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    is more powerful compared to the film. This is because it provides background detail to vital connotations and concepts compared with the film. The anagogical concepts of Newspeak‚ Double think and Oligarchical collectivism in Emmanuel Goldstein’s book are explored in greater in the novel. Furthermore‚ the scenes are more detailed‚ as evident in chestnut tree café. Because detail is lacked‚ the audience is left questioning scenes‚ leaving the cinema

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    Another great example is when the director adds a scene with Ms Phelan admitting to Skeeter that she found out about her writing the book. In this scene‚ she shows her how she is pleased and is more accepting towards her‚ unlike the way her character in the book was portrayed. Foremost‚ the

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    by the side of the road and looked out to the east where the shape of the city was darkening into the coming night. They saw no lights‚” (McCarthy 159). “He held the boy against him‚ cold to the bone. Dont lose heart‚ he said. We’ll be all right‚” (McCarthy 177). This quote found in the book “The Road”‚ written by Cormac McCarthy‚ represents how much the father loves the boy. In this story‚ a father and son search for some type of hope for survival by traveling along a road. The father has lost

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    In the film adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ book‚ The Hunger Games‚ the viewer in placed into a dystopian world with main characters‚ Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark. Their story is set in the country of Panem‚ leading up the the 74th annual Hunger Games. The Hunger Games is an event in which one male and one female “tribute” are chosen from each of the twelve districts and put into an arena where they will fight to the death until the last fighter can be crowned victor. Katniss and Peeta both

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    After reading the story and watching the movie of “The Pit and the Pendulum” by Edgar Allen Poe‚ it was easy to spot the many similarities and differences between the two. The story was written by Edgar Allen Poe but the movie was written but someone else even though it was based on Poe’s story. The movie focuses on giving more information about the characters than Poe’s story. Similarities with the movie and the story were that both portrayed a dark mood. Both portrayed a sense of suspense

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    is a big leap in the history of film making. However‚ there are certain aspects of the movie that could have been beter adapted. The main reason why these points have been missed may be due to the fact that Pier Paolo Pasolini meant to make a movie that carried a myth of the past to today and even tomorrow by starting the movie in Italy and carrying it to the past. What really bothered me while watching the movie was that Oedipus is too young compared to what we see in the tragedy and even more disturbing

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    the original novel. I will analyze the novel‚ and film and I will discuss how I viewed the film vs the novel of No Country for an Old Man‚ and compare the two together.

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    hosts and armies were against him‚ and he also against them all; there now the fight began‚ for all stood most terribly‚ one party against another. Jacob Boehme‚ The Aurora‚ … Or The Morning Rednesse In The Rising Of The Sun On the surface Cormac McCarthy ’s Blood Meridian is an extremely violent narrative based on historical events‚ which aims at dispelling the stereotypes of heroic frontier mythology. Within it‚ however‚ we do not find too many traditional elements that normally constitute the

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    journey down the Mississippi River is represents the everyday American highway of endless possibilities about what is going to happen next. Mark Twain basically transforms a boy’s adventure tale into what people would say to be one of the world’s great books. Huckleberry Finn was one of the first novels to be written in‚ narrated in the first person by the title character. The novel has been banned to eliminate perceived racism. It was the fifth most banned in school and libraries during the 1990s. One

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    The Novel Frankenstein is over hundred years old and still popular today. Frankenstein is still seen in movies‚ cartoons‚ and short stories. People around the world continue to read the novel. The novel’s themes are understood and relatable to many people because it discusses life and death. Shelly’s purpose in writing the novel was to entertain. However‚ the time period in which Shelly wrote the novel was very conservative and the themes of life and death could had been offensive. Shelly’s experiences

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