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    into a movie‚ there will always be missing elements. With “Doubt”‚ its movie adaptation is more of a companion piece. Each medium has their advantages and disadvantages‚ but I think they benefit each other. In the play‚ the reader gets more freedom to come to their own conclusion about Father Flynn‚ whereas in the movie‚ there is a strong influence on his guiltiness. As Shanley is the playwright and also the director‚ he constructs both to be beneficial in their own right. On one hand‚ the movie is a

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    left and right but Brom’s method was to try and intimidate Ichabod and get him away to be with me. After the dancing ceased‚ Brom gathered everyone around to tell a story. This story was about the the headless horseman that plagued the town of Sleep Hollow. Everyone was getting a kick out of it but Ichabod seemed to be very nervous and startled by it. He was sweating and looked like he just saw a ghost. After Brom finished the story I said my goodbyes and everyone left. I was left confused about which

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    drifted into American authors nighttime terrors. This transition can be clearly seen in stories like the “Legend of Sleepy Hollow”. The “Legend of Sleepy Hollow” takes place in a quaint neighborhood which‚ “abounds with local tales‚ haunted spots‚ and twilight superstitions.” (Irving n.p.). The Headless Horseman serves as the most renowned specter in the entire town of Sleepy Hollow. When he appears in the mortal world‚ the Horseman presents the appearance of a‚ “ghost of a Hessian trooper‚ whose

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    in love with her can seize anyone who watches it. Also‚ the dazzling music and setting launch the audience back into the time in which this incredible play takes place. But now a new version of this wonderful play has been created in the form of a movie that gives it a bit more spunk and pulls the audience‚ even more‚ into a grueling love triangle between a beautiful young actress and two men who would fight to the death for her affection. The Broadway version of this play has been preformed to

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    In the book the birds there is almost nothing like the movie there are different characters and different events. There are some similarities like the birds attacked the people trying to kill them all‚ and the birds did get a few people in both the movie and the book. There were many differences from the book to the movie. I was wondering why the birds went crazy and why they started attacking the people. The story didn’t even take place in the same town or even country in the book it was need londen

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    disappointed in the movie because it left out some of the main scenes. On the other hand‚ the movie is 2 hours and 9 minutes. The movie never leaves you predicting what will happen next. Nevertheless‚ our opinions are that we favored the book over the movie. Everyone in the class notices many differences between the book and the movie. Provided that the book gives detail that the movie cannot show it is a missing part in itself. Aunt Alexandra was not even mentioned in the movie. You didn’t see Scout

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    The bestselling children’s book The Graveyard Book was published in 2008 and is still being enjoyed by book lovers of all ages. The book is about a toddler who escapes the presence of a killer and finds refuge in a nearby graveyard. He is raised by many different characters and personalities both living and dead in the graveyard. Unfortunately‚ another topic is creating a buzz about this novel other than its’ awards. The Graveyard Book is being called out because of its many similarities of the much

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    Compare/Contrast: The Lorax Movie is better than book The movie of the Lorax show the picture of the environment clearly‚ the motion of people in the scene‚ but in the book it only show less picture because the book only described or write about what you see in the movie. In the movie of the Lorax the picture and video of the time the once- ler was making money‚ the time he called for celebration and the little boy who he gave the one last truffula seed are being showed in the movie but in

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    Romanticism and Gothicism‚ intrigued many authors‚ leading them to use these styles in their works. An author named‚ Washington Irving‚ reflected both of these movements in his writing with a strong focus on the Romantic style. “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “Rip Van Winkle” were two of his most famous works‚ which portrayed the romantic ideas of this period. The description of the beauty of the natural world and a belief in the goodness of humanity were key romantic themes that make up large

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    COMPARISON AND CONTRAST ESSAY THE BOOK AND THE MOVIE Two weeks ago I finished reading the book “The Firm” by John Grisham. It was really interesting for me to read this story because of the unpredictable plot and the bright characters. At that moment I thought that the book had a really fantastic ending. But when I saw the film about “The Firm”‚ I was surprised that the book and the movie could be so different. I was amazed with the last episodes of the movie because

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