Differences Between Jumanji Book And Movie

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In the Jumanji book and the movie I believe that the tone of both is hostile. There are many different things that show this. There some differences and some similarities that I am going to shine the lights upon and they are the ones that represent this tone to me the most. I believe that the tone for the book is hostile. There are many things that show this and that I believe that the ones that I’m about to say are the ones that show this the most. The first example of hostile from the book is when the lion tries to eat peter and peter had to outrun it and trap in a room. Another example of hostile is when the rino’s came stampeding through the house and destroyed a bunch of items. The last example of hostile for the book is when the snake

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