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    stories behind the characters: Florence‚ John’s Aunt‚ Gabriel‚ John’s stepfather‚ and Elizabeth‚ John’s mother. This story is told through both a movie and a book and though they both have the same story line‚ there are also many differences. The movie at times strays away from some important topics that were discussed in the book. One topic the movie does not include in the story was that of John seeing his father naked. In the last chapter of the story‚ when John was bring saved he recalls that

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    this book because I’ve heard a lot of great things about the author F. Scott Fitzgerald. His style of writing seems to intrigue and catch the audience attention. I’ve seen the movie that was created of this story but I want to read the book to see how it all started. What parts were left off in the movie that maybe I didn’t know. What sense was highlighted the most from the book and interoperated In the movie. I want to compare the similarity and the difference between the book and the movie. The

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    distortions that you have created in your film of the once majestic book‚ “Lord of the Flies”. For example you have greatly reduced much of the setting of the book to almost nothing‚ you have also warped the themes of the role of order in civilisation and the nature of evil present in the book. Firstly‚ in the book‚ it takes a long time for the boys to be rescued and there are many events shown to show the time passing‚ however in your movie there is almost no evidence of a large amount of time passing

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    that this book would be worth my time‚ before watching the movie. After I purchased the novel‚ I sat down and finished it in one sitting. The entire novel had me drawn in and numerous emotions went through me as I read it. I couldn’t put it down and waited impatiently for the film to be released into video stores. I purchased the movie because the book was incredible. At one point before watching the film I remember thinking the old saying of‚ "the book is always better than the movie." Watching

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    which typically causes a first-person story to be challenging. To have Scout’s narration constantly throughout the film as she does in the book would be misleading‚ therefore Scout as narrator is only presented to set the mood of certain scenes in the film. As a result‚ viewers don’t get a bold sense of Scout’s first-person narration as they do in the book. Instead‚ they naturally notice the childlike perspective portrayed through the story. Scout arguably plays the greatest role in To Kill A Mockingbird

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    Movie directors often use the plot from a famous novel to create a movie. Director’s change the plot to make it more captivating for the audience by leaving out important details or adding scenes that were not in the book. However‚ in the 1979 Scarlet Letter mini-series important details are similar to Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel‚ The Scarlet Letter. Modernization is one way to captivate audiences. Therefore‚ many directors change the time period of the movie to better relate to people. However

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    To Kill A Mocking Bird A Comparison of The Novel and The Film There are many differences between the movie and the book. First the positive points: This film attaches faces to Scout‚ Jem‚ Miss Maudie‚ and Dill‚ since no description of their faces is given in the book. Also‚ the film has some genuinely hilarious moments‚ particularly the scene where Scout is dressed as a ham and walking through the forest. Another good point is that the acting was superb and a treat to watch. Gregory Peck‚

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    An Analysis of A Civil Action A Civil Action is a movie based on a real life case that took place several years ago. Several families of Woburn‚ a small town‚ were alleging that chemicals spilled by local plants had contaminated their drinking water. Reckless‚ careless dumping of chemicals at a tanning plant‚ they discovered‚ must have caused the chemical spill. This contamination‚ they believed‚ caused several children of the town to become sick with leukemia and eight of the children died;

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    Western Front: Movie vs. Book The book all Quiet of the Western Front demonstrates a clear similarity in regard to themes with it’s original movie. Although the reader and the audience of the movie can take different aspects of the theme due to the setting of the movie and the imagery used in the book. In fact the added scenarios in the movie had a different impact then in the book; for example‚ in the movie Paul was introduced as a schoolboy and through the setting of movie it demonstrated

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    They’re cramped inside the box. Panda asks how long they’ll have to stay in here. Grizz holds up and starts looking through a Sweden-tourism book. Grizz (while looking in book): “It’s gonna be a long flight to Sweden guys.” We see the page he’s looking at. It has a picture of Swedish Pancakes. Grizz: “But it’s going to be worth it!” The Bears stare at the book and starts salivating. Their hypnotic gazes are broken by some turbulence. The plane

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