Rainsford Argumentative Essay

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Having company isn't so bad, when they help you through tough times. In the story Rainsford accidently fell out of the yacht, forcing him to swim the closest land, which happened to be Ship-trap island. While, the movie made it so that he was the only survivor after the ship crashed and exploded into thousands of pieces. I think the movie version changed the whole plot of the story. Mainly, because in the text Whitney didn't die, meaning that he can always go looking for Rainsford. As for the movie, we saw bodies floating in the water and two people get eaten alive by a shark. So there is no one to come look for Rainsford on the island. I also think that this changes the mood of the story. With Whitney not dying in the short story version,

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