A Rose For Emily Book And Book Analysis

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Comparison between the Book and Film Version of a Rose for Emily
Many filmmakers come up with movies that are based on fictional and non-fictional books. Some filmmakers develop films that largely borrow from the book versions and sometimes utilize the plot as it appears in the book. However, others develop films that have some variations with the book version. A Rose for Emily is a good example of a literary work that exists as a print and as a film. The film version came much later after the print version was published, even though the two exhibit similar features in many aspects. However, the two versions have varying features as well. The variations that exist between the story version and the film version that the present paper is going to discuss do not cause any major difference in the plot of the story.
Similarities between the Book and Film Version One major similarity between the two versions of A Rose for Emily is that the plot of the print version is similar to the plot of the film. The story in both cases shows how Emily’s father chases away all the suitors who come to ask her hand in marriage and how this hurts the protagonist. The two accounts describe how all the suitors who associate with Emily die mysteriously including Homer Barron who is Emily’s last suitor and lover. Furthermore, the two works proceed to describe Emily’s
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The supreme narrator in the short story is all-knowing and describes the qualities of every character. In his turn, the unknown narrator in the print version also tells of all the scenes in the story, even though that is not the case with the film. The happenings in the film is not dependent on a single narrator but on the way characters associate and talk to each

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