“When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house‚ I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home.” In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton‚ Ponyboy is not the ordinary fourteen- year- old boy for he is a greaser‚ a poor person known to be a public disgrace from the East side of town. All of his life he has been living as a nothing compared to the Socs‚ the rich kids from the West-side. He doesn’t know if he should be proud of who he is until his entire world
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ENG.2 5/23/2011 The Road The Road was both a phenomenal book and film. While reading The Road I was both intrigued and interested as to how Hollywood would portray this story‚ and after seeing the movie I was impressed with how closely the film followed the book. Though the book was enticing and unusual the movie quickly surpassed the book in my opinion. Though the movie followed the book closely‚ there were some differences such as the amount of flashbacks the father has‚ the illusion of hope
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the book is always better than the movie let’s take a closer look at the movie for I am number four. The story I am number four is about aliens trying to take over the world and the only things that is stopping them is 6 alien teenagers. In my opinion the book was a lot better than the movie The book just seemed to have a better plot. The movie rushed the story and took away some main events. First the movie did a very poor job in portraying many of the characters such as Henri. In the book Henri
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When books are adapted to movies Directors will usually change a number of things and change unnecessary details. However‚ for the movie The Book Thief the director did not seem to consider all that he was getting rid of that helped the story flow. There were many differences and similarities between the book and the movie. However‚ the film adaptation does not measure up to the original due to some incorrect order of events‚ certain details‚ and the characters. Even though the Movie and the book
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outsiders movie and novel have many differences and similarities. I have only written about two of each but it is always fun to go back and look for more There is a hug variation between the two‚ the tiny details were precisely the same. The Outsiders is about a group of kids that are all different some are greasers‚ which have the leather jackets and the slicked back hair‚ and there are the Socs‚ they are the rich kids of town and are more dressed up then the greasers are. One way that the book is different
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Beowulf & King Arthur: What makes a hero? In a time where warriors were sensationalized for prowess of their swordsmanship and fearless attitude among the battlefield‚ King Arthur and Beowulf have similar traits assigned to their characters. Although there are many particulars that separate the story of Arthur to Beowulf‚ the characteristics that stand out the most deal with the kind of hero they were to their time and the actions they made to become so heroic. To start‚ Beowulf and Arthur are
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Twilight: Book vs. Movie When comparing the book Twilight‚ written by Stephanie Meyers‚ with the movie Twilight‚ screenplay written by Melissa Rosenberg and produced by Catherine Hardwicke‚ there are multiple visual differences between the two. Some important scenes were changed or even omitted from the original text‚ leaving noticeable gaps in the movie’s plot. There are big and important differences‚ which are obvious‚ while there are also less important differences between them such as names
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German submarines arrived in the middle of the night” The movie never had this line in it. The movie starts on the boat and in the book it starts on the island where this line is. That’s why I like the book better than the movie in The Cay by Theodore Taylor. When on the raft for the movie it skips a part of the story which makes Phillip and Timothy closer the part of the book when Phillip falls into the water and gets chased by sharks. The movie has much less detail. As well as this also‚ it doesn’t
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Matthew Grange Miss Bohanon Comp 1 March 21‚ 2013 The Legacy of Michael Corleone Have you ever heard someone say that the book is always better than the movie? Most avid readers hold this belief to be indubitably true. In most cases‚ the differences between the book and the movie are minute. However‚ one movie series based on a book has three astronomical differences that change the entire message conveyed by the writer. Even though said franchise is considered a cult classic and has been ranked
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award. It is now a major motion picture movie from Walt Disney pictures. Also‚ the book and the movie have many similarities. The character names in the movie and the book are the same.In addition‚ there is an odd person in the book who nobody knows his name so he is called the man in the yellow suit and he wears a yellow suit and hat with a long beard and long fingers which he is dressed the same in the book and the movie. There’s a quote in both movie and book where Angus Tuck takes Winnie on a
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