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    Whenever you watch a movie then read the book or read the book then read the movie‚ don’t you notice that there are differences? These differences are certainly notable in the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry and the movie “The G\iver” directed by Phillip Noyce. The movie and novel have many similarities and differences like their behaviors‚ families‚ and characters. Firstly‚ their behaviors‚ in the novel Jonas is always careful with his words compared to his friend Asher‚ who is not as careful as

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    hero Beowulf from the Anglo-Saxon written book as well as his 20th century contrast in Batman the motion picture‚ as for vigilantes the classic book Dracula based out of Victorian England comfortably plays that role and also has a 20th century counterpart in the motion picture League of extraordinary gentlemen which came out in July of

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    Beowulf as Epic

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    What makes an epic? Is Beowulf an epic?    What is an epic poem‚ and how does it differ from other kinds of poetry or storytelling? How have epic poems traditionally been transmitted from generation to generation? How do tellers remember these long and complicated stories? According to Robert Harris’s Glossary of Literary Terms‚ he defines an epic as the following: Epic. An extended narrative poem recounting actions‚ travels‚ adventures‚ and heroic episodes and written in a high style (with

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    Period The movie‚ “The Great Gatsby”‚ begins with Nick Carraway (main character) working with a doctor to recover from his health after troubles with alcohol. Nick also confesses the events leading up to Jay Gatsby’s death. Also‚ Jordan Baker’s entire storyline is sped up and her unlikely romance with Nick is cut out throughout the movie. In the book‚ the two have a casual affection for each other‚ especially as Jordan is shown to be dishonest. Furthermore‚ While Fitzgerald’s book always feels

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    Beowulf Comparison I believe that the poem is a better definition of a true epic. In the poem‚ Beowulf does more heroic like things‚ when he rips Grendels arm off with his bare hands‚ with only using his pure strength‚ but in the movie Beowulf wraps a chain around Grendels arm‚ and uses the door of the Mead Hall to repeatedly smash his arm in the door until he rips the arm off completely. In the poem‚ Beowulf always tries to make himself better known‚ he goes back to his kingdom to tell all of

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    The movie‚ “Fahrenheit 451‚” was different from the book of Fahrenheit 451‚ was one difference in the move was that Montag went out with Clarisse on his sick day so he could devise a plan‚ but in the book he stayed home and devised his plan‚ and also there was no Mechanical Hound or Professor Faber and Granger in the movie. Based on the book‚ Professor Faber and Granger were major characters because they emphasized the themes‚ “three things are missing‚” and the “phoenix.” The missing components

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    released as a movie‚ tells the story of a zombie outbreak and the events that unfold as the world turns into complete chaos. Throughout the book and the movie‚ zombies attack and devastate the human population‚ leaving the remaining survivors to fend for themselves as the world slowly overruns with the undead. Even though both the movie and the book contain the same title‚ each tells a different story from the other‚ leading to numerous differences and miniscule similarities. Both the book and the movie

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    controlling government trained kids to become leaders to fight against the Buggers. Ender Wiggin is the main character of this story who was sent to battle to become one of these leaders. The Ender’s Game book is a better representation of the story‚ rather than the movie. The story has key themes in the book that makes it a better story. One example‚ is how the I.F. put monitors on children and then if qualified sent to Battle School to train. This shows the theme of how the government in the story was

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    To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee and the 1962 movie‚ had many differences in the ways they were shown to us in the book and movie. One of the ways‚ is that most of the movie is told in the point of view of Jem unlike the book which is narrated by Scout. The other is about how Mrs. Dubose role in the book and movie are completely different‚ because in the movie she is just some crazy old lady that the kids would walk by. Also In the book‚ she used to show how atticus discipled his kids. These

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    growled in pain‚ impatient….” (Lines one and two) This is how the epic poem Beowulf begins. There are many differences between the poem and the movie of Beowulf. I liked the poem better because there were more details and probably because I read the poem before I watched the movie‚ but I still enjoyed watching the movie because it was visually exciting. Even though the basic plot and characters are similar in the movie and the poem; their differences in some plot points and character portrayal make

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