The book Johnny Tremain, and the Disney Movie Johnny Tremain have many similarities and differences. Although the movie moves along the story in a timely manner, I would have enjoyed seeing little Isannah running around the Lapham household. Or maybe Dove mocking Johnny. The fact that Dove didn't burn Johnny’s hand, or that Isannah didn't make an appearance once, made me really dislike the movie. But I did like that Johnny’s hand was burnt in both. Here I have given reasoning as to the reasons why I liked and disliked the movie.
A big difference I noticed in the beginning of the movie was instead of Dove, Mrs. Lapham burned Johnny’s hand. In the book there is a boy named Dove who Johnny doesn’t get along with very well. When Johnny is making the sugar basin he asks Dove for a crubrical. But, Dove purposely grabs the cracked crubrical and when Johnny starts to use it, he burns his hand. While in the movie Mrs. Lapham trip’s onto Johnny, thus causing him to fall and burn his hand on the liquid silver. I think that Dove helped bring out the childish version of Johnny. Without Dove Johnny didn’t really have anything to
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Isannah was the youngest sister of the Lapham household. She really helped bring out the motherly, caring side of Cilla. Without her, Cilla will never feel the sorrow she felt when Isannah choose Lavinia Lyte over Cilla, who devoted all her time and care to Isannah. But the most important thing i missed was Isannah didn’t save Johnny in court. In the book she ran into the courtroom and her beauty help Johnny win the case, It shows that bond of friendship and compassion that couldn’t be broken over a burnt hand. But since Isannah wasn’t in the movie Cilla is the one who saves him but in a little different way, she was his witness and her testimony saved him. It was more realistic but I wish they could’ve incorporated that compassion, friendship, and acceptance shown in the
Rab was Johnny’s best friend and a role model for him. In the book, when Rab takes part in battle, Rab gets shot and dies in a hospital. Rab’s death was extremely significant in Johnny’s life, and it changed him. You would think such an important event wouldn’t be left out of the movie, right? Well, the movie ends with Johnny and Rab staying at a fort after fighting in battle together, without Rab dying. This difference angered me the most because Rab was Johnny Tremain’s best friend who changed Johnny and gave him confidence great and support. One of the most major events that heavily impacted Johnny in the book wasn’t even in the movie. Without Rab with Johnny, Johnny would have to move on without one of the people who changed his
There was also important scenes that weren't in the movie but in the novel somewhere near the ending Sodapop runs out of the house and his brothers ran after him that was one important scene that the movie didn't show, it just skip that and went straight to the end. Then the part where Johnny’s mom came to see him at the hospital it didn’t show that in the movie only shown when the nurse told Johnny that his mom wanted to see him but didn't actually show his mom. The movie did add some scenes that weren't shown in the movie it showed Dally going into the store after Johnny’s death and robbing it and running
After Johnny had killed a boy in self defense and went hiding here is a few things that had happened. In the book they didn´t know where Jay Mountain was so they
Second, in the book Little Ann was known to be smarter than Old Dan, but in the movie they looked alike and had no difference from their appearance and characters. Third, the book tells about how Billy caught the first coon to train his dogs, while the movie did not show such an action. The next difference is the chapter 11 of the book tells about Little Ann who almost got drowned in the icy water and Billy could save her owing to his old lantern, but we couldn’t see it in the movie. Another different thing is when Billy and The Pritchards’ boys, Rainie and Rubin, had a bet to tree the ghost coon. The book mentions that they betted two dollars for it, but 5 dollars in the movie. It is said in the book how Little Ann won the best looking hound contest, but the process didn’t appear in the movie. The last thing is in the book Billy got 4 coons, so he could win the contest, while in the movie it is said that Billy didn’t win the championship but he was given the title by Mr. Bellington, the one who won the match.
