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    Mockingbird is superior to the other‚ just different. In the book you delve more into the separate characters while in the film you see the relationships in action. The book gives you a broader view of everything‚ but at the same time the movie points out everything that seems important. Lastly‚ the novel shows Scout as a girl caught in the middle‚ when the movie seems to paint Scout as a girl without a inkling of what is going on. The book shows the separate characters. In the novel you see The

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    Rosina Gonzalez ENG 353 02/08/05 Research Paper For this paper‚ I chose the Roald Dahl modern fantasy book‚ Charlie and the Chocolate Factory‚ and the film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Dahl’s books are mostly fantasy and full of imagination. They are always a little cruel‚ but never without humor - a thrilling mixture of the grotesque and comic. A frequent motif is that people are not what they appear to be. Dahl’s works for children are usually told from the

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    days and then dying. Both the movie and book of Into the Wild explore the adventure that Chris McCandless takes‚ while the book focuses on comparing Chris to other people and the relationships he had‚ the movie focuses specifically on the life story and adventure of Chris McCandless‚ therefore the movie is better than the book. The number one thing I noticed in the movie that was different in the book is that Carine (his sister) tells the entire story. During the book though‚ the narrator position

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    Reading a book is like having a raw sketch on the canvas and readers have to put their own color into it because it will create their characters in sync with their own imagination and surrounding. This is why it is important for young people to read because it makes their creativity wild. Suzanne Collins‚ author of the Hunger games novel series‚ also recently have been made into films by Nina Jacobson. Although the movies are fun to watch‚ the novels are definitely worth people’s time. Books not only

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    Why is the movie never the same as the book? This is a question many people tend to ask themselves after reading a book and then viewing the film. Obviously‚ filmmakers try to make the movie more dramatic and that’s why changes from the book are present. Although the changes usually don’t change the story drastically‚ it still tends to hit a nerve in people when they see the differences. In the book and the movie‚ The Secret Life of Bees‚ the changes are not dramatic and are sometimes hard to pick

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    American novelist Stephen Chbosky. Despite many interesting takes in the movie‚ the book was more effective. Although the movie adaption of the novel has many interesting takes‚ the book was more effective in the audience’s perspective. The book adaptation was better. The novel is better than the movie because it explains the plot and includes every scene that was written beautifully in-depth. First and foremost‚ the book is a much more effective medium than the film version because of Michael Dobson’s

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    Both The Westing Game book and movie are full of mysteries. Here at G.L.M.S 6th grade students are trying to solve the mystery. Whoever figures out the mystery gets a pile of money to spend at their will. The Westing Game is centered around a 13 year old girl name Turtle Wexler [T.R Wexler]. Turtle makes a bet with Doug and Otis and turles finds Sam Westing dead. This leads to the start of The Westing Game . The Westing Game takes of to figure out the “Murderer”. Turtle uses the

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    Have you ever looked at a old book or even a movie and thought it would be bad to read because the setting? Or that the book or movie would have to much facts and a very weird way of telling the real story. I sometimes do think this but thats before I knew the difference. To me a modern setting does make the book more fun to read‚ but not more interesting than the original stories. However did you think the modern setting had the main important .. big details of what’s the story is about well it

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    Everyone’s a suspect! Someone must have murdered Sam Westing or else he wouldn’t be dead? In THE WESTING GAME book and movie there’s a mystery that sixteen heir has to solve to find the murderer of Sam Westing. The Westing game book and movie contains many differences and similarities that are worth finding out. The Westing game has many differences and similarities that are worth knowing. The Westing game is a mystery that Sam Westings heirs has to find. They might seem different but they have similar

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    Wonder Review Wonder‚ a family oriented movie about overcoming challenges was an amazing movie and novel. It tells the story of Auggie‚ a 10 years old boy who starts middle school after being home schooled his whole life. The catch is: he has a facial deformity after going through almost 30 surgeries throughout his young life. The movie goes through his life at school while making friends and dealing with bullying‚ but also deals with Auggie’s home life and how his family deals with his facial deformities

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