“Everybody knows,” she said with a smile, “that heroes are not to be believed. They all tend to exaggerate their achievements.” (The Neverending Story, page 99) It is no exaggeration that The Neverending Story by Michael Ende is a classic. In fact, this timeless tale has become so iconic that throughout the years adaptations have been made, with various versions created to satisfy fans. One adaptation in particular includes READ magazine’s play adapted by David S. Craig with illustrations by David Ho. The differences can be noticeable by simply observing the characters and style of both the book and play, and yet, the overall story remains the same. It may be strange to suggest that the characters are different, and yet, it is true. In the …show more content…
Soon, Bastian competes in tournaments, he leads quests, teaches territories their histories, and even creates entirely new species. Still, Bastian denies his past, especially when one of his best friends, Atreyu, asks about his appearance. “You were fat and pale and you were wearing different clothes.’ Bastian smiled. ‘Fat and pale?’ he asked incredulously. ‘Are you sure it was me?” (Page 105) Yet, the play mentions none of this transformation. Also, the play neglects to mention the importance of major characters! In the book, Falkor, a luckdragon, is also one of Bastian’s most trusted friends, and yet, he is barely mentioned in the play! Together, Falkor joins Atreyu and Bastian in their adventures, whether it is as Bastian faces off against Xayide, “Just the three of you?’ ‘Yes,’ said Bastian. ‘That is, if Atreyu and Falkor agree to come with me. If not, I’ll go alone.’ The traveling companions looked at him with admiration,” or when both Atreyu and Falkor that attempt to convince Bastian that he may be in danger. Falkor, along with Atreyu, is there for Bastian throughout it all. In the play however, Falkor has two brief lines that he exchanges with Atreyu; and it is hardly considered a meeting when Bastian is introduced to both Falkor and
Ken Kesey's award-winning novel, "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest", was adapted into a film in 1975 written and directed by New York City native Bo Goldman and Czech director Milos Forman. Towards the end of the novel and film, Chief Bromden escapes from the ward. This scene is conveyed differently in the novel and film; however, there are evident similarities between each form of media. This scene is important to the plot because it wraps up the entire storyline. In the film and novel, similarities within Chief Bromden’s escape from the ward include the way Chief escaped, how he couldn't hear anyone in the ward due to being deaf, and how McMurphy assisted Bromden with gaining his confidence to lift the panel and throw it through the window. McMurphy essentially changed Bromden to help him break out of the asylum and back into the real world.
While watching the movie, I could see that the main characters in the book, both their names and traits, were the same in both the movie and book. However, aside from that there were many different as...
Although there are multiple examples of how these two characters are the same, there are very clear differences as well. One of the
At first sight, the two main characters appear completely different, but we soon realize that their lives are very linked.
"The Breakfast Club" begins with an old dramatic standby. You isolate a group of people in a room, you have them talk, and eventually they exchange truths about themselves and come to new understandings. William Saroyan and Eugene O'Neill have been here before, but they used saloons and drunks. "The Breakfast Club" uses a high school library and five teenage kids.
I have chosen to review the film Boyhood written by Richard Linklater that took twelve years to film. In the movie Boyhood, it illustrates the life of a boy named Mason Jr. through the many stages of his childhood to adolescence to becoming an adult. The movie follows Mason Jr.’s life through his years of kindergarten, middle school, high school, and to college. Through these milestones in his life encounters society with socialization, culture and norms that are exhibited through his family, friends, and others. With factors of social classes, and gender that influence Mason Jr. as he grows and fits into the society that is formed. From the events and milestones in Boyhood, it is able to show human behaviour in society from our
identical. Both characters were in isolation prior to the initial plot of the books, but for
Are we human if we don’t have a choice to choose between acting good or acting evil? A Clockwork Orange directed by Stanley Kubrick is a brutal film that entails many sociological meanings. Alex DeLarge and his “droogs” (gang) live in a derange society of “ultra-violence” and rape. Alex and his gang cause havoc around the town that leads to the “droogs” turning on Alex during a mischievous act on an innocent women and Alex getting arrested. While in prison he is chosen for “treatment” that is suppose to purify Alex and turn him into the “perfect citizen”. We’ve gone over many sociological concepts in class, but the three that I believe apply the most to this film are socialization, deviance, and resocialization.
In the movie Silver Linings Playbook there are two main characters, Pat and Tiffany, whom portray a type of mental illness. Below, I will explain each character in regards to their symptoms and portrayal of mental illness and compare the information discussed in the Abnormal Psychology Textbook.
Characterisation is vastly different in the film when compared to the play. This, however, is done so as to make more sense to a modern
Sex, love, depression, guilt, trust, all are topics presented in this remarkably well written and performed drama. The Flick, a 2014 Pulitzer Prize winning drama by Annie Baker, serves to provide a social commentary which will leave the audience deep in thought well after the curtain closes. Emporia State Universities Production of this masterpiece was a masterpiece in itself, from the stunningly genuine portrayal of the characters of Avery and Rose, to the realism found within the set, every aspect of the production was superb.
Since both the movie and the book focus on that one line, they are both more similar than different.
1980. Warner Bros. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Music by Wendy Carlos and Rcachel Elkind. Cinematography by John Alcott. Editing by Ray Lovejoy. With Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd.
Film Analysis - The Notebook Introduction The film is portrayed in the past and present scenario setting. It is based on a young couple’s love and passion for one another, but are unexpectedly separated due to the disapproval of the teen girl parents and the social differences in their life. At the start of the movie, it displays a nursing home style setting with an elderly man named Duke (James Garner), reading to an elderly woman named Mrs. Hamilton (Gena Rowlands), whose memory is inevitably deteriorating. The story he reads to her is a love story about two teenagers named Allie (Rachel McAdams) and Noah (Ryan Gosling), that met in the 1940’s at a carnival in Seabrook Island, South Carolina.
Love is a word that’s been both miss-used and over-used all at once. Romantic movies change our definition of and have a big impact on this definition greatly. There have been many movies and novels made over love, but never like this. “The Notebook” is a love story about unconditional love that two people have for each other. This emotionally, heart touching story will have your eyes blood-shot and burning from you not wanting to blink your eyes. This tremendously wonderful love story will have you not wanting to even miss a millisecond of this heart throbbing film. With many plot twists and many scenes that will have you falling off of your seat and you not having any nails by the end of the movie, this is the movie for you. This emotionally rich film is full of action, laughter, and romance, which is the perfect trio combination. This movie shows us how love can bind us together forever. This film went above and