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    Bruno’s. This story is both a tragic and extremely depressing book and a movie called The Boy in the Stripped Pajamas. The book and movie were both absolutely fantastic and were very much alike‚ but they still had some differences. The few differences between the movie and the book was‚ the ending of the book and movie‚ the perspective in which they were both told in‚ One of the major differences between the book and movie is the ending of each of them. The endings are different in one

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    days prefer watching movies over reading books. However‚ it can be interesting to read a book as well as watch the movie to find similarities and differences. The novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ consists of two main characters: George Milton and Lennie Small. The movie‚ released in 1992‚ focuses on the same characters’ adventures working on a ranch during the Great Depression. There are several similarities between Lennie in the movie and the book‚ including him liking to touch anything soft

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    The comparison and contrasting of the book and movie of Ender’s Game are slight but still there. There are quite a few ways that the book and the movie are different. First‚ the age at which Ender Wiggins enters into the battle school. In the book he starts at age 6 and he goes and goes all through the years‚ all the way up to 13. However‚ in the movie he starts at age 13 and does everything within a shorter amount of time. Second‚ in the book of Ender’s Game the aliens that they were fighting

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    Outsiders book was published by S.E. Hinton. Also in 1983‚ The Outsiders movie was directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The book is fiction; specifically young adult fiction. The book and the movie were very different from one another. The book was a lot better in giving more details and getting to know what Ponyboy is thinking. It was easier to be able to comprehend what was going on and why the characters were making those decisions. One difference from the movie and the book is that‚ in the book‚ Dally

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    told that this movie was a modern retelling of The Scarlet Letter‚ and so I waited until after I read the book to watch the movie. After all‚ I only had one book/movie to do to complete the Books to Movie Challenge! Well‚ while I thought this movie was pretty good‚ and certainly had some very funny scenes - it is definitely not a retelling of The Scarlet Letter. I will say that it is influenced by it‚ and carries some of the same themes - in fact discusses them openly in the movie - it is not nearly

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    Bad Thing? Beowulf was one in many men who has been described to have a monster in him. The way a person deals with it and how they choose to deal with it‚ made them who they were. Beowulf had great character and the way he used the monster within had many people questioning his true abilities as a hero and as a king. He fought in so many battles‚ many described as being monstrous or an animalistic. The most famous mentioned is the fight with the monster Grendel. He was somewhat compared to Grendel

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    Robert F. Kennedy. This book contains Kennedy’s thoughts about the Cuban Missile Crisis and the actions that he and the rest of the United States cabinet took to prevent a nuclear disaster and World War III. There is also a movie based on the book starring Kevin Costner. Most movies that are based on books are often exceeding inaccurate‚ due to Hollywood directors trying to "spice up" the movie. However‚ Thirteen Days is one of the few movies that are not wildly inaccurate. The movie contains several similarities

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    Gaming Consoles Compared “The console wars continue to rage on. Ever since the PlayStation 3 arrived on the market to challenge the Xbox 360 in 2006‚ gamers have argued about the merits of each system.” (Schedeen 2006). I‚ having owned both systems‚ am going to compare and contrast some key features found in these two major consoles. This comparison is based on the most recent versions of both consoles – the ’Slim ’ variations of both the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3‚ disregarding previous feature

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    when you read a very magnificent book and decide to watch the movie version‚ but then regret it? One thought speeds through your mind - “why did I watch that movie?” Although there are those rare cases when the movie is better‚ for the majority of the time‚ the book version is the most absolute. Some examples are “The Hunger Games” and The Maze Runner sequel where I immensely enjoyed reading the books‚ but strongly disliked the movies. The differences between the book version and the movies version

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    The film ran pretty close to the actual book. The dialogues for the most part were exactly the same and the scenes in the movies seemed to fit those of the book very well. Many of the differences were very minor and insignificant. There were a handful of differences that are worth noting however. Many of them are scenes left out of the movie that occurred in the book. A few times something is switched around. I had a list of differences from the film that spanned 3 pages but I selected a few of the

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