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    “The Monkey’s Paw” The story‚ “The Monkey’s Paw” is a supernatural short story by W. W. Jacobs that was published in 1902. In the story 3 people can only make 3 wishes granted‚ but they don’t get exactly what they wish for. In order for your wish to come true you must hold the paw in your right hand and wish. There are plenty of ways how “The Monkey’s Paw” film enhances the mood of suspense more than the original version of the story. One way the film does a better job at enhancing the suspenseful

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    “The Monkey’s Paw” “The Monkey’s Paw” is a short story written W. W. Jacobs‚ following the short story it has a short film. I preferred the short story because I thought it was written and expressed a lot better than the film. I didn’t care for the actors and setting in the film‚ I pictured it differently when I read it. The Film and short story had similarities‚ characters‚ setting‚ and some dialogue. It starts off with a chess game with Mr.White and his son. Then Morris came to visit‚ and

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    There are many reasons why I personally have enjoyed the film more than the novel. I believe that there is a lot of small details in the film that makes it that much better. An example would include when prim tucks in her shirt after she is called up on stage. Nowhere in the novel did the author give this small but powerful detail. Another example would include at the start of the film when it gave us an explanation of the reaping and what it stood for. We did get this information in the novel‚ but

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    Freak By: hp This book project is on The Cirque du Freak. Cirque du Freak was an amazing book that was made into a movie in 2009. The use of this essay is to tell you the differences between the movie and the book. The book and the movie were not really the same at all. The first difference is the movie is not just called Cirque du Freak it is called Cirque du Freak the Vampires assistant. In the book Darren Shan the main character narrates the book while in the movie it is some omniscient

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    some people think that the books are better. Many of the movies have won awards along with the book that it was made after. Most of the time the books have more details than the movies and are able to create a better plot for the people to follow The Sleepy Hollow is the first of the three books that have a good comparison between the story and the movie. During The Sleepy Hollow one of the main differences is that in the movie the headless horseman is real and in the book‚ the horseman is the town’s

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    read the book The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini it shows a big difference of how it is portrayed with the movie. The book has more details and a deeper meaning than the movie. Watching the movie I saw that the creators did not add the important details. It is depressing because there were so many scenes that I wanted to get a better image. The movie had different aspects that it did not tell like the story did. What I believe was an important scene in the book was not shown in the movie. After watching

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    people to appreciate the freedom to read books. It explores the theme of having a negative dystopian society that is controlled by a ruling government and the censorship of books. Fourteen years later the book was adapted into a movie version directed by Francois Truffaut. The movie was made so that readers have a visual way to look at it rather than reading it. There were major differences in the movie which excluded important details provided by the book‚ concerning the characters‚ and the advanced

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    but a movie based on it was created in 2013. The book of Ender’s Game is much better than the movie because the movie is missing many key elements of the story. There are many important details and elements in Ender’s Game. One important element is Valentine and Peter creating the personas Demosthenes and Locke. This is important because it shows what is happening outside of the battle school‚ and Peter taking over

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    Personally if I read a book first and then watch the movie‚ the movie never lives up to the book. With this book To kill a Mockingbird I liked it better than the movie. The movie left out things I found very important in the book‚ along with other minor details. One thing the movie changed and left out was the way Jem and Scout got their gifts from Boo Radley. In the book Scout is the one who finds the first gift from Boo in the old oak tree in front of the Radley house. The first thing she finds

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    “ The Hunger Games” How often do you see teenagers reading a book for pleasure these days? Sadly‚ this is a dying art. It is essential to encourage today’s adolescents to read. When a book is made into a movie‚ people often argue that the written version is no longer necessary. Although the movie version is fun to watch‚ reading the actual novel is much more stimulating. Such is the case with Suzanne Collin’s novel‚ The Hunger Games. This novel is about the nation of

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