In my opinion, the movie portrayed the theme of the original novel well. One of the theme of the book was “staying gold”, and it makes it possible for us to know the theme through some scenes: scene where Pony and Johnny saw marvelous sunrise and the part where Pony found and read Johnny’s letter. Those scenes were included in both the novel and the film. However, even if there were many significant scenes included, there were several missing scenes in the film; for instance, in the novel, Pony fought against the Socs at school and he also became mad when anyone said that Johnny is dead, but in the movie, those scenes were missing – In the movie, I couldn’t see much depression in Pony after Johnny has expired. The only scene in the movie that showed how shocked Pony was the part where his English teacher told him that he should write good semester theme to pass his class with
One is that True Son took a swing at Del Hardy in the movie. While on the other hand, True Son just sat there and didn’t do anything. Another difference between the book and the movie was that True Son dropped and ate a the Mandrake Root instead of the May Apple like he did in the book. Next difference was that True Son had no other siblings in the movie. In the book he had a younger brother named Gordie. To go along with character difference, there was a servant to Aunt Kate and Uncle Wilse in the movie named Shenandoah. Another difference was that True Son’s mother put on a dance for True Son so, that he could meet a girl and fancy her. At the party, Myra Butler put a ring in the cake and had True Son give it to the person he liked the
The first difference between the film and the novel is when the two lovers drink the love potion. In the book, they drink the love potion when they are still on the boat and have “dropped anchor by an island”
Throughout the novel Johnny Tremain, the author, Esther Forbes, displays the universal concepts of growing up and changing. When the story began, the protagonist, Johnny Tremain, was a fourteen-year-old boy. At the end of the novel, Johnny emerges as a sixteen-year-old man, unrecognizable from his younger self, due to carrying characteristics that contrast the traits of the young boy he once was. As Johnny aged in the story, he underwent immense changes. Johnny had changed by gaining the knowledge of how to make good choices, obtaining a better comprehension on things in life, and learning to value certain items or deeds in life.
It didn’t help me to analyze anything from the book or make any good connection with the themes. The movie and the novel share one thing in common, which is the main characters struggle with society. The main character in the movie, Charlie, battles with his love for religion (Catholicism) and his Mafia ambitions. The movie has an abrupt ending with a scene of an ambulance and paramedics arriving to help Charlie and Johnny that have been shot by the man they owe money to. The movies main purpose was to illustrate the cultural and ethnic situation of the time and how it impacted the youth’s
The movie is fairly similar to the book except for a few exceptions. One of the main things is that the movie is less detailed and is faster paced. Another thing is that pony never went to the hospital after the fire and didn't have a concussion. When Dallas was driving to the hospital with Pony and he got pulled over by the police who was on a motorcycle. While At the hospital Johnny’s mom comes to visit him but Pony and Dallas don't talk to her. When Dally leaves he goes and robs a store and the police are after him. Then when the police catch him he raises his unloaded handgun and the police shoot him. He gets shot once and does a few rolls stands up and gets shot more. The gang goes home after finding Dally and Ponyboy starts writing the “Outsiders”.
The book is different from the movie because the book overall as more parts and better descriptions. In the beginning of the book it shows Pony coming out of the movie house and walking on the sidewalk as he gets jumped(Hinton). Also in the book when Pony and Johnny were searching for the church Pony talks to the farmer about where Jay Mountain is and lies to the farmer saying the church was the “army headquarters”(Hinton). In the book when Johnny is in the hospital it says that he is on his back. The last thing different in the book is in the end where Pony’s school teacher tells him to write a paper, and the movie ends with him writing the story.
In the book, we have Dove to show how Johnny changes. In the movie, he’s not prideful in the beginning. He’s a good person, so we don’t see how Rab or the Sons of Liberty impact him. In the book, Dove intentionally gives Johnny a cracked crucible which causes his hand injury. In the movie, Johnny burns his hand when he bumps into Mrs. Lapham.
“Johnny Tremain” by Esther Forbes and “Johnny Tremain” by Disney were both different, yet they were the same in some ways, too. There were no extreme changes, in terms of the plot. Some things, although, were left out of the movie that were in the book. The book definitely had more information and detail than the movie. In this essay, I will be talking about the character differences, Mr. Lyte, and the concept.
Another notable difference between the film and the novel is the
Cilla’s family life, chores, and her lifestyle. Main focus when it comes to family is Isannah and getting married which is supposed to be Johnny. Cilla works as a maid for the Lyte family and being Isannah caretaker. Cilla takes care of Isannah because their mother, Ms.Lapham doesn't think that Isannah is worth all the trouble and because takes much pride Isannah. She working to pay