...Books and movies are often compared to each other, especially when they are fiction. What about the non-fiction books? Books and movies can be compared by facts, characters, plot, or overall theme. In the book, and the movie, The Devil’s Arithmetic, facts, characters, plot, and overall theme can be compared. Comparing and contrasting the book and the movie allows one to understand the difference between the two. The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen and The Devil’s Arithmetic from 1999 have a very similar storyline. The basic idea of both illustrate how Hannah complains about going to the Sedar. The Stern’s go through the rituals and Hannah is chosen to open the door for the prophet Elijah. That’s when Hannah basically time travels, or have...
Words: 1118 - Pages: 5
...Farm as book and film respectively Animal Farm, written by George Orwell, is a story about how animals take over a farm. The farm and the animals are symbols that are used to represent the Russian Revolution. The story of Animal Farm is based on the Russian Revolution. If you make a comparison between the movie Animal Farm and the book Animal Farm there are numerous reasons that made it similar and different. This Animal Farm movie features some significant departures from Orwell's story. It may be the best film adaptation of the novel to date, but it's far from perfect. No film adaptation of a written work is hardly ever perfect, but one could expect this one to be fairly accurate because Animal Farm is a rather short book, after all. For the most part, I feel like this movie does a great job capturing the essence of Orwell’s work, but there are some significant departures that one should be aware of. One thing that I believe can make a book good is the characters. There were many more animals on the farm, in the book. The movie did not show many animals except for the main animals. Even though this is a small difference, I find it very noticeable. In the book, Mollie was a character. When she betrayed the animals by being with a human it gave you a feeling that there were more animals that could be traitors. Rather than the animals talking, as in the book, a narrator generally tells the story in the movie. The animals only have very few sound effects in the movie. In the...
Words: 611 - Pages: 3
...Imagine you have a handicap that would minimize your intelligence or the way you speak. Have you ever thought about what your handicap would be? In the book “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut everyone has handicaps to make them all equal. “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut and 2081 are similar because Harrison gets arrested and taken away in both. However they are different because in the book Harrison gets taken away because he is “too perfect,” and in the movie he gets taken away because he takes his handicaps off in public. In “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut and 2081 there are many similarities.These are similar because Harrison gets arrested and taken away from his family in both. In the book Harrison gets taken away because he...
Words: 349 - Pages: 2
...Draft I am Legend:Book V. Movie Zombies have been around for ages now. In the fictional world of zombies, there have been many changes to their appearance, behavior and all around being from their origins way back in the day. Zombies are known as the living dead. Something that has died, and under strange circumstances, came back to life. Due to many entertainment outlets such as television, movies, books etc… there appearance, has been modified to keep the viewer/audience entertained. One story that I had taken particular interest in, was the movie I am Legend. The movie is based off of the novel, I am Legend, written by Richard Matheson. Although both the movie...
Words: 1579 - Pages: 7
...Analysis of the differences between the movie The Prince of Egypt and the Book of Exodus (NRSV) Medina Baitemirova THEO 1301 Dr. Charles Sommer 12/01/2014 Prince of Egypt is a movie based on the Book of Exodus created by DreamWorks Studios and released in 1998. DreamWorks is a Hollywood company that is dedicated to entertainment, and it is not a religious organization. Due to that fact, there are differences between the story of Moses as depicted in the movie and as told in the Book of Exodus. While there were many changes made to the biblical story, the filmmakers succeeded at delivering a message that is universal to all religions. The main point of the movie is to show the life of a man who persisted through struggles and freed his people. The purpose of this essay is to concentrate on eight major differences and why they were introduced. This essay will analyze how changes made to the presentation of the material significantly changed the content, message, or understanding of the biblical story The first major difference is when Moses was found in his basket. In the movie, the Pharaoh’s wife finds Moses and there is no mention of who was breastfeeding the baby later in the film. According to the biblical story, Moses was found by the Pharaoh’s daughter and was breastfed by his biological mother later. In order to make it accessible to a larger public, DreamWorks had to satisfy...
