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    was based on the book and contains close similarities, there are differences regarding the characters, the plot, and the theme between the two. From book to movie, there were inconsistencies amongst the characters. While some characters were portrayed well in the movie, a few were not. For instance, Johnny Cade was quiet and broody in the book, but onscreen he was more talkative and open. He was also shown as a weaker character compared to the strength he had throughout the book. Dallas, or Dally

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    Have you ever wanted to create a perfect life form? Mary Shelley had a dream one night where this monster was created. This dream inspired the composition of the novel:Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus. Many different interpretations of this novel do exist among the many films inspired by this classic novel. The very first film was directed in 1931, then in 1957, this was the first Frankenstein film in color, finally the last one in 1974. All of which have differences, but yet there are some similar

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    symbols, and the characters in the two versions of The Great Gatsby, the shared theme will be proven. A similarity between the two versions is the setting in which the tale of greed and the pursue of materialistic desires takes place. The film and the book both take place primarily in New York. The story occurs across the span of the summer of 1922 in the West and East Eggs of the Long Island sound. Summer is represented in film with shots of the sun, harshly illuminating both the actors and the scenery

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    challenges of adopting a novel into a film and the changes film makers must make. Most of these novels that are being read in schools are being made into movies. In these movies though, the narrator disappears in the movies which is a main factor of a book because they would show many characteristics about a character. The great thing about movies is that instead of a narrator, everybody can see the emotions on the characters faces and explains what the character goes through. For example, in the film

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    Each poem and chapters contain several things that have different points of views. In poem XX, a good and bad action is mentioned, asking what is good and what is considered bad. Although most people know the difference between good and bad, many focus on the bible’s assumption of good and evil and right or wrong due to the ten simple commandments that God gave. God stated that He was a jealous God and that no other gods should be put before Him and that the people had to obey his commandments in

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    The town of Holcomb, Kansas is very stale and damaged throughout the book Capote characterizes his view of Holcomb by using rhetorical devices such as imagery, diction, repetition, foreshadowing, and selection of detail to give us a glimpse of his perspective of Holcomb from the beginning of the book until the end. On page four when Holcomb is introduced Capote uses imagery to give us a image in our mind of what Holcomb looks like. Throughout part one he gives us an image that sticks on his view

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    Justice as Presented By Gilgamesh and The Book of Job Gilgamesh: A New English Version, translated by Stephen Mitchell, and The Book of Job translated by Raymond P. Scheindlin, are both ancient texts that argue that the world is not just in a variety of ways. In Gilgamesh, the part-human, part-divine tyrannical ruler of Uruk, Gilgamesh, is sent an equal by the gods in the hopes of changing him and therefore rescuing the people of Uruk from his brutal ways. This equal, Enkidu, and Gilgamesh go on

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    The lottery is a short story about a very original town. The town does not like outsiders, cause then the town´s secret may get out. The book and the movie are two kinda different things. This paper will be comparing the book and the movie. First off, there was no main character in the book. The book never once had a main character. It talked about many different people but never once focused on one certain person. In the movie though every little thing was focused around one person. He was

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    People always complain when a movie and book have slightly different events that happen in a movie and a slightly different story line. For example, the poem of Beowulf and the movie are different. In the movie it is easily discoverable to see the difference from the poem. The poem describes Grendel’s mother as an ugly monster, but in contrast the movie has Angelina Jolene as the character, a beautiful woman. The movie also has a different story line about the kings having children with Grendel’s

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    “Outsiders” Compare and Contrast Essay The Outsiders film and novel are both great. The Outsiders novel and film are alike in many ways! Many film and novel pairs there are differences. The film and novel have similarities like the rumble and the blue mustang. The Outsiders film has the children in the church that is on fire just like the novel. Both have johnny getting hurt from the fire.In both the novel and the film Sodapop worked at the DX station In

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