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Flowers For Algernon Movie Vs Book

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Flowers For Algernon: Book vs Movie Essay Most people say that the book is better than the book. Well not for "Flowers For Algernon". "Flowers For Algernon" is a great story with an exciting plot and interesting characters. But, the story is suited for the big screen more than a book. The movie is better than the book because the movie is easier to understand, the movie is more realistic, and the movie portrayed characters better. The movie is a lot easier to comprehend. It is easier to comprehend because people say words instead of the reader having to sound out a difficult or long word. For some readers it is easier to understand a word if they are told how to correctly say it.Whereas if they sounded it out and said the word incorrectly, they would have to relearn the word because they have been mispronouncing it the whole time. Another reason to why the movie is easier to comprehend is that the spectator can guess the meaning of the word by listening to the tone of the speaker. Another argument that could be made is that the movie is more realisitic. This leads us to our next topic. …show more content…

Since the movie was in third person the spectators were able to look at the other characters to infer what they were thinking or feeling. But in the book everything was centered around Charlie, which made it difficult to see what others were thinking besides what Charlie thought of them. Another thing that makes the movie more realistic is that Charlie works in a bakery instead of a factory. Why would some mentally challenged, like Charlie, be working at a place where there are big machines that he could get hurt by? These things make the movie more realistic than the book. The last reason why the movie is better is that the movie represents the characters

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