“5 things ‘The mountain between us’ can teach us about life” Be grateful for what you have, when you have it. The mountain between us is a truly unique book in many ways. It’s different compared to other books with similar plots. For example, Hatchet is also another example of a book that includes a similar theme. Hatchet defenitally includes parts of the book where it shows memories from older dates when an important moment happens, and it obviously includes points in the story where the main characters are fighting to survive. I feel as though The mountain between us, has a much better story line because of its dialogue and it tells and teaches and tells the reader a plethora more about the characters, compared to Hatchet where it shows …show more content…
Yes, I know saying this might sound peculiar because Grover ( the pilot ) does die at the beginning of the book but that's because of natural causes. Even though Ashley had dangerously life threatening leg injury she was able to pull through because of Ben’s help as a doctor. Ben had injured his rib and was still able to pull Ashley miles across the desolate snowy plains, to try to escape out of there. Ben, even with his injury was able to hunt for food and search throughout the dangerous terrain to try and find any form of life or man made buildings. Never let people's opinions stand in the way of your hard work., “If water is available, people can normally make it three weeks without food. But up here, where we’re burning twice as many calories just to breathe and not shiver, not to mention pulling a gurney through four feet of powder, that time is a bit less. This land is hard and unforgiving, beautiful and magnificent yet unbending. Biting cold one second, hot the next, frigid the next.” Positivity is key. Staying positive is probably the only reason that Ben and Ashley made it out alive, without confidence and motivation it’s harder to perservere. Their spirits were held high, staying positive in any situation in your life is key. The only way to overcome hard points in life is to not fret, but to stay
In my opinion I think that Hatchet does a better job of telling the story better than“A Cry in the Wild”,because it tells you how he feels when he does something. For instances in “A Cry in the Wild”it doesn’t tell you how he feels when drives the airplane,but in Hatchet it says that he felt like the plane was alive in page 4 of Hatchet. Also in chapter 9 in Hatchet it said that when he built a fire he said that he felt like the fire was his friend also gave him heat and light. In the movie “A Cry in the Wild” it didn’t even say anything. It showed how he did it and boom there was fire.
Christopher McCandless and Adam Shepard both did some similar targets in their lives, at the end it lead them to unexpected situations. Christopher McCandless was a young man who didn't believe in society and he chose to get away from that and left everything he had, including his family. He developed important relationships with key people that helped him on his journey into the wild. Similarly Adam Shepard was a young man who left with only $25 and a sleeping bag to go prove his point that the american dream does exist and to see if he can achieve it in a couple of months. Overall comparing McCandless and Shepard, Christopher McCandless had a greater impact in people, motivated many, and was selfish in plenty of good ways.
Markus Zusak, author of The Book Thief (2005), and Steven Spielberg, director of Schindler’s List (1993), both use their works to portray the theme of racism in Nazi-era Germany. Racism today affects millions of people daily, with 4.6 million people being racial discrimination in Australia alone. However, in Nazi-era Germany, Jewish people were discrimination because they weren’t part of the ‘master race’, causing millions to suffer and be killed. To explore this theme, the setting, characters, conflicts and symbols in both The Book Thief and Schindler’s List will be analysed and compared.
I believe that the novel Hatchet told the story better than Cry In The Wild because it has better details than the movie for example when Brian knew he had to do something he thought it out before he did it . The cry in the wild when he knew he had to do something he didn't really plan it out like Brian did in the book.
¨Old Ben¨ & ¨Fox Hunt¨ have several similarities and difference between each other ,but share the same theme friendship. ¨Old Ben¨ is a story about with the main characters a snack named Old Ben and his owner Wayne. Wayne who finds the big, black, bull snake while walking in a clover field. They boy realizes how gentle, friendly, and sweet the snake is and from there their friendship starts. The boy brings the snake home to his father and mother. Both the boy's mother and father don't like the snake therefore they don't accept it. In the end the snake ends up dying. In ¨Fox Hunt¨ is about a Asian American boy name Andy Liang who wants to excel on the PSAT to uphold his family's ancestors reputation. He meets a very pretty girl at his bus stop. He eventually finds out that his ancestor was coached by a fox spirit and that's how he was so good in school. He also discovers that Lee is a fox spirit and he is part fox
Two people could be living two very different lifestyles, yet they could be very similar in the way they act and react in the same situation. Charlotte from “The Metaphor” by Budge Wilson and the Mother character from “Borders” by Thomas King live very different lives but the way they deal with the problems they are faced with is very similar. Both protagonists have to deal with trying to be forced to be something they are not by society and their families, but Charlotte from “The Metaphor” has been challenged by her strenuous home, she must face her organized mother and orderly home; the Mother from “Borders” must stand up for what she believes in and fight for what she wants.
