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    Imagine you had to pick only a handful of adjectives from a list to describe yourself, what do you think those words be? What if you then had to rank those words? Now, what if you asked someone else to pick a handful of words that they felt described you from the same list and rank them. What do you think your reaction would be to seeing their list and how they chose to rank those words? Would you feel like they completely understood who you are or would you feel like they really didn’t understand

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    many different situations and environments. Social comparisons take place in the workplace, at school, within friend groups and many other areas. The social comparison theory may give us more knowledge about why and how we perform these comparisons. Leon Festinger was the psychologist who first brought up the idea of the social comparison theory. According to the theory, there exists two types of comparisons- upward and downward. The upward comparisons involve comparing ourselves to other people who

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    different characters. In the movie many things are taught. The comparison between both is significant. Many things are missing from the movie because it would not have gone into it or because it would have made this movie way too long. In the novel many things are found out by the readers. In the movie viewers can definitely tell the difference between the novel and movie because of what has been left out and changed from the original story. Differences between the story and the movie can change the opinion

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    fragments of gold from his long lying on his costly bed” (pg 214 Tolkien). From the movie when Bilbo is with Smaug when he

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    Sahota EAC150NCQ March-05-2016 Romeo and Juliet- Movie Comparison (1968 version vs. the 2013 version) The movie, Romeo and Juliet was first released in the year 1968 though we have newer versions of the year 1996 and 2013. The films represent a visual version of William Shakespeare’s book titled Romeo and Juliet. The movie and book are both built around the two characters with major focus on their love life. In this case, we make a comparison between the film released in the year 1968 and that

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    The Giver Movie and Book Comparison. The movie takes place in the confines of “the community,” something that started after “the ruin,” when all memories were erased and everyone became equal. Things like “precision of language” and “sameness” are valued. Families are units of a mother and a father and a child or two—children are applied for and birthed by birthing mothers, These are some similarities between the movie and the book. While the book has no discussion of “the ruin,” the basic premise

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    Between the book and the movie, there are differences as well as similarities. A few points of comparison and contrast in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is missing scenes, added scenes, and characters’ personalities. The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn is told in first person view by Huckleberry “Huck” Finn and it informs the reader of his adventures on a raft with a runaway slave. The book provides much detail about all the situations and people they run into, while the movie left out a few parts

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    novel “The Outsiders,” by S.E Hinton and the film adaption by Francis Ford Coppola, the book and the movie have numerous similarities and differences. Our thoughts on these particular aspects are very diverse as the universe is. Many things have either been left out or diminished from the movie, which makes it less interesting as the suspense lessens as one has finished reading the book. The movie also missed critical events and that the author has included in her book, including Sandy, Ponyboy’s

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    single father. Here she is only 15 and already has her own car (before she even has a license!) and spends most of her time with her best friend, Dionne. The Mr. Knightley character is played by her ex step-brother, Josh, played by Paul Rudd. The movie loosely follows a lot of Emma‘s plotlines. Cher hooks up two of her teachers and from there gets it into her head to be a matchmaker. She decides to give this version’s Harriet Smith, new girl Tai (Brittany Murphy), a makeover and to hook her up with

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    Bridge To Terabithia Report The books are usually better than the movies. This is why I am usually reluctant to watch any movies based off of books. Some movies don’t meet the standards set by the book, and fall extremely below the expectations of movie watchers and book lovers alike. Some movies meets the standards of the book, but there is some disappointment here and there. The film adaptation of Bridge to Terabithia is one of these movies. It certainly meet the standards of the book but there

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