Humanity’s Back-Up City What if humanity did not have the sun, the moon, and a steady supply of electricity? In The City of Ember, Jeanne DuPrau writes about a city that lives underground, only they don’t know that they live underground. The citizens of Ember have never heard of the sun, the moon, stars, plants, or animals. But if they don’t have the sun or moon, how do they see anything? Ember has an ancient generator in tunnels running under the city- the Pipeworks. This generator supplies electricity to all of the light bulbs that give light to Ember. Ember has a large stock of food and light bulbs to last them awhile- 220 years to be exact. After 220 years they would all escape because the mayors of the city have a secret box with instructions …show more content…
Well, the differences between the book and movie range from small, nitpicky details to important aspects of the book. For one, on assignment day everyone who got a job was supposed to be twelve, but in the movie Doon was seventeen and there were little five year olds running around with jobs. Also another age-related fault in the movie was when they made Looper look like he was forty, not fifteen, and dating Lizzie. Besides age, the movie also cut out important scenes to show just how severe the power outages and supply scarcities were, such as the part when Lina was buying color pencils and Poppy got lost during a blackout. The movie also made Ember look like it had more futuristic things than it should have had. In movie Ember, Pipeworks laborers had hats with lights on them that could connect to electricity, but no movable light source was found in the books. Instead of having a complicated lock on the box with the instructions, the box looked computerized. As a replacement for a supply room, the movie had conveniently lockers that could transform into boats. It had bugs and parasites, such as the octo-rat-thing, hiding around corners that could not be found in the book. With all those differences, it only makes sense the book fans are
Comparing the book to the movie you can clearly tell what certain things are different. For example, Sydelle Pulaski worked for Mr. Westing in the movie but only talked over the intercom. This not only caused a lot of drama but more depth to the plot. Also, Crow didn’t go to jail but they did talk about most of the consequences of her going to jail. This made a little bit more serious and emotional instead of just letting it go.
Like I said before, there are major differences between these two. Some are very visible; the names of the characters. There are others that even though are minor, they are completely unnecessary. This minor differences are small details that we remember from the book, and we were expecting to
For instance, in the book Joppy knew Albright; Albright knew Todd Carter; Todd Carter knew Richard McGee as well as Matthew Terrell whereas in the movie every character denied knowing each other except Albright and Joppy. Another noticeable difference is that in the book Frank Green, Daphne’s brother ends up murdered and in the movie he lives and they both end up moving. The third noticeable difference is a character name change from the book to the movie; Matthew Teran in the book is Matthew Terrell in the movie and he ends up being murdered in the book whereas at the end of the movie he’s running for mayor. A fourth noticeable difference is the pier scene. In the book Albright and Easy meet at the Santa Monica pier and in the movie it is the Malibu pier. And the last most noticeable difference between the book and the movie is that Mouse knows Daphne Monet or shall we call her by her real name Ruby Hanks; however, in the movie the audience never finds that out. In the movie the only true thing you get to know about Daphne is that she is both black and white. Therefore, due to the many differences between the book and the movie it is confusing to the audience since it is almost like dealing with two different stories because of the plot inconsistencies.
To begin with the first difference between the movie and the novel is poor character development, and how the character are shown differently in both the novel and the movie. When Gene goes to Leper’s home town, he finds him shell shocked. When Gene gets the telegram letter and goes to
Dr. Manette does not have as prominent of a role in the movie as the book, as well as Lorry and Jerry Cruncher.
