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    According to the evidence found in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s original text and the 2013 Baz Luhrmann film version of The Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway, the first-person narrator in the film and the movie depicts his story in different tenses. For instance, the thoughts, actions, and experiences in Fitzgerald’s novel and the film director’s adaptation were both depicted through the eyes of Nick Carraway. The film has Nick Carraway’s voice explaining events from his point of view (Luhrmann). Likewise,

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    Have you ever read a book that you absolutely loved? Then the movie came out, and you hated it because it had nothing to do with the book. Well, that is true in some cases, but not in this case. The movie/book The Hound of the Baskervilles is a story about the fearless detective Sherlock Holmes, and his clever sidekick Dr. Watson. They have taken on a case that is entirely out of this world, perhaps supernatural. The sudden violent death of Sir Charles Baskerville leads to the inquiry of an ancient

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    Although the movie and book, To Kill a Mockingbird, are based off of the same storyline, they have some very key differences. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a classic novel about the childhood of two children, Jean Louise and Jem, who live with their father, Atticus Finch. This captivating story takes place in Maycomb, Alabama during the Great Depression and was written in 1960. This novel teaches readers a great deal about society and life during the Great Depression. The differences found

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    In today’s society, one thing that seems to bother people is the number of differences between a novel and the movie that inevitably follows the publication of that novel. The Big Sleep, written by Raymond Chandler, is one such novel that less than a decade after being written inspired the creation of a film, starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, that contains a few interesting differences. According to John Dugdale in an article for The Guardian, Chandler created something never seen before

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    We all live a similar life to one another. Whether we chose to follow by example or chose our own way in life. Society always over rules. From the short stories Examination Day by Henry Slesar and The Lottery by Shirley Jackson, a common theme that exhibits from both is “The Government's controlling ways” The two movies V for Vendetta directed by James McTeigue and The Giver directed by Phillip Noyce show the same theme but from a different point of view from the other two. Examination Day starts

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    between reading a book and watching the movie representation, they will most likely choose the movie representation. Some don’t enjoy reading and watching the movie is an easy way of understanding the story. However, a movie does not show what characters are thinking, can take away from the reader creating their own setting for the story, and take the creativity from imagining their own characters physical features. There are rare occurrences where the movie representation is more enjoyable than

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    person besides. Rather, she is said to have left since her significant other, Jack, wouldn't "let go" of Susie, or "let go" of attempting to make sense of her executioner, and she couldn't take it any longer, leaving to deal with a California ranch (Movie). Additionally, in the novel, it is said that it takes Susie's mom eight years to return home and that she just returns when she knows about Jack was having a heart attack (Novel). In the motion picture, in any case, no particular measure of time is

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    Another strength in this movie was the plot. Without a good plot, there would be no point to the movie. The last and final strength in “The Notebook” is emotion. This film takes one through every motion imaginable. As for examples, when Allie and Noah split, the emotional response automatically takes a tole on someone. It’s as if, your actually apart of the movie. In the book, Allison and Noah met in 1932, at the time Allison was 15 and Noah was 17. But in the movie, they met in the year of 1940

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    Hound of the Baskervilles movie, made in 2002. Towards the beginning of the novel, on page 12, Dr. Mortimer starts to read the legend about the spectral Hound that has cursed the Baskerville family. In the novel, the legend states that Hugo Baskerville was in love with a young girl and enon page 85, as Sir Henry is just getting settled into Baskerville Hall, Barrymore mentions that he and his wife plan to leave Baskerville Hall if Sir Henry doesn’t mind, but in the movie, Barrymore mentions none

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    In both the movie and book, Ender’s Game offers a great variety of events. Both were very interesting pieces, but they were told in different ways. There was things in both versions that made it unique and have its own spin to the story. In addition, there were some similarities and differences that could be seen, and others that were hardly recognizable. This shows us that we can’t just skip the book and watch the movie because it is different in its own way. The first difference off the bat was

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