Tom Sawyer Movie Vs Book Essay

Have you ever read a book and then watched the movie, hoping it will be exactly the same? Let me guess, you were probably disappointed. For my first quarter book report, I read and watched The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. I think the book was very detailed, interesting, and fun to read. However, I was unfortunately let down by this movie. The movie did not follow the storybook like I thought it would. Some of the characters had different names, and most importantly the events that happened in the book either were totally different in the movie, or did not happen at all. This movie did not follow the storyline of the book!
Now, to the reasons. The first reason of why the movie did not follow the story was because some of the characters were named differently, and there were new characters that nobody would know of just reading the book! To start of there is a man that is the “villain” in the story. In the book his name is Injun Joe. Everybody calls him that. Nobody ever called him anything

different. When I watched the movie I realized that the same man was called Tattoo Joe. I also realized that there was a man called Pap in the movie. I had never heard of anybody that had that name in the book. This is just one of the reasons why the movie didn’t stay faithful to the book.
The next thing that I wasn’t satisfied with was the fact that the events that happened in the book were completely different than in the movie.

In the book, Tom, Huck, and another character named Jim voyage of to an island to see if the townspeople miss them. In the movie, they do the same thing, except for Jim is not with them, and a whole other group of people are. They also never reach an island, and camp out there. Now you can probably see why the movie was a bit frustrating to watch, having after read the book.
Now for the counterargument. Some people say that they enjoyed watching the movie after reading the book. They may say that they think the movie does follow the book, and that the characters and events are the same in both versions. However, they are wrong because there is plenty of evidence that says otherwise. The different scenes of the book and movie, and also the characters that are completely different and don’t follow the same path in the two different

versions.
To finally, and completely conclude, I would like to wrap up the things I’ve been talking about. I feel like it was unfortunate that I could not find interest in the movie. The book was much better than the movie. Since some of the characters were added into the movie or had different names, I felt like it was hard to relate to the book. I also felt it extremely hard when the events were different, or failed to make into the movie! This movie did not follow the story line of the book! I think that when people read this movie, then read the book they see what is wrong, and what should be done about it. What I think should be done about this, includes directors and actors making sure that their movies stay faithful to the text in order to not confuse their readers and watchers.