A Wrinkle In Time Movie And Book Comparison Essay

The books, A Wrinkle in Time and And Then There Were None, both have many differences in the movie versions. The directors of both movies change the plot to make the movie see fit to what they may have imaged the book to be, while still keeping the story line the same.

In the book A Wrinkle in Time the director, John kent Harrison, changes many scenes in this movie, but manages to stay true to the the main idea of the story. For example, there was a scene in the book where Calvn came over to the Murray's house. When he comes inside he wonders around the living room until he stops before a picture on the piano showing Meg's father with a group of men. On the other hand, in the movie Calvin is shown a series of pictures and videos of Meg’s father on a tv screen. Another example is when the Aunt Beasts communicate with humans. In the book the Aunt Beasts can not see, but they can feel the world through their emotions. They can only communicate through their tentacles, but in the movie version the Aunt Beasts were given a mouth to talk to Meg and the others. These changes may have occurred because the director wanted these scenes to be better understood. By giving the Beasts a mouth, it would help the readers understand what Meg

For starters, the ending of the movie was very different from the book. Instead of Vera hanging herself and everyone ends up being dead like in the book, the director of the movie makes a plot twist to make the movie end with two survivors. Philip Lombard and Vera Claythorne are the two survivors who find out who the killer is. They are the only ones alive to escape. Another small change that occured was when some of the victims died for example, Emily Brent. Instead of expecting that everyone dies and there being no resolution, the director decided to make that change so that there could be hope for the