Words: 1763 - Pages: 8
...novel “The Kite Runner” is a fantastic book written by Khaled Hosseini and published in May of 2003. The book takes the genres of Bildungsroman, and redemption, and the main character speaks in a first person view. The book was written in Los Angeles, and the publisher was Riverhead Books. The narrator is Amir (the main character) and started telling his story 4 days after many decades of his eventful life events. The plot of the story takes place in 1975 and continues to 2001, first the place of the setting is in Afghanistan but transitions to the United States then to Afghanistan then back. The novel has a relatively small group of characters that remain significant to the story. The Protagonist is Amir, a full blood afghan that has a wealthy family and lives in a large house up in the hills of Kabul. His father, Baba is very known and popular because of his good deeds and donations to the city that they live. His father also has servants that look after the house and cook for Amir and Baba, Rhyam Kahn was the oldest...
Words: 678 - Pages: 3
...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...
Words: 1585 - Pages: 7
...12 Jesus to some and Hitler to others? In the book The Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card ,Ender Wiggen, the protagonist of the book, a six year young boy who was separated from his family, taken away to battle school out in space in order to be trained to become a military commander to thwart the enemies, the Buggers, from destroying the human kind. He is betrayed, manipulated and tricked into `destroying an entire species experiencing all of this he attains maturity at a very young age following makes a very important decision towards the end of the book. Although, the book and the movie were both great, I prefer the book over the movie for the sake of details....
Words: 633 - Pages: 3
...The book “The Light In the Forest” is about how a European Native American captive, True Son, has to be moved from his Native Village to a European town by his Indian father Cuyloga. This happens in order to keep the peace between the Europeans and Indians. The events trigger True Son’s thoughts of loyalty to his bloodline and his heritage. After traveling to the settlement he meets his biological family, his brother Gordy (who is one of True Son’s only friends), his mother and father Myra and Harry Butler, and his prejudice uncle Wilse. True Son then tries to escape with his Native American cousin Half Arrow and friend Little Crane, Little Crane is killed and this sparks outrage with the Natives in True Son’s village. They go on a hunt in order to take the scalps of the Europeans in order for revenge. As an ambush is in play, True Son is supposed to guide a riverboat to the shore so that the Native Americans could kill the people on board. True Son then attempts to save the Whites by yelling to them that it's an ambush. This causes a division in the tribe and eventually True Son is disowned by his father, forcing him to travel back to the European town....
Words: 659 - Pages: 3
...For an English class project we watched the movie Sweet Land. In this movie there are many characters that show lots of depth. Inge, a main character, shows many characteristics in her life such as being determined, being alone, and being discriminated against. The movie shows quite clearly that although Inge is in a foreign place, she still wants to jump in and get things done. Upon meeting Olaf, Inge is shy and obedient, she lets Olaf speak for her and doesn’t speak to him much. However, as the movie progresses, you see her strive to understand, and not necessarily fit in, but be able to help out and contribute to the work Olaf does on the farm. She woke up every morning with Olaf and followed him around, trying to learn what things...
Words: 558 - Pages: 3
...Movie Critic Lauren HUM/150 February **, 20** Movie Critic The story of U.S. Navy Seal Chris Kyle isn’t exactly an unknown story. Chris Kyle, named the Legend is said to be the most lethal sniper in the United States military history. Chris Kyle has over one hundred and sixty confirmed kills throughout his service to the USA. Kyle enlisted in the Navy after the devastation of 9/11 swept the country, and continued on to complete four tours of Iraq before finally coming home. The editing of American Sniper was dead on. There were gorgeous shots and amazing sound effects, which when put together created the perfect picture. The close up shots of Chris preparing to take a shot, while being able to hear his deep and calm breathing generated the most personal feeling a movie can cultivate. Chris Kyle is known for having the longest recorded kill in US history, and this movie provided a marvelous show of that. The eyeline matching that Eastwood used was just as if you were there next to Kyle. An example of this is when Eastwood used the aerial shot from over a mile away to show the magnitude of Chris Kyle’s feat. The Navy Seals are trained for battle but this situation proves why Kyle was name the Legend. This movie clearly falls into the action genre but doesn’t necessarily keep all of the aspects the same. One thing I find in this movie to be atypical of the action genre is the way it is filmed. All of the scenes are intense and keep the viewers on the edge their seats, but...
