Compare And Contrast Of Mice And Men

Ever since 1896, novels have been turned into movies. This idea gives the opportunity of one’s creativity from a novel to be shown on the big screen. Due to a novel’s popularity, it is usually made into a movie. Sometimes, a screenplay writer or director may put their own twist on the novel. A wonderful novel, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, is made into a movie in 1992. The movie retells the novel, which is first published in 1937, based on two different men trying to find a job during the Great Depression. While the Of Mice and Men novel and movie have some similarities, the screenplay writer and director make a few differences from Steinbeck’s version. The screenplay writers’ job is to show the author’s creativity from the novel for the audience. Therefore, the novel and the movie version of Of Mice and Men have some similarities. The

The movie version of Of Mice and Men has many different changes from the novel. One of the major differences between the movie and the novel is that the movie does not include Candy or Curley’s wife walking into Crooks’ bunkhouse. I feel like this is one of the most significant parts in the novel, one they should not have taken out. They also portray Curley’s wife in a different light. In the novel is shown as only being flirtatious and leading people into trouble, but in the movie she is shown of being lonely and her "flirting" is just a reason to have someone to talk to. The final scene in the movie is also different than the final scene in the novel. In the movie, George is not hesitant to kill Lennie after he has killed Curley’s wife. However, in the novel it is very hard for George. It shows in the movie that George feels somewhat guilty because it shows scene of their good times together. This evidence just shows how screenplay writers can take away some of the author’s creativity with their