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How Is Judah Alike

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This paper is on the book Ben-Hur and Ben-Hur: A Tale of Christ. This is a wonderful story of a man named Judah as he goes through struggles with his best friend Messala. Judah must do what must be done to protect his family. Judah goes through many trials in the story while trying to rival with Messala. Judah's mother and sister who have gone missing after they were taken prisoners. This paper is on the differences between the movie and the book.

The movie and the book have many comparisons from the race, to the crucifixion of Christ. Many similarities include how Judah became a slave, how poetic justice was served, and that Simonides is crippled. In the story, Tirzah and her mother have lepersy, they are healed by Christ, and they get to see Judah again and live in happiness. In the movie and the book, has a man vs man conflict like Messala and Judah were like brothers, they end up fighting and become enemies, Judah and his family are taken prisoners. Another conflict is man vs man when Judah is taken as a galley slave, and the boat is attacked by pirates. A note conflict is man vs self when Judah is going through an internal conflict about Jesus and if He is the Messiah or not. When Tirzah and her mother have lepersy is …show more content…

The most well known one was that the book started with Messala and Judah arguing about the Roman army and Messala is not in it yet, but in the movie, Messala was already a high rank in the Roman army and they do not fight until Judah rejects Messalas offer to help him stop the riots against the Roman Empire. In the book Esther had was mentioned or seen less than 5 times in the book, but in the movie Esther has a relationship with Judah. Palm Sunday is never seen in the movie like it is in the book. In the movie Judah and Esther touch Judah's mother and sister who are lepers. Judah returns the ring to Pilate and tells him to give it to Arrius. Jesus does not touch the mother and

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