Comparing Revenge In Hop Frog And The Chronicle

Revenge is best served cold. This idea fits both Edgar Allen Poe’s story, Hop Frog, and the movie The Chronicle directed by Josh Trank. Hop Frog is about a dwarf who plots a plan against the king, because he constantly abused Hop Frog. The Chronicle is about a senior boy named Andrew Detmer; his father constantly abuses Andrew, and when Andrew is at the brink of death he plots revenge against his father. Hop Frog and The Chronicle both show that revenge is best served cold through the use of characters, plot, and conflict. Andrew Detmer and Hop Frog are very similar people—both are outcasts, and they are secretly both horrific people. Hop Frog is very vengeful. Hop Frog had convinced the king and his associates to dress in highly flammable …show more content…
Hop Frog has a large distaste towards to the king and wants to end him because of the king splashing Trippetta in the face, and the many events leading up to this. The king was forcing Hop Frog to drink the wine for his own pleasure, which Hop Frog did not like to do! It is stated here: “He knew Hop-Frog was not font of wine… it excited the poor cripple… the king loved practical jokes, and took pleasure in forcing Hop-Frog to drink,” (Poe 2). Conflicts in the movie are that his alcoholic father constantly abuses Andrew, and he also wants to go to the extreme of slaying his father. While Andrew is on life support from the explosion at the gas station, his father is yelling at him. Andrew’s father blames Andrew for the death of his mother. Andrew, using his telekinesis, blasts the wall of the hospital open, and dangles his father from the extreme heights. Andrew’s cousin, Matt who also has telekinesis, comes to the rescue of his uncle (The Chronicle). Their conflicts clearly connect to revenge because both of them want to gain revenge again their abusers, for their abusers wrongdoings. There are many differences and similarities between the two