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    version of a story titled The Birds. Though both stories share a name theyre are completely different. One is a short story by Daphne du Maurier about a man‚ Nat‚ and his family who live and England and are attacked by birds. The other a movie about a woman‚ Melanie Daniels‚ and a man‚ Mitch Brenam‚ and his family who live in California and are also attacked by birds. The reason Alfred Hitchcock changed the original location of the birds is to change the mood and the detailed plot of the story‚ because

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    ever been attacked by birds? I have. I was at the beach feeding bread crumbs to the seagulls‚ when I dropped the bag. The bread crumbs spilled everywhere and tens of birds swooped down around me. They practically formed a wall of feathers and flapping sounds. Luckily though‚ those birds weren’t trying to peck my eyes out and kill me. That is exactly what happens in both the short story and the movie‚ both titled The Birds. Both of them are quite similar‚ in the aspect of birds attacking people and

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    Ariel Shaw English 112 Comparison-Contrast Essay December 2‚ 2013 In this essay I will compare and the contrast the short story and film of “The Birds”. The short story was written by Daphne du Maurier and the film was directed by Hitchcock. The plot of the story is about flocks of birds who have started to behave in a weird way and begin attacking humans. In the short story of “The Birds” the main characters consisted of the Hockens family. The story took place in the 1950s in a rural area

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    I like the movie a christmas carol more than the book. The story a christmas carol has been a very famous story for a long time. The move was better because you could see the actions the charters was taking. Every time the charters mood would change in the movie the lighting or the music would change. Some of the differences of a christmas carol book and a christmas carol movie is in the movie the mood changes a lot more and in the movie there’s a lot more detail .The book has detail but it does

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    skip or adjust to fit the movie and make it better‚ but that is not always a good thing. Some people think that the book is better than the movie‚ others think that the movie is better than the book. Sometimes people say you should read the book before you see the movie‚ because the movie is make from the book. Books and movies are different and even if they are the same theme they may have their own story. In the book the outsiders there is more description than the movie. The books shows you who

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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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    Andrew Beck Mrs. Davis English 102 January 15‚ 2014 Compare and Contrast Essay Bob Ewell and Atticus Finch have different parenting styles. Bob Ewell and Atticus have different parenting styles by a long shot. There are many reasons for this. First I what they have in common‚ they both live in Maycomb Alabama‚ on two different sides of town. They are also both fathers and have more than one child. They are also both single fathers who Lost their respective wife. Atticus

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    wrinkle through space. To find their father Meg‚ Charles Wallace‚ and Calvin follow mysterious space travelers known as Mrs.Whatsit‚ Mrs.Who and Mrs.Which. The movie is better than the book because of the subplots‚ darkness‚ and relationships. The movie is better because it adds more subplots. One of the subplots is how Meg can tesser. In the movie Mrs.Whatsit tells Meg‚ “Stay angry‚ little Meg. You will need all your anger now”. So she can tesser. But in the book on page 8‚ “a scientist who seems to

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    started normally‚ she just about lost everything in a horrific car accident. Her parents die instantly; she and her younger brother‚ Teddy‚ are left in critical condition. There are many differences between the book and movie that made both very appealing. The book and the movie portray the crash scene very differently‚ but both were emotional. After the car accident‚ Mia is wandering trying to get the attention of the firefighters‚ paramedics‚ police‚ and trying to find her family. “‘Dad‚’ I call

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    written by Plato‚ individually if what we see is taken as truth‚ then we merely see a shadow of truth is a theme of the story. In Birds by Aristophanes‚ we see the theme of society’s truth of reality. Plato and Aristophanes play and story differ with Plato using truth and knowledge with a serious tone‚ while Aristophanes uses the physical reality to write a humorous story. In The Allegory of the Cave‚ written by Plato‚ the philosopher uses symbols to represent a deeper meaning of truth and knowledge

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