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    there’s no conflict‚ there are no stories worth telling - or reading.” Is an utopian society the way to go? In the book The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ the protagonist Jonas soon realized after becoming The Receiver that the Elders in his community have been hiding the truth of what could have been. There is more feeling and technology in the movie compared to the book The Giver. The movie and the book The Giver have similarities‚ such as‚ the characters are all the same. Jonas is strong‚ courageous‚ and wants

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    Tom Hanks who is famous for his role in “Forrest Gump” goes back to his roots at the Cuyahoga Community College. His visit to the Tri-C Metro was quite educational for students who are looking to get a career in acting and theater. The veteran actor sat in front of 750 high school and college students at the Cuyahoga Community College’s Metropolitan Campus. Tom Hanks was not there to do a show but to make a show out of his life‚ so to speak. After being introduced by his good friend‚ Ivan Schwarz

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    1972‚ the book was made into a movie. Part two followed in 1974‚ and part three in 1990. The plot follows the feuds between five big New York mafia families. Compared to the movie‚ the book had many more side stories featuring supporting characters. Of note is how the novel version had an epilogue that the movie completely ignored. Although there are some changes and flaws‚ the 1974 film adaptation of the book has a similar plot and is a very good film version. It is one of the best book adaptations

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    Persepolis Film and Book Comparison Persepolis the movie doesn’t really deviate from the book all too much. Except for a couple of scenes in color‚ which were set outside the time frame of the book‚ the film basically followed the book. Some scenes‚ for the purpose of time were likely skipped and not included in the film. For the main part‚ the film seemed to want to focus more on Marji’s political commentary and less on the extraneous portions of her life which sort of hurt the narrative. The

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    The Crucible Comparison This story was written by Arthur Miller in 1953. He wrote this story to show his society what was going to happen to them if they didn’t get straighten their heads and to show them how foolish they were for acting like they were in the 1600’s. They were going through a time called the Cold War. People were being arrested for saying things like a communist. This is kind of what was happening during the Salem Witchcraft. This is the way the society was going in Millers time

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    Do you know that you should always read the book before you watch the movie. In The Giver Jonas experiences many new places‚ and memories. In the movie and book Jonas experiences many similar activities‚ however there are also many differences. There are many similarities and differences of the setting between the book and the movie‚ The Giver. It takes place in a futuristic city in both the book and movie. In both the Giver still talks about climate change‚ and why the community doesn’t have memories

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    Within a new trend in the Movies Industry‚ a lot of classic books are selected to be turned into films for the big screen. This is the case of the epic poem Beowulf‚ which dates from Anglo Saxon times and is considered as the earliest poem in the modern European language. In 2007‚ the American director Robert Zemeckis produced Beowulf. In my opinion he chose this poem as a source for a Hollywood movie because it carries valuable information about revelations and controversies of Old English social

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    one of the twins. A few differences I saw between the book and the movie were the ages of Jonas‚ Fiona‚ Lily‚ And Asher in the book Jonas‚ Fiona‚ and Asher are 12 but in the movie they are 18‚ in the book Lily is 8 but in the movie she is 9. Another difference I saw between the book and the movie was with the Chief Elder in the book‚ you don’t really hear much from the Chief Elder but the when you watch the movie 30 or 40% of the time you get recognition of the Chief

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    The differences between the movie and the book are great. There are people missing and scenes cut. There are people added and scenes added. For the most part‚ though‚ the theme seemed to stay generally the same. These differences come about because of the difference of how movies focus more on drama and books go more in depth‚ so they can give more detail. The summary‚ in the general‚ for both translations Hannah‚ a young girl from New Rochelle‚ is complaining about the remembering. The

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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

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