When the socs and the greasers are going to have the big rumble in the book Darry asks if anyone wants to fight him but in the movie the person that he fight in both the book and movie says he will fight him. After the big rumble Dally and Ponyboy go to see Johnny who is almost dead and after he dies Ponyboy freaks out in the book and thinks he's not dead but in the movie it is only Dally. In the book Dally goes and robs a grocery store but in the movie he robs the gas station. When Dally leaves in the movie the guy shoots Dally and injures him but in the book he never had a gun. When Dally is shot by the police he is shot at the park in the movie but in the book he is shot in the street under the lamppost. There is so much more differences in the movie but it would be impossible to say them all so that is all of the differences i found from the book and
The book and movie are completely different. It 's like comparing apples and oranges. (I 'm assuming that you used the newest version with Guy Pierce). The biggest difference is probably the ommision of Haydee and Maximillien and Valentine (three of the main character) and the addition of Jacapo. Jacapo does is in the book, but he is never a large character.
The 3 major differences that were seen are the shattering of the conch, the pilot’s presence, and Ralph’s attitude towards Piggy. Due to these major differences the novel left a greater impact on its readers than the movie on its viewers. Seeing the movie and as well reading the book, personally the book was a better. The book has a very different approach of that showed these 3 major differences to their full extent. Out of the two though, I would choose the book as more pleasant and
The book and the film were both simular, and yet different in many ways. An example would be, in the film, Ponyboy was walking to the drive-in and meeting Cherri and Marcia. Although in the book, Ponyboy began his journey by telling the readers about his experience about being jumped by the Socs and being threatened. The director probably had some options to pick from to leave out from the movie, and the director chosed this to leave out. Leaving out the part where Ponyboy was jumped was an effective move because without the experience Ponyboy was lost and helpless because he did not know what to do when he and Johnny got cornered in the park by Bob and other Socs.
Some things are different in the book and movie. Like Sunset Towers and Money in both versions. Sunset towers is luxurious in the book but a bad place to live downtown. The money the will was worth 200 million but in the movie it is worth 20 million. Another difference is that the Wexlers moved to Sunset Towers because they had no money, but in the book they moved because they had money. In the movie Jake Wexler is paying off his debt though they have money in the book. Jake Wexler is a
I will make 4 different points to show the differences. The first point is the fight with Stilson. In the book the fight is outside while Ender is walking to the bus and in the movie the fight is initially in science lab. Stilson and his friends pushed Ender in the science lab to fight him. Next, Ender
Do you like mysterious books? If you do, then The City of Ember is the book for you. The City of Ember is about a girl and a boy named Lina and Doon who were not friends at first, but then became best friends. Then they found a set of instructions to get out of Ember and figure the the words out because their city was dying. After, they find a huge room full of boats to ride down the river to get out of Ember. At the end they get out of Ember. First I thought that The City of Ember was about saving the city, now I know it’s way more than that. I now know that the novel is about using teamwork to accomplish goals. Lina and Doon exhibit teamwork throughout the novel because they worked together through the whole book to accomplish a goal by figuring out the words to the instructions and finding all the boats and saving the people of Ember.
For example, in the story I thought the H-G men were just a group of individuals in the community but in the 2081 they were like the SWAT or the military. I think the the producers made this difference because when you're watching a movie you expect lots of exciting action which happened in this 2081 scene. Overall the movie was more action based which was different form the book. The book and the movie were also very different when Harrison acted like a hero and a villain combined in the movie but in the book he doesn't act like either of these. Harrison also threatened to blow up a bomb in the movie but he didn't do that in the book. The reason they changed these examples from the book was to give more excitement, and entertainment for the
In the movie there was a lot more stuff going on and everything happened a lot faster. In the book it took so much longer for everything to happen, and in the movie it felt more “real”. In the movie we could actually see how dark and scary the city really was. The city was really dark and they had a lot of blackouts and they were running out of lots of stuff. Lastly, the mayor got killed and that’s what he deserved. He was taking from The City of Ember, and so they were running out, because he was taking it all. All in all, the movie was a lot better then the
Here are some differences with the characters. Meg one of the main character's in the book has glasses and braces, but in the movie she doesn't have braces or glasses. Another main character is Charles-Walace and in the book he is five, doesn't go to school, and can't read, but in the movie he is six go's to school, and can read well. These are the differences