“Born on the Fourth of July”
This book was incredible! In all truth this was the first book I have ever read cover to cover. The book, by Ron Kovic, as compared to the film, by Oliver Stone, had some impressive similarities. Both the book and the film did a great job of portraying Ron’s childhood in Massapequa, Long Island. From the little league games to playing war in the woods, leading charges and setting ambushes. This was especially well done in the movie, and exactly as I pictured them while reading the book. The time that he spent in Mexico was well defined in the book as well as in the film. While there were many similarities, what I feel is more important is to focus on the differences.
There were countless small differences in
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His parents were also a lot more concerned with him going in the film than they were in the book, especially his mother. While in the book Kovic makes it extremely clear that the most influential reason for him joining the Marines was because of the movies he saw as a boy, specifically the “Sands of Iwo Jima” and “To Hell and Back”. He loved the way that Hollywood had glamorized the battles and the wars. When he thought of war that was what he thought about, John Wayne making a stand, taking out Japs and Nazi’s with quick shots from the hip, all these things. No innocent people were hurt, the hero always came home and that hero was loved and applauded when he got there. What Kovic found out was that these ideas were indeed influenced by Hollywood. The hero seldom comes home, and during these times he was not greeted by screaming fans but by “hippies” that protested his involvement.
It also seemed that the film did not do a great job of portraying the deplorable conditions of the veteran’s hospitals. Sure they showed some of the crude parts, but for the amount of the book that was dedicated to exposing what was going on in the VA hospitals the film did not seem to express it.
From what I can tell Oliver Stone did an incredible job making this movie. There were a few discrepancies between the book and the film, but on the whole I believe
By all means, the book is amazing. The book was way more descriptive than the movie. There are key parts of the book that were not in the movie. Billy finds himself obsessing over red coonhounds, it drives him so crazy he saves up money from working odd jobs to buy
I much preferred the movie version to the novel. For me, author William Kennedy’s style of writing is needlessly vague and difficult to follow, yet he did a wonderful job adapting
You can make a case to go in several directions when discussing the book Born on The Fourth of July by Ronald Kovic. At the very least you can make a case to touch on each point that have been laid out for us. For this paper I will evaluate how Kovic adjusted back to civilian life, not just as a veteran, but one who very literally gave up three-fourths of his body for his country. I will also analyze how Kovic dealt with his experiences involving sexuality and how a sense of community helped Kovic through even his most difficult of times.
- This book is a really good book not a very good movie because they have so many differences if they would have not started in the middle of the book then it would have been really good and entertaining but it just doesn't give me the vision in my head of the whole book . A movie to me is where a book comes to life and, but it still was a good movie but could have been
As a result of this book, in 2002, a We were Soldiers, the movie was and the story was retold to a greater audience grossing over US 144 million worldwide. Reviews of the book versus movie illustrated some differences and although there was some artistic license taken when creating the movie, many Vietnam veterans claimed that they “got it right”.
The plot and the setting of book and movie are very similar. There was a lot of thins borrowed from the book, but there was a lot changed as well. The movie followed the plot of book very closely and portrayed the setting of the book very well. A lot of the dialogue was borrowed and spoken directly as it was in the book.
The Fourth of July is the nation’s birthday, but it is also a time for everyone to get together and mingle for hours on hours. Countless number of friends and family get together on the beach for barbeques, parties, watch the sun set sink away and have an amazing night full fireworks. Having the chance to have spent my 2015 Fourth of July along Ft. Lauderdale beach was the best time of my life. It brought such joy and excitement to be able to spend the holiday with family and friends.
The movie, the movie was completely different aspect from the book. They had the same facts and the same plot but it was different. But who would watch a movie that was the exact same as the book? The differences and similarities are what makes the movie exceptional. Going from book to movie can be a huge transition.
When the Fourth of July comes around some families celebrate when America got freedom. Some families will get together, they have a tradition of going to watch the fireworks during the night of the Fourth of July.People celebrate this certain day because it is the day the Declaration of Independence was signed. That is when the Americans were free and had their own rights. At the sametime is it the best time to be making memories with family.
The Fourth of July reminds us all of the momentous birth, and evolution, of the United States of America. We celebrate with fireworks, barbecues, and American flags hung high with pride. It should also be a time where we show respect, and gratitude, to those who came before us paving the way for generations to come. An awe-inspiring moment in history, the Fourth of July should always act as a reminder to us all of the power of freedom, and opportunity.
The following post is a review of the film adaptation in comparison to the book. You can read my review of the book on its own here.
The book had really good parts that were not in the movie And the movie skipped a lot of the book and did not really show it.but the book talked about IT a lot in the book.And the man with red eyes they did not find him reading a magazine siting on a bench.like they did in the book.
Fourth of July. It is pitch black and everyone is waiting for the sky’s performance. The patriotic American song starts in the background and I look around to see where the fireworks will start streaming. My eyes fixate on the dazzling sparks of colors and heart-hammering noises, but the moment that I break eye contact with the sky, I look down upon the crowd. There is a light performance going on the ground level. A mob of phones pointed into the sky orchestrated the performance; their lenses were a curtain to the actually performance taking place in the sky. Realistically, these pictures will never see the light of day again. How often does someone go back and diligently strip search their photo album to find that radiant pink firework that
The book tells the same story as the movie but in a different way it cuts out thing the movies has or the movies adds thing that's not in the book. The book has some not many similar but . I feel the director was unfaithful to the book.The book and movie version of Our America had many differences.
He didn't strike me as a Vietnam veteran who has lost most of his men, but he struck me as someone who is playing a caricature of himself. I half expected to hear him start spouting lines from Snakes On A Plane during the film.