The relationship between Marcus and Ellie is much more explored in the book than in the film. In the book Marcus first mets Ellie in front of the principals room and from there on they start getting friends. The film shows that the two met in the corridor of the school. Marcus is singing loudly to a rap song and Ellie was making fun of him. Marcus introduced himself to her because he was interested in Ellie. Soon they became really good friends. In the book the rock band “Nirvana” with the lead singer Kurt Cobain is featured heavily. Ellie is a bin fan of him and therefore she’s wearing every day in school a sweatshirt showing his face. Since she does not want to take it off she gets always in trouble. Markus gets to know the band more through …show more content…
At that newsletters reported the death of Kurt Cobain, Ellie’s favorite singer who killed himself. Ellie starts drinking vodka and is getting upset. She throws her boot into a music store window showing Kurt Cobain as a cardboard figure. Ellie thoughts that they are taking money out of his death. In the end the police took them both to the police department. The directors changed the ending of the film is based on the statement of Fiona that Marcus, when he sings, brings "Sunshine and Happiness” in her life which (that) is an indicator for later, when Marcus stands up and sings “Killing Me Softly", which is his mom’s favorite song, in front of the school, Will joins him with his guitar and he continues singing alone in the end to take the embarrassment off of Marcus. The resolution in in the book compared with the film was very different. In the book Will, Marcus and Ali, the son of Will new girlfriend Rachel, were sitting in McDonals’s and they were talking about if Will wants to marry Rachel. When Will, Fiona and Marcus were in their flat, Will suggested that Marcus is singing his moms favorite song with her together. He bagged up and he was like a normal 12 –year-old
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
The complication between characters is especially shown in Anna and Sarah’s relationship. In the movie Anna is mad about Sarah coming to stay for a month. However, in the book she says “I wished everything was as perfect as the stone. I wished that Papa and Caleb and I were perfect for Sarah” (21). In the book Anna has no trouble liking Sarah, but in the movie Anna has a hard time letting go of her real mother and will not let Sarah get close to her. It is not until Sarah comforts Anna after a bad dream and tells her “when I was ten my mamma died” (which was not told in the book) that Sarah and Anna have a close relationship. After Sarah and Anna reach an understanding, Sarah tries to help Anna remember her mother by putting her mother’s candlesticks, quilt, a painting, and her picture back into the house. They also put flowers on her grave together. However, Anna and Sarah’s relationship is not the only one that takes a while to develop.
There are many differences in the movie that were not in the book. In the movie there is a new character in the movie that was not in the book. This character was David Isay.
There were many differences in the characters' relationships with each other. For instance, Heather and Melinda’s connection were very different from book to film.
Many changes are displayed in the film adapted from the playwright. One of these main changes would be the ending of the story.
...to try to get back together with her, she tricks him into showing up on William’s doorstep instead. The two finally sit down to an interview together and we discover that Russell has called and come clean to the editors of Rolling Stone about the truth of William’s story. The film’s climax is thus resolved as its closing shot depicts a bundle of bound Rolling Stone magazines landing on the pavement with a thud.
Directors simply cannot put every little thing into their movies. But time and time again they miss the best parts. Towards the end of the book, we see the Curtis family is sitting down for dinner and Darry
After April and Roger search desperately for Cheryl, they look for several weeks, and have no idea where she has gone. One night Cheryl’s friend Nancy calls April, and explains that she was leaving with her, but she had left suddenly and believes she is going to do something bad. April remembers that Cheryl told her how their mother committed suicide, by jumping off the Louis Bridge. When they arrive at the bridge a group of people say they saw a women jumped off and commit suicide about five minutes before they arrived.
..., the film portrayed the kids being overly whelmed with hatred when they received gifts from their parents. It was like they never knew their parents existed. Another example of the difference between the book and the movie is Mr. Freeman (mother’s boyfriend) was presented as being very reserved with the children. In the movie he was seen as warm, talkative, and friendly towards Maya and her brother. The film also showed Mr. Freeman’s manly behavior by confronting Vivian (Maya’s mother) at her job. However, in the book Mr. Freeman never left the house, he always sat and waited at home for her.
They danced and she invited him to a tea dance. She went and got it and then on the way she met Bagley Brown Jr. She was sweating from dancing and asked to go to swim. they swam and then she gave him the invitation instead. After she left Bagley saw a striped fish and fell in love. Zeke found out and him and Bagley got in a fight. Bagley just gave him the invitation because of the striped fish.
This description of Ellie was the turning point in the story and how it was told. It changed the mood from a playful back and forth between two people into something darker. Connie saying, “Maybe you two better go away,” turns the mood and begins to make Friend become more pushy and arrogant. "”Connie, don't fool around with me. I mean—I mean, don't fool around,”" Friend said this, and then corrected himself like he wanted her to fool around with him and not anyone
...and Dimmesdale move to the Carolinas to begin a new life, while in Hawthorne's novel, Pearl lives a full life, her mother working for the community and her father dying on the scaffold. There is no set answer as to which ending is "better," one may be more fulfilling, another may be more informative, another could touch a child, the other, a parent. One may favor the film over the novel or vice versa, but that person could not overlook the great care that went into the making of both. Using the novel as a base from which to work, the filmmaker created his own masterpiece, changing and adding elements as he felt necessary. Whether for increased popularity or his own personal satisfaction, the filmmaker's version also kept some themes and characters. The film and novel have their similarities and differences, but both effectively communicate their meaning to the public.
... is reminiscing about the fact that she messed up and it cost the boy’s life. The overall tone in the end of the novel is depressing as the governess’s actions and attitudes about current events tend to reflect the tone of the situation.
About a boy is a novel which follows the lives of two people: Marcus and Will. Marcus is a strange kid who struggles with growing up, he is in need for acceptance outside of his own family, he is searching for his own identity, he is a victim of constant bullying and is suffering with his lack of parental care. Will is the complete opposite to Marcus. He is a 36 year old who is in his own extended childhood, he is searching for his identity not wanting to lose his youth, he ‘prides himself on his cool’ and simply can’t find a way to grow up. It is when these two opposing characters meet that they soon act as catalysts for each other. From their dependence on others they find independence for themselves within one another.
..., Ellie was famous. She was scary to the other kids at school, because she stood up for her own rights by being a rebel, for instance by refusing to take of the Kurt Cobain t-shirt, which she wasn't allowed to wear. Ellie was cool, and the meeting between Ellie and Marcus is the second, but biggest turning point of Marcus' miserable life. As mentioned, Nirvana is a band that Will also listened to. It makes a hidden connection between him and Ellie, which both are described as cool characters.