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    phenomenal book which was later turned into a movie. There are many similarities and differences in the book To Kill A Mockingbird and the film that was based upon it. In the movie they almost portray the characters perfectly similar to the book by clothing to dialect‚ but there were a few differences. One was how Dill was very skinny and puny when in the book it says he is a bit fat. The film being black and white was different from how I pictured it. I guess it was okay to give it that old vibe since

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    the same of the name Jesus Christ? In The Great Gatsby and The Old Man and the Sea‚ modernist authors Fitzgerald and Hemingway utilize Christian allusions and references to Hemingway’s “Code Hero” skillfully to illuminate a possibly misinterpreted ideal of a hero or savior. Among the many definitions of a hero‚ Hemingway’s is a rather profound take on the usually glamorized figure. Using the character Santiago in The Old Man and the Sea‚ Hemingway crafts the supposed epitome of his code hero‚ as Santiago

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    A VERY OLD MAN WITH ENORMOUS WINGS BY GABRIEL GÁRCIA MARQUEZ ANALYSIS Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s  ”A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings” is an exemplary exploration of faith and the dichotomy of compassion and cruelty. The titular “angel” is viewed in opposition to more historically consistent versions of angels‚ and in bringing him “down to earth” Marquez lets the reader view something supernatural through the lens of everyday ordinariness. The key to understanding this story is presented through

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    A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” is a short story which seems at first to be simple‚ but after a person reads it several times‚ he finds it is not so simple because it combines realism with fantasy. It appears to have elements of magic‚ an odd “angel” comes to a family. Although‚ I have trouble seeing a definite moral to the story‚ there are several elements which I will discuss: plot‚ the main characters‚ and the setting. The story begins with a husband

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    SEAL history‚ with everyone died‚ but one man who was able to pass on the story in the novel Lone Survivor which was also later adapted into a movie. Although the book and movie both have the same story about a SEAL surviving against all odds‚ there are still some differences between the book and the movie. In the movie‚ Lone Survivor‚ there are a lot of similar things that also happened during the tragic real life mission. For example‚ the author of the book and main character‚ Marcus Luttrell‚ was

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    In the Book In the Movie    The pilot of a jet plane is found in the cave. He is believed to be the beast. The pilot was with the boys when they crashed. He was delusional and escaped and went to the cave. He died there and the boys eventually found his body.    When the boys fail to keep the signal fire lit‚ a ship passes and they don’t get rescued. It is an airplane that passes.    There is a boy with a large mulberry birthmark on his face. He doesn’t appear.    The conch is eventually

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    Amazing Spider-Man Review I have always enjoyed action films. I would state that this fact does make me somewhat biased for this review. Fictional characters that are super heroes only made them better for me. I went into this movie knowing it was going to be one that I would enjoy. This year has had a few different super hero films such as The Avengers and The Dark Knight Rises. The Avengers released May 4th‚ 2012‚ was a box office hit‚ topping the charts for weeks. The Amazing Spider-Man was released

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    The Alfred Hitchcock movie‚ The Birds‚ was said to be based on the DuMaurier story by the same name. Both versions included birds going wild and attacking humans. They also included some of the same things‚ for example‚ in the movie and the book‚ they boarded up the doors and windows to repel the attack‚ and someone is found dead at a farm with their eyes pecked out. However‚ the similarities are not as numerous as the differences. There are many contrasts between the story and the film‚ particularly

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    Book vs. Movie Some people say that the movie is better than the book but is it really? In this argument I will discuss how the book is better than the movie. In this case the book “The Lightning Thief” is better than the movie because the book includes all fun and exciting scenes that help and make you use your imagination a lot more than the movie itself. The movie excludes characters that are important and some that are but‚ either way characters make the movie happen so they should be included

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    many differences between the book‚ The Help‚ and the movie‚ “The Help”. Although the director did manage to keep some of plot the same‚ there are still not as many similarities as differences in the book and movie. To start off‚ the director did keep most of the characters looks and personalities the same in the movie as in the book. Some differences were that in the book Skeeter is big and tall‚ but the movie has her slender and average height‚ if not shorter. Hilly is portrayed in the book as a

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