Victorino Mapa High School Quiapo‚ Manila The Quiet American By: Graham Greene Danielle May P. Basilio IV-4 Mrs.Ballinan I. About the Author Graham Greene was born in 1904 and educated at Berhamsted School‚ where his father was the headmaster. On coming down from Balliol College‚ Oxford‚ where he published the book of verse‚ he worked for 4 years as a sub-editor on The Times. He established his reputation with his fourth novel‚ Stamboul Train‚ which he classed as an ‘entertainment’
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into a movie‚ there will always be missing elements. With “Doubt”‚ its movie adaptation is more of a companion piece. Each medium has their advantages and disadvantages‚ but I think they benefit each other. In the play‚ the reader gets more freedom to come to their own conclusion about Father Flynn‚ whereas in the movie‚ there is a strong influence on his guiltiness. As Shanley is the playwright and also the director‚ he constructs both to be beneficial in their own right. On one hand‚ the movie is a
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wrinkle through space. To find their father Meg‚ Charles Wallace‚ and Calvin follow mysterious space travelers known as Mrs.Whatsit‚ Mrs.Who and Mrs.Which. The movie is better than the book because of the subplots‚ darkness‚ and relationships. The movie is better because it adds more subplots. One of the subplots is how Meg can tesser. In the movie Mrs.Whatsit tells Meg‚ “Stay angry‚ little Meg. You will need all your anger now”. So she can tesser. But in the book on page 8‚ “a scientist who seems to
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skip or adjust to fit the movie and make it better‚ but that is not always a good thing. Some people think that the book is better than the movie‚ others think that the movie is better than the book. Sometimes people say you should read the book before you see the movie‚ because the movie is make from the book. Books and movies are different and even if they are the same theme they may have their own story. In the book the outsiders there is more description than the movie. The books shows you who
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The Quiet American: Choose a novel which explores in an effective way a theme which is important to you. A novel of which explores a certain theme‚ the abusive corruption of American power is Graham Greene’s “The Quiet American”. Greene’s novel is set in the French colony‚ Vietnam‚ which is soon to be lost to the Communists. His narration and description of characters such as Alden Pyle the titular “Quiet American” of whom is proud to be American and is working for the Economic Aid Mission of which
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started normally‚ she just about lost everything in a horrific car accident. Her parents die instantly; she and her younger brother‚ Teddy‚ are left in critical condition. There are many differences between the book and movie that made both very appealing. The book and the movie portray the crash scene very differently‚ but both were emotional. After the car accident‚ Mia is wandering trying to get the attention of the firefighters‚ paramedics‚ police‚ and trying to find her family. “‘Dad‚’ I call
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The movie was more intriguing than the book and was easier to comprehend the history. The movie helped me understand what was going on in the book. The movie caught my attention more than the book did. The movie emphasized more than the book did. I’d like to build on the idea that the movie helped me understand what was going on in the book because I wasn’t really interested in the book so I didn’t really take in all the history that I could in the movie because the movie was more action packed
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I like the movie a christmas carol more than the book. The story a christmas carol has been a very famous story for a long time. The move was better because you could see the actions the charters was taking. Every time the charters mood would change in the movie the lighting or the music would change. Some of the differences of a christmas carol book and a christmas carol movie is in the movie the mood changes a lot more and in the movie there’s a lot more detail .The book has detail but it does
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in love with her can seize anyone who watches it. Also‚ the dazzling music and setting launch the audience back into the time in which this incredible play takes place. But now a new version of this wonderful play has been created in the form of a movie that gives it a bit more spunk and pulls the audience‚ even more‚ into a grueling love triangle between a beautiful young actress and two men who would fight to the death for her affection. The Broadway version of this play has been preformed to
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differences and similarities about the myth and movie? Hercules killed his parents ‚ but then said he was adopted. Hercules showed all labors in the myth. In the movie it did not show all labors. The differences in the myth is that ‚ there’s more stories than the music. In the movie there was more action. A lot of acting was in the movie. In the myth ‚ Hercules has to perform all twelve labors in order to reach godhood. He then remains as a god. In the movie ‚ Hercules becomes a god by performing the
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