The movie and the book “Big Driver” by Stephen King are very similar to each other. It is difficult to spot the differences. The movie/book is about a woman named Tess, she is a well-known writer. She went a reading/signing for her books and got told to try a new route home, because it would take ten miles off her drive. She put the address into her gps and started her way back home. She started to drive through an area that was not very populated and in the middle of the road were pieces of wood with nails in it. Tess did not see the wood, and hit one and the nail went right into her tire giving her a flat. She pulled over and looked, so she then realized she needed help. She stood by the road waiting for people to pass, when this man started to pass her and realized she was flagging him down. He pulled over and she asked if he could change her tire, and he replied he wouldn’t mind helping. He went to start changing the tire and turned and said, “why don’t I fuck you instead,” which he then began raping her, dragged her body into a tunnel and left. She woke up under water and realized she was alive and needed to get out. Tess walked on the side of the road until she found a gas station to use a phone. She found a phone and called for a ride home and started to plan her revenge to find out who he was and what she was going to …show more content…
do to him. When she gets to the gas station, she calls herself and leaves a voicemail, so she can listen to it when she gets home.
This scene is in the movie and not in the book. She left a voicemail for herself, so she could remember what happened. She wasn’t sure what she remembered and if she forgot. This scene shows that she doesn’t want to forget what happened and wants to do something about it instead of going to the police. It has a strong impact on the reader because in the book it makes the reader feel like, she just wants to get home and move on, but in the movie it makes it clear she wants to remember what happened and do something about
it. When Tess gets home, she listens to her voicemail and realized how well she is starting to remember what happened. She wants to remember what happened so she can write a story about it, but not let it be known it’s about herself. What the movie makes clear is Tess wants to find the man who did it. She doesn’t tell anyone about what happened because she feels her readers would look down upon her for it. It has a great impact on the reader and changes the thought of the reader when they realized she doesn’t make the call to herself. Many other readers could argue that this scene doesn’t have a big impact, but when I read the and watch the movie it’s what stood out the most and has a big impact on what happened in the story line. In the story, it seems that she does not care about what the man did to her, and she would just like to get home to her cat and forget what happened. That’s where the difference between the two story lines lies, because in the book, the impression Tess gives is she does not care and in the movie Tess is determined to do something about it. It makes the reader feel like she would much rather just move on with life and forget everything and remember that she is a well-known writer whom many people liked. She was too scared for people to know what happened and also scared for herself to believe that the man did what he did. When she realizes how much she remembers she also realizes that she has to do something because she can’t let him keep getting away with raping and killing more women. That’s what the movie makes the viewer feel like and provides the viewer with great intensity that she is going to do something, because she cares what happened to her and cares about all the other women whom he is doing this too. It’s a reassuring feeling the movie gives the viewer, and the reader loses some of that reassurance when reading the book. I feel with that great of a difference between the movie and the book it loses the reader in a way. Whereas she still does get revenge, she does not allow herself to remember everything that happened to her in that same night. By calling herself allows her the chance to listen to herself from that night in a safe environment. By calling herself, so she would remember information makes her a hero in a way for the rest of the women that the man was going to hurt. By her calling herself and leaving the voicemail, it made it easier to find the man, what he does, and where she could find him. She calls herself to reassure the safety for her own benefit. She allows herself to feel as if she told someone, but she told herself and no one else. There was much she felt like she could do with being a writer, and she didn’t want people to look down upon her for what happened to her. She had no control over what happened and now when she realized she was alive, and the man thought she was dead she felt it was the perfect opportunity to do something about the situation. She felt he should have something bad happen to him because what he was doing to these women. What helped the most to get her to the revenge stage in the movie is when she called herself to let her know for sure what happened. It’s giving the feeling that it’s a reassurance for what she was to do to get revenge. It gets the reader ready for what’s about to happen when she goes and gets revenge, and in the book, it does not give the reader the reassurance they are wanting. The reassurance she is giving the reader is a positive thing to look forward to, because it gets the reader on their toes and excited to what she plans to do. It’s a surprise for what she is going to do, and it’s what makes it a thriller. This part has the greatest impact because it starts heating things up for te viewer and makes the viewer realize she is going to do something to him because of his actions. This scene is a big scene that gets everything triggered in the movie to began her revenge and keeps the movie going. That’s how it has the biggest impact for the viewer/reader because it starts to get them think about what is going to happen next and to try to foreshadow what Tess is will do. In the book, it doesn’t necessarily take the reassurance and thriller part away, but it does make the reader feel like she doesn’t care too much about what happened. She is more focused on going on about her life. She still gets revenge, but it doesn’t give as much as a great part to build up the rest of the story line for her to get revenge. It doesn’t get the readers on their toes like the movie does when they play this scene. This is the reason why this scene is a great part of reaching out to the viewer/reader because it gets them prepared for what is going to happen. It gets the viewer/reader prepared for what Tess is about to do. This is why I chose this scene for the difference between the movie and the book, because even though the movie and the book aren’t too different, this difference between the two has a big impact on the feeling of the reader. It not only gives the reader reassurance for the movie and not the book, but it makes the reader feel like she is going to stand up for herself and be a hero for all the other girls whom it could happen to. I feel with her calling herself is what prepared the scene for her to start thinking about revenge because she was in such a dark place her this horrible night.
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