...First and foremost, Elizabeth Moreno will need to research the French culture a little more. It is important for Elizabeth to not do anything that may disrespect or belittle any of the management staff as her kinesic behavior can put her in this position. As per this case, French managers are suspicious of most technical communication and would rather “face-to-face meetings and on-site consultations”. Chances are they will be paying close attention to Elizabeth’s non-verbal language during her visit with them. For example, something as simple as posture can be misinterpreted. To Europeans, “a relaxed posture in business meetings may be taken as bad manners or the result in poor upbringing” (Deresky, pg 133). Americans such as Elizabeth wouldn’t think twice of a relaxed posture in a business meeting. It would also be wise of Elizabeth to obtain an English/French translator. Even though the universal language in her highly technical field is English, using the right words at the right time in the right manner is essential to making this assignment a success. In Exhibit 4-2 (Deresky, pg128), we see a classic example of how words can be perceived differently even though the same language is being spoken. The American boss is looking for his Greek employee to be accountable for his role within the company and make sound decisions based on American culture whereas the Greek employee is looking for orders to be given from his American boss based on Greek culture. Also note in this...
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...The outsiders compare/contrast The outsiders movie and the book are almost the same but they both have different kinds of details and they both have it to where they say one thing then they another but the book gives more details and description then the movie does. The movie shows when dally gets shot in the store and when he helps uses a fake gun and he gets shot by the police and he dies then ponyboy starts to read the book gone with the wind. The book says that ponyboy falls to the ground after dally gets shot and he wakes up in his bed. The book and the movie they kind of the same but the book gives you more things then the movie it doesn’t show the parts that are very important in the movie and in the book it tells you the very important...
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...Have you ever read a book and then watched the movie? When you are watching the movie you find some things similar, but most of it is different, right? I read the book The Odyssey and watched the movie O Brother Where Art Thou? I compared the similarities and the differences. When I was doing that, I found a lot of the same things in the movie as they were in the book. This was a movie and book that were different, but the same in different ways that were sometimes hidden in the storyline of O Brother Where Art Thou? I thought there were many similarities in the movie and in the book. One that really caught my attention was the prophecy. In the movie when the men were riding with the blind guy on the train track he said, “ You guys will seek a great fortune, but not the one you are looking for…” In the book Odysseus goes to the underworld and Tiresias of Thebes tells him, “ If you don’t show restraint and control you won’t make it home.” The prophecies are alike in many ways....
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...Around 1981, Francis Ford Coppola received a letter from a librarian at Lone Star middle school. The text stated, “ We are all so impressed with the book, The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, that a petition has been circulated asking that it be made into a movie. We have chosen you to send it to. In hopes that you might also see the possibilities of a movie, we have enclosed a copy of the book.” The written document was signed by 110 little signatures who were eager for Coppola to make a film. Since he couldn’t resist it, he decided to make one. Two years later, on March 25 The Outsiders was released. As any film director should, he tried to keep the movie close to the original novel by S.E Hinton. However, movies and books are two different ways...
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...The Outsiders book and movie are about the same storyline with the same characters and the same themes, although they also have many differences. The book is has many things going on, like Darry, Soda, and Ponyboy. Three brothers living together on their own after their parents died in a car accident. The book emphasizes on Soda’s horse Mickey. Pony talks about how he wishes he could buy Soda a new horse. I wouldn’t have known this if I had only watched the movie because Pony was thinking this in his head. In movies you can’t know exactly what the character is thinking unless it’s narrereated. The outsiders movie was not nerrerated but the book was. The movie is a shortened version of the book so many details form the book are left out...
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...The book of Beowulf and the movie have a lot differences and also has its similarities. Most of the time the movie is very different from the book movies always want to give things drama and more excitement. also movies make us understand more of the book if you are not a reader. but books have those tasteful words and always a lot more detail and Beowulf was one of those. it was so much different from the book. In Beowulf the epic poem Hrothgar was not the father of Grendel. In the poem there is never any mention of either Hrothgar and Beowulf ever being involved or enticed to become the fathers of Grendel or the dragon which the major points in the movie. Hrothgar was also a good person in the poem rather than being an old drunken like...
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...“The Book Thief” Movie Reflection People always say 'the book is so much better than the movie'. In The Book Thief’s case, I agree with this statement. In my opinion, I think the original novel that Markus Zusak wrote was more captivating and told the story in a more fascinating way, including narration by Death and many other important details that were not included in the movie. For this reason, the movie did not do the book justice. Unlike the book, it felt like it was rushing through events in the beginning and the ending of the movie, but in the middle it felt slow and a little dull. The movie was still good, but I don't think it was as good as it could have been. As I mentioned before, many events from the original story were not in the movie. Some events that were in the movie got altered, which, to me, changed some effects of the story. An example of this would be when Hans stood up for the Jewish store owner getting beat by a Nazi, where in the book Hans courageously gave a Jewish man a piece of bread. The way it was written in the book seemed like more of a risk because it put his whole family in jeopardy, whereas in the movie it didn't seem as heroic. Also Alex Steiner and Hans should have left for the service at the same time, like in the book, because then Liesel and Rudy could have made a connection over their missing fathers. Although the movie made many changes, in some ways it also modified the book in a good way. One scene not in book was where Rudy and Liesel...
