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    anyone thought of a war movie‚ they immediately thought of Darryl F. Zanuck’s‚ The Longest Day. Cornelius Ryan‚ who was the author of the book by the same name‚ and happened to be a D-day veteran himself‚ wrote the movie. The book meticulously recreates the events preceding and during the invasion. It is filled with detailed descriptions of multiple occurrences during the invasion. It explains everything from mass attacks on beaches and towns to humorous anecdotes. The book wasn’t exactly a story

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    Over the past decade‚ comic book movies have tremendously grown in popularity. Spiderman‚ Superman‚ and Captain America are all superhero characters that have recently been developed onto the big screen. When judging superhero adaptations‚ there is one that all others look up to. Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight is the standard for which comic book movies should be compared to. Many people come to the conclusion that it is a great movie‚ but what makes it a great movie? The Dark Knight excels at

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    The novel The Good Earth written by Pearl. S Buck and the movie Directed by Sidney Franklin were both similar‚ but had many differences. The Movie The Good Earth showed the earth as a way of greed and corruption for Wang Lung. The more land he gathered the more greedy he appeared. Wang Lung wanted to keep purchasing land and does not want to‚ or plan on selling any land. He compares wealth with how much land he owns. He goes on to buy the house of Liu to show O-Lan how much wealth he had. He gives

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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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    Even considering the complicated format of the book‚ David Fincher managed to almost perfectly illustrate the novel Fight Club‚ by Chuck Palahniuk‚ in his movie of the same name. Although tempting to compare a book and its film counterpart on even grounds‚ as a substitute of one another‚ the tools used to create each one differ greatly and thus should be evaluated on a thematic level. While the reading audience has the chance to reread‚ and absorb the themes in layers‚ the other audience is seeing

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    John Moore ENG 102 Dr. Rubenstein The Glass Menagerie Essay Watching the film from 1973 of “The Glass Menagerie” and reading “The Glass Menagerie” by Tennessee Williams was interesting and to compare the two was interesting. The two have some similarities and some differences. “The Glass Menagerie” plot is about a lower-middle class family living in St. Louis. Amanda and Tom argue constantly‚ and Laura is both physically crippled and painfully shy. Laura spends most of her time polishing her glass

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    you have to watch the movie. The main character is a 39 year old name Robert that is going threw a lot of life threatening moments. The story is about a virus that is killing a lot of people around the world and it starts in 1976 in California Los Angeles. The main character is facing death and life and he is facing the fact of never seeing a single person again. Well‚ both the movie and book have some similarities‚ and there are a lot of differences. The movie in the book have some details that

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    There is quite a few differences between the book and movie The Outsiders. The book is written by S.E. Hinton. We have been reading the outsiders and we were wondering which was better the movie or the book. The book and movie are both easy to relate to because Ponyboy is our age and most of the characters are young. I think the three characters are Sodapop‚Ponyboy‚and Two bit. In the book I pictured them as these tough looking kids but when I saw the movie they actually don’t look as tough as I imagined

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    suspect. Suddenly he jumps into the abyss. In the book the giver‚ I thought the book was more interesting because because even though the book had less action. In the movie‚ asher was a drone pilot‚ but in the book he was a recreations director. I both the book and the movie jonas can see red which is gradual. I personally think the movie is less interesting than the movie. Asher was a drone pilot but in the book he was a recreation director. In the movie‚ helped jonas escape by not dropping him onto

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    Why is it that when a book gets it’s own movie that there are several differences between the book and the movie? Some people argue that the book is always better than the movie. There is a reason for this. Firstly‚ in most book to movie adaptations small details are changed or are just not included. Secondly‚ the movie often takes short cuts and doesn’t touch on certain aspects that were described in the book. Lastly‚ when reading a book you are free to make your own subtext and fill in the blanks

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