The movie is different from the original book. Have you ever felt that a movie based on a book you loved didn't quite turn out to be the same? Turning a book into a movie can change a lot of things about the story. The Westing Game was made into a movie, but the movie is different from the book in many ways. Most of the big details are left out in the book. Some of the changes are characters missing, characters changing, and changes in events. There were some characters from the book that didn't appear in the movie, including Denton Deere, Flora Baumbach, Madame Hoo, and Theo Theodorakis. In the book, Flora Baumbach was important to Turtle and even braided her hair(pg. 75). The syllable of the syllable. However, in the movie, Grace played a more significant role in Turtle's life. Denton Deere, who was about to be Angela's fiancé in the book(pg. 69), was replaced by Plum in the movie which she later denied. Theo was also absent from the movie because Chris was the one playing chess. Additionally, Doug Hoo and Jake Wexler both appeared in the movie but not in the Westing game itself. In the movie, …show more content…
The book had 16 heirs who tried to solve the mystery of Sam Westing's death, while the movie focused on Turtle and only had 10 heirs. Sunset Towers was presented as luxurious in the book ( pg. 2) but was an unpleasant place to live in the movie. The value of the Westing game also changed between the two versions. In the book, it was worth 200 million pg. 22. But in the movie, it was worth only 20 million. In the movie, the Wexler family moved to Sunset Towers because they had no money, but in the book, they moved because they had money and a good salesman (pg. 4. The adage of the adage. Also, the movie had only two bombs, compared to four in the book (pg. 145). The. In the book, Turtle confessed to all the bombings(pg. 156. But in the movie, she did not. Finally, the book was set in 1960, while the movie was set in
“The Westing Game”, a story of people that had to solve the mystery of who killed Sam Westing. “The Westing Game” is a story by Ellen Raskin. This story was made into a movie 2003. “ The Westing Game” book and movie contain many similarities and differences that are worth exploring.
Sometimes in movie production a film is developed from a piece of literature. Directors will use the plot of a book either to create a unique movie, or to give the audience a chance to see what their favorite book is like when acted out on the screen. Willa Cather's "Paul's Case" is a good example of a work adapted to video. The movie has slight differences from the book, but the director Lamont Johnson follows the original closely.
“My life was taken from me-by one of you !” ( Raskin, pg. 34). In the book The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin a series of roller coasters comes up in this murder mystery. This story has an up and down of emotional events. The Westing Game book and movie contains many similarities and differences that are worth exploring.
I have recently finished the book and movie The Westing Game. The book had more detail than the movie Get a Clue. They changed some of the characters and removed some of the character in the movie. I will talk about the characters and the movie. The Westing Game was a great book.
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin is a mystery that involves sixteen heirs, an eccentric millionaire, and an elusive game. Sam Westing brought the people together to find out who took his life, and the winner could gain millions. In the end, the players all benefited from Westing’s plan. However, since there is both a movie and a book version of the story, there are similarities and differences.
“It is not what you have, it’s what you don’t have that counts.” (Raskin, p.175) A key quote from The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin. If the reader of The Westing Game chooses to watch the movie as well, they will notice major differences throughout the movie including the characters, plot, and setting. However, in all it’s many differences, similarities are found. When 216 pages of a great mystery novel are transferred to a movie some things are bound to be left out however this movie at times can feel completely different than the book in some important aspects. The Westing Game book and movie contain many similarities and differences that are worth analyzing closely.
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.
As the reader follows the novel and reads deeper into the book, they find that the conflict is person vs. person, or the game itself, with the heirs trying to win the game. In the beginning, the heirs of Sam Westing started playing the Westing Game, and all the players, or heirs, got paired up with their partners that they would have for the rest of the game (38). With Turtle as the protagonist, she has the same predicament as all
The Westing Game starts out with the delivery of six letters signed by Barney Northrup, to six different households on the Fourth of July. The letters offer a once in a lifetime chance to rent an apartment at the new and luxurious Sunset Towers, located on the shores of Lake Michigan. However, in the movie, Sunset Towers was located in the city. In the book, Sunset Towers was built mostly of glass and stood five stories high. Noticed in both the book and movie, Sunset Towers oddly faces east instead of west where the sun actually sets. In both the movie and the book, Barney Northrup manages to rent all the apartments out to the six hand selected households, which includes the Wexler family, the Theodorakis family, the Hoo family, Judge Josie-Jo Ford, secretary Sydelle Pulaski, and dressmaker Flora Baumbach. The building also accommodates the businesses of Jake Wexler, George Theodorakis, and James Hoo and employs a cleaner, Berthe Erica Crow, a door attendant, Sandy McSouthers, and a delivery boy, Otis Amber.
Westing got his victory, so did Turtle, and all the heirs. The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin has lots of similarities and differences using chess (queen’s sacrifice) the characters, the setting, the relationships, and the mystery. The Westing Game had mystery, murder, suicide, and bombs, but yet it brought people together and had them meet new friends. Yet, in the end in both book and movie the mystery of The Westing Game remains to all but one: Turtle
“I hunt more dangerous game….” Similarities and differences can appear anywhere, especially in the short story and the movie called The Most Dangerous Game. They have similar, yet different expositions, characters, and plots with conflicts. Many people say that books or short stories are better than movies because of the similarities and differences that are found. Books or short stories are usually more descriptive, informative, and do not stray too far from the central idea or main theme, while movies only fall into one or two of these categories. Movies hardly ever fall into all three categories, however if they do the movies become better. This is not the case with The Most Dangerous Game. One place where movies and short stories have major similarities and differences is at the beginning of the story or the exposition.
The film and writing industry go hand in hand, as they often inspire one another. As a result, the translation of many novels into movie format and vice versa vary in success. For instance, many people prefer the film format over the novel since it is usually less time consuming and requires less active participation. However, films tend to overlook significant details which assist the viewer's understanding of the story. Therefore, the two separate forms of media have too many differences to portray the same work of fiction accurately, as they both have their pros and cons that appeal to different types of stories and plots. Numerous changes in the movie adaptation of the novel, A Separate Peace by John Knowles, affected the viewer’s interpretation
Some of the characters in the novel, like Lennie, are portrayed differently in the movie. In the novel, Lennie is said to be “a huge man” (2), but in the movie he isn’t very big, although he is bigger than George and some of the other characters. In the movie he is stronger and bigger than the others, but not to the extreme amount that the book portrays him to be. Also, Lennie is depicted as very mentally challenged, which is shown by the way he speaks. Whereas in the book, Lennie is said to have a mind of a young child instead of being disabled. As well as Lennie, Curley’s wife is represented a little bit differently. In the movie,...
Each version also has the main characters boarding up the windows. Anyone who thought the birds won’t attack are usually found dead, but in the movie they are found with their eyes pecked out. Also, both the story and the movie have REALLY bad endings! They aren’t very similar, but they both leave you hanging. When you see a movie or read a book you want to know what happens to the main characters. In these two, you didn’t get an ending. They left you hanging and for some people that ruins it all.
The film that was produced after the novel has a lot of differences and not as