The book I read was called The 5th Wave, by Rick Yancey. The genre of this book is Science Fiction. I give this book a 5 star rating out of 5 stars. The author is very detailed and makes you want to read his book.
This book is about a teenage girl Cassie, and her brother Sammy, who get separated and she has to try to find her way back to him. Cassie promises Sam that she will find him as they are being separated. The bigger problem in this book is that planet Earth is being invaded by “the others.” The humans living on planet Earth are suffering wave after wave. The 1st wave is an electromagnetic pulse. This kills all the technology on Earth. The 2nd wave is an actual wave from the closest body of water. The 3rd wave is the plague. This waves kills 97 percent of the human race. The 4th wave is called Silencer. This is when “the others” appear on Earth and look exactly like humans. Once the 5th wave hits, the human race begins to outsmart “the others.”
I absolutely loved Rick Yancey’s novel. There were
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It is also called The 5th Wave. The movie and the book have the same story line. Everything in the book that happens is the same in the movie except for a few things. The only differences are how Cassie and Sammy get separated, and the movie left out a scene that happen in the book. When Cassie goes to get on the bus in the book they tell her there isn’t enough room for her. In the movie she gets on the bus and then Sammy realizes he forgot his bear. She has to go back to camp to get it, and the bus drives away without her. The scene that got left out of the movie was when Sammy was on the bus in the book and one of the privates sat down to talk to him. He described the “thermometer.” He told Sammy how the green circle meant that that person was an “other” and the red meant they weren’t. After the private left Sammy meant a girl named Megan. In the movie there were no scenes while the children were on the
Is High School football a sport, or is it more than that to some people? I’ve learned that the book is more sociological, which means that it focused on our human society of racial issues and also emphasizes the economy and the divide between the wealthy residents of one city versus the more working-class denizens of another are all subjects that are given an in-depth examination. This is more of the main or focal point of the whole book and in not so much in the movie. Although Bissinger's story is a true-life recounting of the 1988 football season of the Permian High School team, it reads like fiction and even though I believe his book is superior, the theatrical adaptation still stands apart as one of the great football movies ever to see in theaters. In the movie it was that team unit that was most significant in the development of the tale. Almost 80 – 90% of the book is in the film but there still are some differentiated contrasts found in the book in comparison to the movie. It has the intensity and the realism that kids were and are and also captures the...
The Perfect Storm is a novel written by Sebastian Junger, that retells the horrific story of fishermen and sailors who were caught in the eye of the worst storm in history. The book mainly focuses on the Andrea Gail, a swordfishing boat, with a crew of 6 men, who disappeared without a trace deep into the northern atlantic sea. In the year 2000, almost 10 years after the tragic event took place, a motion picture, perfectly titled, The Perfect Storm which was based on the novel was released. There were subtle to few changes in the plot line of the story, however there were many differences among the book and movie. The movie is very intact with the plot and is very based on the real story behind it. I believe the creator of the movie wanted, to whatever extent possible, recreate the events that happened in the storm as factual and according to the book itself. The movie, however, left out a tremendous amount of rich details that were a part of the book , such as varying kinds of information and direct quotes from people who were associated with the storm. The movie instead added more events to the story that weren`t in the book, to add more depth to the movie and to make it more enjoyable.
The novel The Kill Order, written by James Dashner, is in the science fiction genre. As such, it contains many examples of correct, believable, and scarily possible science. This is what makes a science fiction book authentic, and entertaining to both the casual reader and the scientist.
A Comparison A Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury and The Star by H.G. Wells
The film Tomorrow When the War Began is a film based on the novel of the same title. John Marsden’s Tomorrow When the War Began is the story of seven teenagers who return from a camping trip to find their home town has been invaded. The producer of the film has excluded several settings from the book and also changed parts of the plot and the character’s characteristics. These differences occur to show the character’s development, to limit the duration of the film and to keep the audience engaged.
