Compare And Contrast Of Mice And Men Movie And Book

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In every English class when you read a book you will also then watch the movie to compare and contrast the differences. Every English teacher will say the book is always better than the movie. Of Mice and Men is an outstanding novel with a great movie to follow. There are always some differences between the book and movie and I will compare and contrast these differences in this essay. There are many similarities and many differences between the book and the movie. In the movie Of Mice and Men there are over 15 differences. For example, the first major difference from the book and the movie is at the end of the in the movie George does not hesitate to kill Lennie, but in the book it was very hard to shoot him. He first aimed the gun at Lennie and then put the gun down but he had to put the gun back to Lennie head. That is a major part because George hesitating to shoot causes suspense and sorrow. George‘s best friend that he has been through everything with and he has to kill him. The director changed this scene to change the tone and outcome of the movie. The book had a better ending than the movie because it makes you feel depressed also the movie did not get as intense as the book did, because the director explained the outcome a different way. …show more content…

The movie has a flash forward scene of George on a train, but the book has him talking to Slim about getting a drink and had nothing about a train. The director did a great job of explaining the emotions of George that he had at the time. The director did this so we would feel more depressed that George killed Lennie but the book is trying to cheer you up by George going with Slim to get a drink at the bar. I was surprised at how amazing the book was compared to the

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