Hatchet is a book written by Gary Paulsen. He is a Three-time Newbery Honored author. It means that this story is being recognized by specialized agency. On a first page, there is a sentence:To the students of the Hershey Middle School. This is a story of the boy named Brian, 13 years old, who has divorced parents. This book starts when Brian gets on an airplane to visit his father in Canada. Hatchet became the most necessary and useful tool.
Imagine a camp where having the chance to see the ones that were significant in life was banned. Imagine a world where on a daily basis ,people got tortured in disturbing, immoral ways right in front of many viewing eyes from young to old. Image a camp where loved one’s life’s got stolen from them for all the wrong reasons. Strength and health was no longer an obstacle that had to be dealt with. The only thing left to do was to stride for something that could keep you going for the long run. What would happen then? Something new begins to grow. Something so powerful that it could possibly outshine strength and health. Hope. Hope is something that could get you farther than strength and health.
He spends a considerable amount of time reflecting on what happened and how it has changed his life forever. Krakauer struggles with survivor's guilt and a redefined view on mortality and addresses questions about events on the mountain that perhaps don't have answers. Krakauer acknowledges and apologizes for any pain or anger his book might arose in the friends and families of victims, but is undeterred from detailing the events, be they heroic, selfish or tragic.
The differences and similarities between the traditional version of the Epic Beowulf and the modern version, Beowulf and Grendel, makes passages for characters such as Grendel to be changed due to the time frame in between the film and the epic.There are several characters that stood out from the film, as they are portrayed in the epic as something completely different than in the movie. Grendel is one of the few that stood out the most.
There are many stories and movies that you are able to be compared and contrasted because of there similar and different ideas. High Noon and The Most Dangerous Game have many differences and similarities that you can compare and contrast. An example would be how the characters take place in similar situations such as being hunted down. Both stories take place in the early 1900's such as 1924 and 1952. Both of these stories have differences such us the plot which brings each story to their differences. Another situation which both of the stories are similar in is the setting. The setting is set with isolation and in the middle of nowhere which gives these stories something to compare about and the events that take place. Overall each story
Peak had to face climbing Mount Everest, his selfish father, and other people trying to get rid of him to finally know who is really his friends and family, and that friends are those who are caring and helpful without being so to gain something. Peak figures out his step-father cares and loves him more than his real father. Peak choose to help a friend rather than of getting famous, and that his obstacles especially Mount Everest, brought out people’s real intentions. Without friendship and love you couldn’t overcome obstacles. You would not know who to trust. You need friendship and love to help and be helped by people, and you need friends and family to have happy times with, and to overcome bad times with.
Vladek and Guido use their skills and intelligence to endure a genocide that killed over 6 million Jews and 11 million people in total. Although sadly Guido did not make it through the Holocaust, his wife Dora and Son Giosué survived, thanks to the help of Guido. Vladek survived by using his many talents in the prison camps whereas Guido survived by his cunning intelligence and positive attitude. In the Books Maus I and II by Art Spiegelman, the author uses his fathers story of survival to create a book that unleashes vivid imagery of Vladeks time in Auschwitz, in addition to how it has affected him since. In the movie Life Is Beautiful Directed by Roberto Benigni, Guido was an average Jewish man living in Italy. When his family got taken to a Natzi death camp he managed to keep his son Giosué hidden, while doing so he jeopardized his own life. Both of these works display two brave men withstanding the worst race extermination in history.
Why do directors choose to stay faithful to or depart from a text when they are producing a film? Many directors choose to either alter or maintain literary elements such as characters, plot, and resolution from a text. The presence or lack of these specific features affects the audience. For instance, in the story “The Monkey’s Paw”, a classic short horror story written by W.W. Jacobs, and its accompanying film, the similarities and differences in the characters, plot, and resolution have an effect on the readers and viewers.
As the two men hiked, they came upon many rugged trails and hills that were difficult to overcome, however they did it together and kept moving on. The view from the trail was beautiful with many places to stop and admire the view, but they couldn’t seem to get above the canopy of the trees to truly take in the whole view. The man that strove to see the beautiful scenery from an unobstructed viewpoint was trying in every way to get above what was around him to see the true beauty of the mountains.