painful. Life is rich. Life is .... Precious." That sentence gives a fairly accurate indication of a film that portrays both the harsh‚ brutal‚ dark sides of life - while making room for a belief in the goodness and hope for the future. In the movie “Precious”‚ the main character is a 16-year-old girl who lives a life of economically‚ socially and mentally difficulty. We get a glimpse into an environment that is rarely portrayed on film‚ and few have access to in real life. We are confronted with
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stories behind the characters: Florence‚ John’s Aunt‚ Gabriel‚ John’s stepfather‚ and Elizabeth‚ John’s mother. This story is told through both a movie and a book and though they both have the same story line‚ there are also many differences. The movie at times strays away from some important topics that were discussed in the book. One topic the movie does not include in the story was that of John seeing his father naked. In the last chapter of the story‚ when John was bring saved he recalls that
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find out about this fascinating story‚ continue reading. The Westing Game book and movie contain many similarities and differences that are definitely worth exploring. The Westing Game novel and movie are mainly centered around heirs trying to solve the murder of Sam Westing. The novel is about 16 heirs living in a big apartment building‚ and in the end‚ every character has changed into a better person. Also‚ in the book‚ all the heirs are determined to find out who murdered Westing. In
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"The Giver" novel and movie have differences and similarities.They both have elements that show The Giver’s world. In the movie‚ the music gives it more depth and emotion then in the book‚ and also the landscape made it easier to visualize the community‚ and their sameness. For instance‚in both the movie and the book their are differences involving the element of music by the music giving it more depth and emotion in the movie then in the book.For example in "The Giver" movie it
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containing a Christian allegory. The movie falters in those moments where it robs the story of its purity and truth. As a child reading the story‚ or having it read to you‚ you are taken from an ordinary world into an extraordinary one. As Lewis wrote in his essay “On Three Ways of Writing for Children” the reader of a story like TLWW “does not despise real woods 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
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Title: Trurl’s Machine Author: Stanislaw Lem As a boy Stanislaw Lem showed an early interest in science as well as in the imaginary worlds of fantasy and science fiction. The young Lem’s interest in tinkering mechanical devices of all sorts was put to use by secretly damaging the German vehicles during the Nazi occupation. Later on‚ he became a full time writer establishing himself as leading science fiction writer in Eastern Europe. This writer from Lvov Poland (now Ukraine) worked on serious
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Simple Machine Joemarie A. Martinez 1-D CE Simple machine Simple machines make work easier by multiplying‚ reducing‚ or changing the direction of a force. The scientific formula for work is w = f x d‚ or‚ work is equal to force multiplied by distance. Simple machines cannot change the amount of work done‚ but they can reduce the effort force that is required to do the work! As you can see by this formula‚ if the effort force is reduced‚ distance is increased. These simple machines fall
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The movie‚ “Fahrenheit 451‚” was different from the book of Fahrenheit 451‚ was one difference in the move was that Montag went out with Clarisse on his sick day so he could devise a plan‚ but in the book he stayed home and devised his plan‚ and also there was no Mechanical Hound or Professor Faber and Granger in the movie. Based on the book‚ Professor Faber and Granger were major characters because they emphasized the themes‚ “three things are missing‚” and the “phoenix.” The missing components
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The Westing Game‚ a book and movie of the mystery genre‚ is an exciting book by Ellen Raskin. The Westing Game book and movie contain many similarities and differences that are worth watching or reading. The book and movie are different and alike in many ways. The Westing Game starts out at a place called Sunset Towers‚ even though all of the windows are facing west. Many heirs of the great Sam Westing are called over to live there for many purposes‚ one being to play a game to find out who will
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As with most movies spun off of books‚ the Joy Luck Club was very different from the paperback. I had seen the movie beforehand‚ so I already knew this‚ and was ready to look for distinct differences. Many things were left out‚ some things were out of place‚ and some things were even changed. There was a lot of information that was left behind in the making of the movie. For instance‚ the whole “Moon Lady” chapter was completely absent. The viewer also never learns how Ying-Ying St. Clair’s husband
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