When a book becomes a success, that book usually gets adapted into a movie. However, a movie adaptation can be very different from its book, because it’s pretty difficult to fit everything from a book into a movie. Some events may need to be omitted from it and some may need to be added, according to the movie director. Books and their movies can be very different, but their objective has to remain the same. The book, “Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH” and its movie adaptation, “The Secret of NIMH” both have the same objective, with some minor changes throughout the story of the movie, because what works in one might not work in another. This essay will discuss and compare the similarities and differences between the book and the …show more content…
The first similarity would be when the rats of NIMH move to Thorn Valley to continue hiding from NIMH, a laboratory experimenting on rats and other animals. The rats also wanted to start anew, this time not relying on humans for food, electricity, water, etc. Thorn Valley would have supplied the rats with what they needed. It says in the epilogue, “...into the forest to join the colony in Thorn Valley. There was no talk of their coming back, unless their attempt to grow their own food should fail…” (pg.228, paragraph 3). Another similarity is when Mrs. Frisby volunteers to put a packet of sleeping powder in Dragon’s food. She then gets trapped in a birdcage until Justin rescues her. The last similarity is the part where Jeremy, a crow, gets stuck in a string. Mrs. Frisby has to untangle him before Dragon comes near them to attack. These three similarities happened in both the book and the movie. Overall, the book “Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH” and the movie “The Secret of NIMH” both share several similarities and differences, as some events in the movie are not in the book, and some events may be omitted from the movie that are in the book. However, in the end, both the movie adaptation and the book must stick to the same storyline and keep the original objective, otherwise the main point would be
The movie and the novel Fahrenheit 451 are similar in the fact that Montag is a firemen, there was a woman with the match, and finally Beatty and Montag's house get burned. They are also different because there is no mechanical hound, Faber, or the bomb that wipes out the city. The movie and the novel Fahrenheit 451 are similar and different in many ways. The movie and the book Fahrenheit 451 have many ways they are similar.
In recent years, it has become popular for many of America's great literary masterpieces to be adapted into film versions. As easy a task as it may sound, there are many problems that can arise from trying to adapt a book into a movie, being that the written word is what makes the novel a literary work of art. Many times, it is hard to express the written word on camera because the words that express so much action and feeling can not always be expressed the same way through pictures and acting. One example of this can be found in the comparison of Ken Kesey's novel, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and the film version directed in 1975 by Milos Forman.
There are other significant similarities between the movie and the book, so if I overlooked or forgot any extremely crucial points, forgive me.
Many time in our lives, we have seen the transformation of novels into movies. Some of them are equal to the novel, few are superior, and most are inferior. Why is this? Why is it that a story that was surely to be one of the best written stories ever, could turn out to be Hollywood flops? One reason is that in many transformations, the main characters are changed, some the way they look, others the way they act. On top of this, scenes are cut out and plot is even changed. In this essay, I will discuss some of the changes made to the characters of the Maltese Falcon as they make their transformation to the ?big screen.?
Emily Dickinson once said, “There is no frigate like a book”. However, in modern society, classic American literature has become cinematized and turned into box-office hits. The Great Gatsby, a book by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is one such example. Originally published in 1925, the novel’s flamboyant characters and profound plotline has been replicated and integrated into multiple movie representations. The 1974 movie adaptations of The Great Gatsby has been widely known for its resemblance to the book. Although the plot lines of this movie and book are similar, there are a few significant differences between the two.
Throughout the film, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", many changes differentiate the movie from the book. Not only can these differences be seen in the characters of the novel, but also in the series of events that make this story so interesting. In this essay, the significance of these differences will be revealed as well as the reasons for the changes.
Children today have access to many forms of literature, some of which are books made into movies. As the children become older, comments such as “the book was way better” or “the movie didn’t even come close to matching the book” or “the movie and book are the exact same, so save time and just watch the movie” are heard once children begin to make connections between the book and the film. It is important to me, as a future teacher, to be able to address such comments from my students and, in turn, help them understand why and how movies can either help or hinder the book’s original value and message. To help me prepare, I will compare a children’s film to the literary work that came from it.
It’s not difficult to figure out that almost every book with a movie made from the book will have some differences and some similarities. I can almost promise anyone that they will probably never find a book with a movie that is the exact same. This essay will point out some differences and similarities between the book and the movie “Ordinary People”.
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH is a novel by Robert O’Brien. The Main Characters are Mrs. Frisby, Jenner, Timothy, and Nicodemus. Mrs. Frisby is the protagonist in the Novel. She is the mother of Timothy and siblings. She is a widow of mouse (Johnathan) who was murdered by a cat whose name was Dragon.
“The purpose of this paper is to write about the similarities and difference of two movies: The Choice and The Notebook. Nicholas Sparks really knows how to set a romantic/emotional, but also creates a very predictable love story plot-line. You could predict the ending before the movie started with only knowing who the movie was based on a Nicholas Sparks novel. There is always a boy who falls for a girl and has to work extremely hard to get her. Then, something happens, but in the end they are always together. The Notebook and The Choice both show how life is about choices, you have to fight for what you love, and the good guy wins; but, in The Choice the ending will leave you wanting to know more about these characters and their story and that is why The
Pack rats get their name because they love finding and collecting random objects, which they use to build their nests. But the tiny rodents pack more than just random objects — they pack a serious punch. If you have pack rats in your garden, you need to get rid of them before you become a victim of their nefarious ways.
Discuss the changes that take place between the novel and the film, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, and the impact they have on you.
The movie's opening scene gives allusions to Dante's own life and his brief courtship with Beatrice. Chris (Robin Williams) begins, "When I was young, I met this beautiful girl on a lake," just as Dante had met Beatrice when he was young. This lake just happens to be on the boarder of Switzerland and Italy, Dante's native country. Anna, Chris' love, finds him sitting on a hillside overlooking that lake, and that scene will become a major focus for the rest of the movie. They believe that they are soul mates, and unlike Dante and Beatrice, Chris and Anna marry and have two children.
many people since the modern era. “This contribution traces succinctly the conceptual development of depressive bipolar disorders from Grace-Roman views, though the Enlightenment into the modern era(Davison,2006).” According to a recent study only 1% of people have a bipolar disorder and only 50% of people have a depression disorder. Mood Disorders afflict one out of five women and one out of ten men at some point in their lives. Also, according to a Clinical and Public Health Scope, a depression disorder is more common in women than in men. The tradition view states that more men than women will die earlier in age, because of having a mood disorder. Gerald
Whenever books are adapted for film, changes inevitably have to be made. The medium of film offers several advantages and disadvantages over the book: it is not as adept at exploring the inner workings of people - it cannot explore their minds so easily; however, the added visual and audio capabilities of film open whole new areas of the imagination which, in the hands of a competent writer-director, can more than compensate.