Words: 701 - Pages: 3
...This is the fourth strategy of exposition. Comparison is the state of finding the differences and similarities between two people or things. Contrast is the state to put two things or people in opposite positions. To be more specific, Comparison and Contrast essay are developed by two methods including Point by point and The Block. Precisely, Point by point is organized by points. Taking the topic of comparison between your life and your grandparent’s life as an example, the essay should be developed by three main subjects: food, education and clothes. In each paragraph, one subject will be analyzed and compared clearly between two generations. Turning to the way to write a Block, only two paragraphs will be included in the body paragraph. In comparison to the topic above, the structure of a body paragraph can be divided into two main paragraphs. The first paragraph is written about the grandparents’ lives and the other one is describing yours along with comparison of lives. Basically, people can choose any one of those two methods to write an essay. While using the strategy of Comparison and...
Words: 1505 - Pages: 7
...capturing the cultural differences between the Jesuits and the Algonquin Indians. The movie is an accurate and realistic of the clash between two cultures. His work in film follows the central theme of cultures in conflicts. Other movies that he directed were, “Driving Miss Daisy”, “Tender Mercies”, “Fringe Dweller” and etc.. The film, “Black Robe” is set in New France in 1634, when Samuel de Champlain, founder of the settlement sends French Jesuit, Father Laforge a non jesuit, Daniel along with their Algonquin allies on a mission to convert the Native in the Huron village. Samuel Champlain sends them on this mission because the Natives are “savages” and “uncivilized” that need to be converted. An experienced traveler, Chamina leads the group through their mission, however his dream about Father Laforge killing him is what makes his perception change on the mission and Catholicism. Mishaps and problems arise because of the religious and cultural differences between Father Laforge and the Algonquins. As the movie continues the viewer is abruptly introduced to another native culture when Father Laforge, Daniel and the Algonquins are taken into captivity by the Iroquois to be then saved by a heroin and Chomina daughter, Annucka. Furthermore, the observer also gains an understanding of not only the discrepancies between the Jesuits and the Algonquins, but the Algonquins and the Iroquois. In all, the film, “Black Robe”, accurately challenge the cultural differences that occurred during...
Words: 1458 - Pages: 6
...ME BEFORE YOU (2016) “You are pretty much, the only thing makes me want to get up in the morning” I have watched many romantic films and one of my favorites is an America romantic movie name Me Before You. Warner Bros Picture released it in spring 2016. The film was directed by Thea Sharrock, starring Emilia Clarke, Sam Claflin, Jenna Coleman, Charles Dance, Matthew Lewis and Ben Lloyd-Hughes. This movie is adapted the first times by Jojo Moyes from her best–seller novel of the same name. The book was first published on 5 January 2012 in the United Kingdom. It has sold over 8 million copies worldwide. The book has already left millions of readers around the world heartbroken. Its adaptation won the Truly Moving Picture Award in Heartland...
Words: 1073 - Pages: 5
...ashamed of their identities and shied away from using hand gestures as a form of communication. As shown throughout the movie, the hearing world did not understand the silent, and the silent world did not understand the hearing. As Margaret struggled with her youth, she found it difficult gaining independence as her parents relied on her often. As she falls in love and gets married, she's torn between her parents and the hearing world. A good example of how deaf and hearing people didn't understand each other was the scene where Margaret's in-laws and parents meet for the first time. They didn't want to embarrass themselves by signing so they refused to sign at all. This brought confusion to Margaret's in-laws as the communication barrier was lacking. Another example from Deaf is never silent, is how Deaf people tried to fit in. In the movie, Abel, Margaret's father, as a graduation gift to her, got hearing aids so she can feel normal. This made Margret ashamed of her actions, and for making her parents feel ashamed of their...
Words: 915 - Pages: 4
