In the movie “the curious case of Benjamin button”, it had many differences from the short story. In the movie Benjamin’s life was planned out differently from the short story, and had a better closure. “The curious case of Benjamin button” both the short story and the movie were great, but the story of the movie was completely rewired from its short story version . In the short story version of “The curious case of Benjamin button, the beginning of his life began when he was born. Unlike any other normal birth, Benjamin was born with an unseen disorder. Benjamin was born as a frail old man, he had a bunch of wrinkles, and a long white beard. Benjamin had thoughts of wisdom like an old man, and had common sense. Benjamin’s age had no connection
Overall, the movie and book have many differences and similarities, some more important than others. The story still is clear without many scenes from the book, but the movie would have more thought in it.
The short story and the film have the same plots and the same conflict ...
In the movie and in the short stories there are different types of conflict that develops the characters. After Marsha had fainted, she woke up in the department store as the camera drew a shadow on her face. As she got up she looked around and did not see any people and no workers were there. She scurries around and tries to find a way out of the store. She tries each window and door and elevator and she cried for help, but no one answered back. As she walks around she stumbles into one of the manikin's and realized that it was the man in the elevator, she got up and started hearing voices and wept. She slowly starts walking away from the voices as she stumbled into the elevator and gets brought up to the ninth floor. When she gets to the top she is approached by the saleslady. In the short stories conflict takes place in all of them. In “The Sound of Thunder there is conflict when he goes off of the trail and kills the butterfly, he changes the world in the future. In “The Contents of a Dead Man's Body” the man has to go out on the ledge to get the paper that he lost out of his window. THe conflict is getting the paper back and retrieving it from the side of the apartment. In “The Trip” there
on a train. The music is very sad and depressing; it is slow and is
Benjamin Braddock is at a crossroads in his life. He has just graduated college which means he has reached adulthood and must decide what to do with his life. The problem is Benjamin is too immature to handle it. He is passive and watches the world around him move on. Ben prefers to lie around in his parent's pool rather than consider graduate school or finding good quality job. He is beginning to realize that the path his parents have chosen for him isn't the one he wishes to follow. He is lost young man in search of high dreams, ...
In The Autobiography, Benjamin Franklin recounts the many paramount experiences throughout his life that shaped him into great American figure he was known to be. On the opening page, Franklin reveals the book’s epistolary format by writing, “Dear Son,” going on to admit that he’s made some mistakes in the past and to recollect that past is a way to relive it. By divulging his desire to “change some sinister Accidents & Events” (Franklin 3) the author indicates how important it is for his son to observe as he amends his mistakes. Pride, virtue and vanity play a pivotal role in Benjamin Franklin’s life and the way he portrays himself to others. Instances occur where the author is shown gloating about his great accomplishments and he puts emphasis on his need to live a virtuous and morally perfect life. Throughout his story, Benjamin Franklin tells his son of his many virtuous acts and momentous achievements, motivating the question as to whether he seeks his own approval more so than the approval of his peers.
The film that was produced after the novel has a lot of differences and not as
One of the first reasons that the movie is better is the characters. There were only two main characters in the whole short story. Since there were only two characters, we only got to see how Walter interacted with his wife and nobody else. Walter Mitty’s wife also kept nagging at him, which added to his misery. In the short story, Mrs. Mitty said “You know I don’t like to go more than forty. You were up to fifty-five.” pg 1-2. The difference with the movie is that it introduced a lot more characters and got rid of his wife. That leads to the new character of Cheryll, his love interest. Cheryll was important because she gave Walter a happy ending and hope. In the movie, Walter even said, “And I started to imagine you… singing Major Tom. Anyway… it got me on the helicopter.” Another really important new
Second there is more detail in the book than the movie. Well, I think that more detail is better because the more you know the better you understand the movie or
In conclusion, details involving the characters and symbolic meanings to objects are the factors that make the novel better than the movie. Leaving out aspects of the novel limits the viewer’s appreciation for the story. One may favor the film over the novel or vice versa, but that person will not overlook the intense work that went into the making of both. The film and novel have their similarities and differences, but both effectively communicate their meaning to the public.
...rtrayed differently in the movie. Lennie is shown as being very mentally challenged, whereas in the book he is just a little slow and has a mind of a young child. Although some changes are made in the movie to make it flow better, it is still based on the same story as the book. The movie has the same plot line and characters, and some of the scenes are told in the exact same way as they are in the novel. As well, the movie and the book give out the same themes. This story is about how all the people in the Great Depression were trying to escape their unhappy, lonely lives, but weren’t capable of doing so. The movie stays very true to the book even though some things are removed or added. Everything that is added or changed still works very well and captures the film perfectly.
The plot in the film is very similar to the book but in parts, especially towards the end, the plot is slightly different to the film. The plot is varied in the film to show
The Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King is both a wonderful film and a brilliantly written short story. There are many themes represented in each form of The Shawshank Redemption. The one major theme that interests me in both the film and the story is freedom. Freedom serves a large purpose for both the story's writer and the filmmaker. Both use similar examples to signify freedom, not only in the jail, but also in a larger context about life. There are many events and examples in both the film and the short story that signifies the theme of freedom. The one main difference is when the film uses the director’s technique to portray a feel of freedom for the inmates. The overall three issues used in this essay are all linked to the feeling of the inmates feeling the sense of freedom with the prison walls.
The movie I chose to write my paper on is The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. The movie begins with a scene of an older lady named Daisy in the hospital. Daisy is old and dying and her daughter Caroline is by her side. Caroline tries to say goodbye to her mother. Caroline says that she hopes she hasn’t disappointed her mother. Her mother stated that no she has disappointed her and asked her to read a diary to her. The diary begins with a story that takes place in New Orleans during 1985. Thomas Button is rushing through the streets as everyone is celebrating the end of the Great War to get to his wife who is actively in labor with their son. Thomas arrived only to realize that his wife wasn’t doing too well. His wife dies shortly after he
One major difference in the movie that was not in the book was the starting scene of the movie was set in the moor with Sir Charles being attacked by the Hound. In the book the starting scene was when Watson and Holmes had just found a walking stick that had the initials C.C.H. on it. I think that the movie starting scene was more informative because it let you know about what was happening and it also gave some more suspense to the film.