Max Book Vs Movie Essay

The film Max was almost exactly like the book Max. All of the major points in the book Max were portrayed in the movie perfectly. The parts in the movie Max that was not identical to the book were minor parts. For example, one of the parts in the book that was not accurately shown in the movie was at the very beginning when Justin was creating a video game disc for Chuy’s cousin in the book they were in Justin’s room and in the movie they were outside. But since that was not a major part of the book it did not matter that it was changed. Another thing that was altered from the book to the movie was how Justin found out his dad was going to try and kill Max. In the movie, Justin was home while his dad raced home from work and rushed to the backyard and attempted to force Max out of his cage into Justin’s Dad’s truck. In the book, Justin was at work with his father and overheard Tyler and his dad talking about how Kyle died and Justin had to race home after his dad to save Max. In the book, it emphasized how Justin would try to do the right thing for Max and the family.

The main characters in Max are Justin, Tyler, Max, Justin’s Dad, and Carman. Justin is a round character and throughout the book Justin learns respect for his parents. When Justin’s brother died in Afghanistan, he left his MWD (Military War Dog) Max without a caretaker. Max was so close to

This theme was shown in the film by Kyle dying when Justin couldn’t even say bye to him over video chat because he felt as though he was not important to his parents because they always were saying how Kyle is such a good kid. When Kyle died Justin realized how much he really cared about Kyle. The theme of Max was also shown when Max was taken from Justin’s house to be put down and Justin realizes how much he misses him and he was wrong to let animal control take him for something he didn’t