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    Compare/Contrast essay Books filled with suspense and thrills are often hard to portray on screen. When Frank Darabont projected Stephen King’s novel‚ The Green Mile‚ into a movie‚ he somewhat failed to adapt the major themes and ideas in the book‚ which focuses on a person’s journey to the electric chair and death penalty during the great depression. The changed genre from serial thriller to drama in the motion picture greatly affected the scenario and vivid details of the novella and therefore

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    differences in the movie BraveHeart vs. accual events in the life of William Wallace(AKA BraveHeart) a Scottish peasant and freedom fighter fighting for his country’s freedom from the unfair rule of the English King Edward II(Longshanks). It goes over differences such as the battle of Stirling Bridge and when and how Hollywood came into play. This essay was assigned in my history class after watching the movie BraveHeart and reading about the life of William Wallace in our text books. The idea was to

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    Archetypes In The Odyssey

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    Have you ever seen the movie E.T? Or read the book The Odyssey? Well in these two texts‚ apparent archetypes are seen. The archetype of facing adversity is seen in both the Odyssey and the film E.T.: the Extra-Terrestrial. In these texts‚ these challenges they face make it hard for them to reach their goal and finish their journey. In E.T.‚ the scientists prevented E.T.‚ the hero‚ from finishing his journey and going home. These scientists invaded Elliot‚ the helper’s‚ house. They set up a medical

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    Pearl Harbor: Movie vs. Reality “December 7th‚ 1941‚ a date which will live in infamy‚ the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan” (Roosevelt). Japan surprise attacked the Hawaiian naval base‚ Pearl Harbor‚ approximately at 7:55 am. The intent of the Japanese strike was to prevent the U.S. Pacific Fleet from interfering with plans to seize overseas territories belonging to United Kingdom‚ the Netherlands and the United States

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    There is a great deal of differences and similarities between the novel version and the movie version of “The Great Gatsby”. The novel version of The Great Gatsby is the more “official” version of the story. As we all know Hollywood likes to add somethings to their movies and make them more interesting. . Between the two versions there are plenty of similarities and differences which can be seen quite well. In the two versions we were introduced to the five main characters; Nick‚ Gatsby‚ Tom‚ Daisy

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    In his infinite grace and love God save the believers‚Noah family‚ and two animals of each species‚ one male and one female. The story of the flood became a famous biblical story and was made into a movie. As a movie how much it follows the bible? As christians is it wrong to watch it? The movie has many major differences compared to the bible. In my opinion the worst differenc e is

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    Shawshank Book vs Film

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    Redemption "Rita Haywort and the Shawshank Redemption was first presented in 1982‚ by Stephen King and hooked the hearts of the world’s readers. Literature reviews were immediately written about the book and quickly recognized as one of the years best. Rek Rehn‚ a book reviewer for Mouth Shut.com Wrote: "This book is the jewel of the crown‚ a tender tale of hope‚ friendship and retribution." Years later in 1994‚ Shawshank Redemption was again recognized by a wider audience. It was released as a major

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    Essay book vs film

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    based on books – a blessing or a curse? Book Movie based on book Nowadays‚ people often read book or watch movies for entertainment. Since movie has been invented‚ the use of book has been declined very much. However‚ some contend that movie produces negative effects on the individual as well as on the society because it makes us lazy and uncommunicative to other people. Others support watching movie‚ claiming

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    Little Mermaid Vs Movie

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    In the Disney film called “Little Mermaid” Ariel saves a prince from a shipwreck and ends up falling in love with him later in the movie. She makes a deal with the sea witch Ursula. The deal is that Ariel will be human for three days. During those three days‚ she has to get a kiss from the prince. If she doesn’t‚ she will turn back into a mermaid and belong to Ursula. She then gives her voice to Ursula and in return her tail gets replaced with a pair of legs. She goes on the land and meets the prince

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    such an influential and overpowering emotion. Although the movie had effectively and humorously portrayed the problems that were brewing amongst the fairies‚ workers‚ and lovers‚ it still missed the raw‚ poetic depth that the play embodied. Also‚ the film had strayed from the original story line more times than was acceptable. For example‚ the play was set in the 1500’s‚ which was long before the time of bicycles and flashlights that the movie had put as a frequent prop. Similarly‚ Bottom was never

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