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    The movie “The Grapes of Wrath” I watched recently is the classic adaptation of John Steinbeck’s novel written and published in 1939 only one year before the movie was released. When the movie production was approved the director John Ford and his crew were able to accomplish a major task and finish the project without getting involved in the conflict with labor unions what was very important since many members of the crew belonged to them. The script which is based on Steinbeck’s book adopted a

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    Brad Mitchell Ms. Campbell ENG 101 01 October 2012 Waiting for ‘Superman’ The film "Waiting for Superman" follows five children as they have to struggle through a system of conflicting education regulations and avoid the academic pitfalls that are public schools in order to receive a proper education that may guarantee them a career. The film‚ directed by Davis Guggenheim‚ asserts the claim that Teachers’ Unions are a main problem to public education‚ and that charter schools are the safest

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    In the movie version of “Boys and Girls”‚ there were many differences‚ such as the beginning. In the movie‚ we open into the scene where the first horse is shot. The girl and Laird are both watching‚ however another difference to the original short story is that Laird has an adverse reaction to the death of the horse. He runs out of the barn and away until his sister catches him and tells him that it was good that he saw‚ so he now knows what has to eventually be done in these cases. In the events

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    Similarities and Differences in Characters Vs. Actors In the novel and film On the Road by Jack Kerouac‚ the choice of actors to play the major roles‚ especially that of the narrator Sal Paradise‚ was bad in that it was way off base from Kerouac’s book. Why does the choice of actors significantly differ from how they are portrayed in the novel? Because Jack Kerouac had written the novel so long ago that he did not have the knowledge or wording to explain or show how they are portrayed in the film

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    Another great example is when the director adds a scene with Ms Phelan admitting to Skeeter that she found out about her writing the book. In this scene‚ she shows her how she is pleased and is more accepting towards her‚ unlike the way her character in the book was portrayed. Foremost‚ the

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    The Color Purple: Movie vs Book In the novel‚ The Color Purple‚ the author Alice Walker gives several ideas in letter forms‚ such as‚ friendship‚ domination‚ courage & independence. She impacts readers by looking at the story through the eyes of Celie and Nettie. The book describes the life of a young black girl in the 1920’s to the 1960’s. The story of how a 14 year old girl fights through all the steps of an abusive life and finally she is in command for her own life. Celie is the young girl

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    and forcing them to make conclusions for themselves. This is present in the all of the movie of 1968‚ ‘96‚ and the play in 2014. Both movies and the play are all similar to the original playwright that Shakespeare wrote‚ but there are still many differences in how the movies were made to emulate the original

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    in the book and the film is that her personality is the same she is caring and … We can see she is caring in both the book and the film because she cares for the old in the book but also cares for the babies in the film. Some differences between the book and the film is that in the book Fiona was assigned the job of Caretaker in the House of Old whereas in the film she was assigned the job of a nurturer. In the film Fiona waits to be released because she helped Jonas to escape but in the book there

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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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    English grammar and writing Short question: 6 marks 1. What is a morph? How is it different from a morpheme? 2. Identify the prefixes in the following words and mention whether they are: (a) Location (b) reversative (c) evaluative prefixes. Or (A) Malfunction (B) dispossess (C) superstructure (D) superfine (E) undersigned (F) defrost. 3. Write a note on function of prepositional phrase using appropriate examples. 4. Discuss postmodification

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