Calaveras County Compare And Contrast

With any comparison between a play and its movie counterpart there are bound to be major differences and key similarities between

Another difference in the movie from the play is the obvious different points of view. The play is told from Estela’s point of view and the movie is shown through Ana’s point of view. The play shows more of Estela’s struggles in the factory, not being able to pay for the machines, paying rent and most being an undocumented worker in the

The stories bear minor similarities and differences that the setting influences the plot development by era and place, main characters backgrounds, and environment /time frame of stories.

Each writer has their own style and uses syntax and diction in different and unique ways. Chapter 12 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,” written by Mark Twain demonstrates three types of writing. The novel and the short story consist of the first-person point of view style of writing, as well as patterned syntactic sentences, and finally informal diction with polysyndeton.

Another major difference between the written story and the movie is the character of the father. In the short story the author only mentions him briefly. "The father went to town to some office. But though

different. They both share similar topics, in that they are two stories of cultures, but written from

In the story “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” by Mark Twain, the use of diction provides differences upon the certain class of characters. The text consist of three characters as the narrator looks for someone known as Smiley. He comes across a man by the name of Simon Wheeler and is caught in his story of another man by the name of Smiley which provides a story within a story. As clear of a difference as black and white, the diction of the narrator is more profound and well educated than other characters is this humorous fiction piece. The differences is the use of diction is a bit extreme, providing a possible time era and a separation in educational class.

It may be the same era and the same basic theme between both writings, but there are two significant differences -- social class and physical location. The

Both stories have the climax happen in a school setting. A difference between these two stories is the change of mood during the climax.

First, the plots of both works need to be discussed and explained how they are different. The stories of both works have basically the same

     The characters are totally different in the two versions. The short story’s main characters are a family; a husband, a wife, and two children. The film’s characters are a woman and a man, and the man’s mother and younger sister.

In another way, these two stories are different because the authors have been using different perspective when narrating the story.

Another difference between the two is the way in which characters are presented. In the novel the audience is introduced to Billy's captive mate, Montana Whildhack, as she is first placed into the Tralfamadorian zoo. She is place in the cohabitation with Billy while she is unconscious and is filled

Throughout the play there are many themes leading up to and causing the chief event.

Mark Twain's story, "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," and Bret Harte's short story, “The Outcasts of Poker Flat” is both works in the Western genre and portrays culture in the West. However, both stories being similar in setting, the two stories are still very different.