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    In the way a finger leaves a print specific to the touch of its owner, auteurs stylize elements of their works so that their creation is definitive enough to be traced back to its creator. In order to identify these definitive components, an auteur must establish common thematic and formal elements that their texts typically contain. In David Fincher’s film Gone Girl (2014), Amy Dunne suddenly vanishes, seemingly from violent kidnapping, leaving her husband, Nick Dunne, in a media frenzy over his

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    story The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (1922) and David Fincher’s film of the same title (2008) tell the curious story of a man who is born old and ages backwards. Fitzgerald and Fincher challenge their audiences to consider different themes and ideas throughout their texts and utilise different techniques to do so. While the stories of the two texts remain similar, they differ in their effectiveness. David Fincher and Francis Scott Fitzgeralds, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button present the

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    During these 44 years Fitzgerald’s works achieved an enormous recognition and appreciation from the public, to the point where these works became staples in today’s literature with stories like The Great Gatsby, Winter Dreams, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. These pieces became staples in the American literature mainly because Fitzgerald developed an expertise to illustrate the Jazz Age in his artworks. For example, the way he describes the scenarios and the lavish life of the higher class

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    Film vs. Short Story Analysis– The Curious Case of Benjamin Button In reviewing the Paramount film adaptation of The Curious of Benjamin Button, directed by David Fincher and screenplay by Eric Roth, with the original story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, one may conclude that there are more differences than there are similarities. The film version does maintain the main premise of the story, in that, it tells the tale of a man born old that grew up to be young, a story on aging. I will attempt to provide

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    Katherine Johnson, the woman who sent the first American man to outer space was a pioneer for women, and more importantly women of color. Margot Lee Shetterley’s book Hidden Figures writes about a woman who is calm, passionate, steady, and sure of herself. In Chapter seventeen Outer Space of Hidden Figures by Shetterly described Katherine as a eager, passionate woman on fire for knowledge and a love for the science and math. During chapter eighteen With All Deliberate Speed, she writes of Katherines

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    The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a charming story about a man who ages in reverse. I will be taking an archetypal approach to this movie; an archetype is a typical character, an action or a situation that represents such universal patterns of human nature. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald when looked at from an archetypal approach I’ve noticed many patterns, not all are typical. I will be looking at Daisy and how her character traits are typical

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    different sources, but in the case of “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” the screen writer found their muse from a short story. The movie and book both roughly stick to the same theme, but many details from the two bulge out with differences. In addition to the many differences between the two, they also share some similarities. Both fictional stories revolve around the unique condition and extraordinary life of a man who ages backwards. “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” the short story and movie

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    Curious Case of Benjamin Button, VS Benjamin Button Film As reading the eager story of “ Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” written by F. Scott Fitzgerald to the deeply inflected romance film “ Benjamin Button” directed by David Fincher will make the human mind reevaluate the precious idea of life. In the film the audience views the feeling of abandonment from Benjamin Button’s biological mother and father. As portrayed in the short story Benjamin's father raised him into the man he became not neglect

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    The book I’ve been reading is The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The movie I was watching is The Curious Case of Benjamin Button directed by David Fincher. I have learned of a baby being born old. The book and the movie explain the life of Benjamin Button of how he grows old back to young. In this report, I will be comparing and contrasting the book and movie. In the book, Benjamin was born at the age of seventy, and his parents took care of him. The book’s point of view

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