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    In the films‚ The Secret in Their Eyes‚ directed by Juan Jose Campanella‚ and The Official Story‚ directed by Luis Puenzo‚ both directors create a revealing depiction of 1970s Buenos Aires. Although neither story takes place during the actual “Dirty War‚” the subject serves as the backdrop for both films‚ illustrating how political turmoil has impacted society in Argentina. During this period also known as the “Holy War‚” ruthless government retaliations to a growing Marxist-Leninist revolutionary

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    Beauty and the Beast: Marie Le Prince de Beaumont story vs. Disney film In Europe‚ the 1700’s was a different time than present day America in which Marie Le Prince de Beaumont’s and Disney’s version of the text of Beauty and the Beast was written and made. To begin with‚ Europe in the 1700’s was very religion based‚ meaning that God always came first no matter the situation and has been a dominant thought in shaping the future for Europe. The order of priorities in that time in Europe was God

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    author that wrote this book has written over twenty other books. The author has a lot of experience on writing books. The author is Jeanne DuPrau and the book is The City Of Ember. The city is an underground city that is trying to keep the human race alive. The main characters in the book The City of Ember have many similarities and differences between the movie and book. The book and movie are similar because there are some parts that are in both the movie‚ and the book and it makes it more fun

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    The book is superior to the film in many ways. Both of these versions of the story are very well fulfilled‚ however I believe that book has more detail and explains the story better. The book is superior to the film because the author described various facets of Amir’s emotional world‚ it showed Baba dying‚ and included important parts of the struggle Amir and Sohrab went through to get to America together. In the book‚ the author gets into the detail of Amir’s feelings and inner conflicts between

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    my favorite story books was‚ Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. As a piece of my childhood‚ that simple story about Max and the “wild rumpus” meant a lot to me. So in the fall of 2009 when I saw the coming attraction for the full-length feature film‚ my first thought was‚ “I really hope they do it justice.”      In chapter 10 of Adaptation: Studying Film and Literature‚ authors Desmond and Hawkes note that one of the potential reasons for the failure of an adapted film is miscasting. I

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    The Polanski film Death and the Maiden is a wonderful and intelligent interpretation of Ariel Dorfman’s human rights problem play. Polanski has produced‚ in this film‚ an exceptional piece of direction‚ in which his own personal‚ emotional input is evident. The main theme of the play is an extremely personal one for both playwright (and scriptwriter) and director. Both Dorfman and Polanski have had to face and flee the horrors of dictatorship and human rights violations: Dorfman in Chile‚ under General

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    Joan Didion‚ a concerned citizen living in the nicer parts of Los Angeles near the ocean‚ writes the “Los Angeles Notebook” about the return of the Santa Ana winds and how the winds are altering the ordinary behaviors of the Los Angeles citizens. Didion claims the Santa Ana winds aren’t just in Santa Ana‚ but also in Switzerland‚ and are very perilous with a strong disruption in normal human nature‚ suggesting a mechanistic behavior. Through her use of apprehensive diction‚ eerie imagery‚ and suspenseful

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    ISU Essay In the novels The Notebook written by Nicholas Sparks and Something Borrowed written by Emily Griffin are both combined with a common idea that involves betrayal. Within each novel you get an excellent grasp of the characters and how their emotions can get the best of them. In The Notebook and Something Borrowed there are two distinct concepts‚ firstly the characters in The Notebook feel a sense of rise and happiness brought into their lives as well as the second novel the characters

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    because he has read of enchanted woods: the reading makes all real woods a little enchanted.” I felt like the movie struggled to make the characters more real‚ more believable‚ and more like children of our world. This seems a fundamental flaw of the film. In his dedication‚ Lewis makes clear that TLWW is a fairy tale. I feel the movie almost tries to eliminate the magic of it. In an interview‚ the movie’s director Andrew Adamson says “I want it to feel real and for kids today to actually relate to

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    Stephen King‚ the master of horror in literature‚ once said “Books and movies are like apples and oranges. They both are fruit‚ but taste completely different”.This brings to question how horror differs in novels and films. For a long time‚ reading books and watching movies has been a common interest of both teenagers and adults. We not only watch movies and read books about comedy‚ romance‚ adventure‚ and drama; we also crave horror. We can trace the literary genre of literature all the way back

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