Compare And Contrast Where The Red Fern Grows

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Where the Red Fern Grows is a very captivating story no-matter how it is told. Because of this, those who fancy the story found different ways to share it with others. So, the movie was created as a mimic of the original book. Through this essay I will describe a few of the differences and similarities between the book and movie version of this enthralling heart squeezing story.

First, in the original book, Billy won the hunting competition with his dogs. He went hunting and soon after heading out, a blizzard struck. Although this blizzard detail was accurate, the movie did not keep true to all of the books details. One of these being that, in the movie, Billy did not win the contest and instead received the gold trophy prize from another

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