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...in the book. We read the book The Outsiders. S.E Hinton was the author. I liked the book very much and we eventually watched the movie. As I was reading the book I did not picture the movie the way it was. I am comparing the movie and book and also making some differences. Some of the main characters in the book are Dally, Ponyboy, Johnny, Two-Bit, Darry, and there is other characters that aren't as important. The narrator in the book is pointing at Ponyboy's point of view. To start off, the characters are very different in the book then they are in the movie. Sodapop was in the book more than he was in the movie. There was blonde kids, (Soda and Dally) in the book but there wasn’t in the movie. Sandy wasn’t even mentioned or in the movie and she took a big part in the book. In the book's point of view the narrator is Ponyboy, and in the movie there isn’t really a narrator it is in every one perspective. In the book two-bit was 6 foot tall...
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...tries to avenge him. Beowulf prevails against the demon monster and his wicked mother because of his heroic manner and determination against evil. More disputes with tumultuous threats against his people arise. Beowulf strikes triumph over the evil forces because of his unwavering honor and bravery. The tale of Beowulf is portrayed in a motion picture film and a book written in modern english. There are many differences and little similarities between the movie and the book. This epic piece of literature has lived on through many ages because of the examples of selflessness, courage, leadership, and loyalty....
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...In this story I will compare and contrast the tone of the movie and the book of the Jumanji. This book was very exciting and lively , because of all of the events that happened in both things. I think I liked the movie better than the book the movie had more details. There was a lot of differences in the movie and book mainly because there was different events that happened. That is what I am going to explained in my compare and contrast. In the book there was a lot of things that happened. First, the boy Peter found the game in the park by a tree. They took it home and started playing the game ,but in no time at all there was already thing happening that was strange. When they rolled they read the words that appeared on the green circle when they read it a lion was laying on top of the piano! It chased Peter threw the hall and they locked it in the room. They keep playing and...
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...Amistad: Film and the book. After watching the film Amistad and read the book of this story, I feel like they are both valuable to study the history of America in 1840s. Meanwhile, from my point of view, the book is more academical than the movie while the movie can give you a quick idea about what is really going on in the story and you can feel the story more directly than the book. Now, let’s compare them in different aspects. 1.What can the student more readily learn from the film as opposed to the book? After watching the movie, the first thing that I feel different from the book is the mood that those actors behaved were really shocking. From the movie, we can directly feel the eager of those black people whom lead by Cinque want to regain...
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...Books and movies are rarely ever the same due to directors wanting more action then the books usually have, so people who read the book first always just come back to it rather than the movie since they found it more interesting. When different mediums are compared of one story (the book or the movie) it always seems to be a split between the community, and I believe The Hobbit is quite different when the book and movie are compared to another, however, the book crafts a stronger story, whether it be through, action scenes, or character development. When action scenes are in books, they are usually much more extravagant in movies trying to draw the audience in, but I believe the action scenes in the book portrayed Bilbo as a stronger hero....
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...The Giver the book and The Giver the movie is the changes that were made in the plot of the film adaptation. More specifically, a large change that was made in the plot was Jonas’s relationship with Fiona. The scriptwriters added multiple different events between Jonas and Fiona that developed their affinity and transformed the movie into a love story, most likely to attract more viewers. One event that was significant in the movie was when Jonas kissed Fiona and she was taken by surprise. In the book, if Jonas kissed Fiona she would be confused and would be thrown off guard because she was unable to have feelings, and therefore would not share the same feelings as Jonas. The scriptwriters included their kiss to accentuate Jonas’s feelings for Fiona, and to foreshadow the sacrifices that Fiona would later make to develop the love story such as skipping injections and aiding Jonas in his escape....
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...When they make novels into movies every movie has to make changes to make fit into the plot better, but are those changes are having a positive impact on the movie or having a negative effect on the movie.The Giver book and the movie have some major changes but both had positive and negative effects. The changes from the book to the movie that had a positive effect and enriched the story. The first change would be Asher job in the book was the Director of Recreation of 6’s and in the movie, his job as a drone pilot.This job enhanced the story by him finding Jonas in elsewhere and moving talks to him and helping him get to the boundary.The second change was when Jonas of the sled the Giver explained it, but in the movie, the Giver just gave...
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...To compare The Crucible book and movie, you first need to understand the what it's about. It's a story that relates to the salem witch trial where people were killed because they were accused of witchcraft, where a lot of innocent people were killed.The book goes into more detail about it so you can imagine it whereas the movie does not. There were a few differences in scenes which will be explained. At the beginning, the book goes straight to Betty being sick in bed with everyone around her, but in the film the beginning started in the woods with the girls dancing around the fire. We witness the dancing and Abigail drank the chicken blood and whispered to Tituba. In the book we. Find out about the dancing through parris who says he wittinessed...
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