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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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    How does the term ’Protestant Gothic’ help us to understand Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray? Even though his last years were horrible for him‚ being sent to prison and criticized by lots of people because of one of his own novels‚ one can’t deny that Oscar Wilde lived a really interesting life. His wittiness -shown in his numerous epigrams‚ like «The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about»-‚ sense of humor‚ vividness and way of thinking made him one of the most

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    father killed 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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    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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    The Giver There are many similarities between the book Giver and the movie Giver. The movie and the book had the Giver stay back to help everyone in the community like he trained Jonas to be the next receiver. The book and the movie both have Gabe staying at the Jonas house in the beginning of the movie and the book. In the book Giver and the movie Giver Jonas had the same rules to follow in his job of being the Giver. In both the book Giver and the movie Giver everyone chanted the person’s name

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    Victorian times; people in modern day society are faced with many temptations to sin‚ and to make the right choice it is required to possess a strong moral code and have stronger will power. Wilde’s message‚ in this scenario‚ may have to be read between the lines a bit; but he does make it clear that when control factors are stripped away‚ choices most likely will lead to sin. “It was better not to think of the past. Nothing could alter that. It was of himself and of his own future that he had

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    called Cleveland Street scandal: aristocrats Earl of Euston and Lord Arthur Somerset as well as Prince Eddy were revealed to be regular customers at a gay brothel. A year after of this‚ another scandal was aroused by Oscar Wilde’s novel The Picture of Dorian Gray which was considered immoral and homosexual by the public. During this time‚ the scandal around Wilde was only at its beginning and it took five years to reach the peak. In 1895‚ Wilde was convicted of “gross indecency” for two years in prison

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    film and movie have great‚ noticeable difference. The film and novel share very identical qualities. For example‚ Ponyboy had brown hair in the beginning‚ then later on in both‚ he has blonde hair‚ by bleach. Johnny and Ponyboy stay in the church for five days. Ponyboy and Johnny save the children. Johnny gets severe burns‚ and a broken back.However‚ the film and movie are not that identical‚ they are very distinct from each other. The “Outsiders” major difference is Dallas’s hair in the movie and film

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    In “The Picture of Dorian Gray” by Oscar Wilde‚ one of the most distinct and significant motifs is that of the color white. The color white is often associated with light‚ goodness‚ innocence‚ and purity. The meaning of this color evolves as the novel progresses‚ changing in relation to Dorian’s character. The deteriorating portrait is a reminder of this loss of innocence and purity‚ and it shows the detrimental effects of sin. The sins Dorian commit disfigure the beauty of the portrait. Although

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    in the book the Odysseus by Homer there are many different and similar details in the book and in the movie. There were many differences because well in the movie directors like to Make the movie seem less not like the book‚ since the book has more information. Well in my Essay I will be explains how there are similarities and differences and why the director created The Movie on how it is. Well the the three similarities I found that we’re alike in which the movie and the book are

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