Into the Wild, a novel written by Jon Krakauer, as well as a film directed by Sean Penn, talks about Chris McCandless, a young individual who set out on a journey throughout the Western United States, isolating himself from society, and more importantly, his family. During his travels, he meets a lot of different people, that in a way, change his ways about how he sees the world. There are many characteristics to describe McCandless, such as “naïve”, “adventurous”, and “independent”. In the book, Krakauer described McCandless as “intelligent”, using parts in his book that show McCandless being “intelligent”. While Krakauer thinks of McCandless as being “intelligent”, Penn thinks of McCandless as a more “saintly” type of person.
In this day in age, it is very common to find films adapted from books. Many of those films do a very well in their adaptations, but some fall short. Since it was finished, and even before its release date, the V for Vendetta film has gained some controversy from its own author. But, although the film did not end up how Alan Moore, the author, would have wanted it, he did not contribute to the project, even so, the filmography very clearly kept with the original work and showed itself as a product of the time.
It’s inevitable that there were countless similarities between The Hunger Games book and the movie, as the movie was based off the book. However, there were plenty of major differences that stood out in the movie in comparison to the book. In particular Peeta’s leg situation, the way characters died and lastly, how Katniss received various gifts. These changes were made in the movie, each with a specific purpose.
The book, "Being There," is about a man named Chance, who is forced to move out of the house he lived in his whole life and his experience in the outside world. Based on the success of the book, the movie, "Being There," was made. The author of the book, Jerzy Kosinski, also wrote the screenplay for the movie. I think the major difference between the book and the movie is that in the book, we get to read what Chance is feeling and thinking, but in the movie, we only get to see his actions.
After reading the book and watching the movie 1984 there were similarities and differences between the two. The novel is about manipulating people in believing in something that isn’t really there and about erasing history. Both the book and film focused on: authority, government, and war. The book and film follow the theme of conformity to control society.
In a world where a mysterious alien race has besieged Earth- survival is the ultimate goal. 95% of the world’s population was not able to achieve this goal; Cassie Sullivan is one of the “lucky” ones. The “others,”as the humans call them, set up five waves to eradicate the human race. Surviving the first wave wasn’t too difficult, it was, after all, just an EMP strike. The second wave really shook the world, literally. The aliens set the Earth’s tectonic plates in motion, causing thousands of off-the-chart earthquakes. The tsunamis that spurred from these quakes were detrimental; killing about 50 percent of the world’s overall population. The third wave proved to be the most emotionally devastating. A gruesome plague- created by the aliens of course- afflicted roughly 97 percent of the remaining four billion people. The virus was spread by various types of the world’s bird population. Humans that did manage to live through the third wave wish they hadn’t; the fourth wave would wither away an already ravaged human population. The fourth wave would enlighten humans on something: aliens were walking among them, and the aliens were slaughtering any prevailing humans. “After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the 3rd, only the unlucky survive. After the 4th wave, only one rule applies: trust no one” (Yancey). Some people may ask what the fifth wave entails, well to find out, those people have to read the book.
In the novel Big Fish by Daniel Wallace, we are told the story of Edward Bloom, a man of many adventures, who is somewhat of a myth. Big Fish is a collection of the tall tales Edward tells his son about his life, and also of the effect his tales had on his son. The novel comes from an American author from Alabama, while the movie comes from Hollywood and is directed by Tim Burton, who is also American. This story is not an ancient sacred text, so the story’s function(s) is to entertain and to make money.
Throughout time, genres have had their era of popularity. One genre that has stayed strong is science fiction. Jules Verne has entertained multiple generations with his fantasizing vision of the future and technology. Jules Verne should be studied because modern influence and creation of science fiction.
I would split The Hobbit into multiple films because I want every detail from the story to be in the movie. I believe that taking only main events from the book and fitting it into a 2 hour film would make it choppy and uninteresting. The Hobbit is an amazing book and it deserves more than one film. (And because one film means less or no scenes for Frodo, Elrond and Thranduil)...... C:
The book I read was Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut. A popular book about the fictional island of San Lorenzo and the destruction of life on earth; it explores deep religious and science ideas throughout the entire book. Although technically counted as a satire novel, some people consider a science fiction novel due to the “end of the world” aspect of it. I personally think that it is not a science fiction novel, since the end of the world is only used in the book to symbolize the destruction of humanity due to its stupidity. Vonnegut intends his books to be serious works exploring the human mind and making comments on its actions, not to be silly stories about aliens and the apocalypse.