told that this movie was a modern retelling of The Scarlet Letter‚ and so I waited until after I read the book to watch the movie. After all‚ I only had one book/movie to do to complete the Books to Movie Challenge! Well‚ while I thought this movie was pretty good‚ and certainly had some very funny scenes - it is definitely not a retelling of The Scarlet Letter. I will say that it is influenced by it‚ and carries some of the same themes - in fact discusses them openly in the movie - it is not nearly
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film but were also absent in the film. The novel and the film have numerous similarities and differences. In the novel and the film there were many similarities. One similarity was the respect shown to Atticus Finch which portrays a very important theme. Atticus is respected for his leadership‚ his courage‚ his dedication to his job and overall‚ his humbleness. Atticus shares mutual respect with
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The antagonist‚ Temptation This essay is about temptation in the Odyssey‚ more specifically temptation and its role in the book. Showing how food displays everyday temptation and how Odysseus recklessness causes his own troubled journey home. Temptation in laments terms is the desire to do something you know you shouldn’t do. This theme is something that is repeated constantly throughout the Odyssey in a multitude of ways and for many reasons. It shows on a scale how human and mortal the characters
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THE ODYSSEY Books 1-4 1. The story of Agamemnon‚ Aegisthus‚ Orestes and Clytaemenstra is a recurring theme during these first 4 books of the odyssey. The references I have picked up on throughout the four books are as listed: - Book 1‚ page 4‚ Section 29-48. This is the first reference to the story of Agamemnon‚ Aegisthus‚ Orestes and Clytaemenstra. In this‚ it is at an assembly of gods in Zeus’ palace. Zeus‚ who would open discussion among them‚ was in thought of the handsome Aegisthus. Zeus
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Kerry Huntlea Book 5 Questions 1. What does Odysseus do for himself? He is very efficient on making sacrifices‚ as he thinks you get rewarded he has hope to go home after it being 20 years. He is also very venerable and he cries and dreams about the day he gets to see his family again. But when Calypso says he can go he makes himself a raft and sets sail. 2. What does the gods do for him? Well as Odysseus makes sacrifices as many times as he can‚ he can only hope something good happens
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03/26/13 Compare and contrast Between Daedalus Flight and MIT Flight The "Fight of Daedalus" and the "Flight of MIT" are one of the articles in which you can find many things to compare and contrast. They both have many similarities and also many differences‚ which also made both stories more interesting. But remember one thing both had the same goal and that was to get success in flying. Now first of all‚ I would like to tell you the analogous things that are in both articles. As I mention earlier
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reading the book late into the night‚ thinking about Philip as if he were a close friend‚ and then hurrying home after school to discover what was happening to him. About one-third into the story‚ I took a red ink pen and began underlining passages that spoke to me. What the author was writing was right on target‚ he was describing my feelings at the time of anger at God‚ disillusionment‚ frustration‚ love. Even though the book had been published in 1915‚ decades before I was born‚ the book described
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Robert F. Kennedy. This book contains Kennedy’s thoughts about the Cuban Missile Crisis and the actions that he and the rest of the United States cabinet took to prevent a nuclear disaster and World War III. There is also a movie based on the book starring Kevin Costner. Most movies that are based on books are often exceeding inaccurate‚ due to Hollywood directors trying to "spice up" the movie. However‚ Thirteen Days is one of the few movies that are not wildly inaccurate. The movie contains several similarities
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The third step of the Odyssey is meeting the mentor‚ Odysseus does this when he meets and is helped by Athena. Athena‚ the Goddess of wisdom‚ and becomes Odysseus mentor. She help Odysseus‚ even though she is not supposed to. Athena helps Odysseus by pleading with the gods so that he could go home. She tells him how to get through certain dangerous situations and leads him to King Alcinous. The next step in Odysseus’s journey is crossing the threshold. After the war‚ the gods are angry at the Greeks
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by author Richard Matheson coming up with the storyline and writing the original book version. While Richard Matheson’s post-apocalyptic science fiction book‚ I Am Legend‚ and Francis Lawrence’s post-apocalyptic science fiction movie‚ I Am Legend‚ both have similarities and differences‚ in the end‚ the original book version prevails mainly because the movie version alters the original storyline too much. In the movie‚ Robert Neville is a scientist who was unable to stop the spread of the terrible
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