed the head of the Red coats the Red fox. I never thought Alan
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to create an exciting and unforgettable story of "The Hunger Games". These themes come together‚ giving the book different characteristics and enables entertainment to a wide range of audience. Four themes that considerably influence the story and its characters are strength‚ power‚ love and control. Strength displays the qualities and characteristics of a character‚ allowing us to learn more about them and how they develop throughout the book. Power‚ such as the one the Capitols possess‚ is what
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The Hunger Games Chapter 7 Questions 1. How do Peeta and Katniss view themselves in terms of the skills that they will take into the arena? Is this an accurate description of their skills? a. Haymitch asks for an outline on Peeta’s and Katniss’ skills to give him an idea. Haymitch says he knows Katniss is good using knives already‚ almost being stabbed by a butter knife himself. Katniss modestly tells Haymitch that she can use a bow and arrow. Peeta says her aim is amazing
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