Lloyd Owusu
Professor Macfie
November 9, 2017
Rus 313-01
Dr. Zhivago Literary Work and Film Comparison
The juxtaposition of literature and film has forever haunted the entertainment industry. There is nothing that can replace delving into a novel and getting lost for hours, or rather going to a theatre and watching the pictures unfold on a screen. With a book, the picture in one’s imagination is entirely subject to what the author pens on the pages but with a movie, the story is portrayed exactly how the director wants it perceived. With every musical note, cliff hanging scene or passionate kiss on screen, the audience is guided on how to feel. With literature, there is more that is open for interpretation, and the reader is free to waltz …show more content…
The madness of the revolution started when czarist troops opened fire on peaceful workers trooping to the Winter Palace located in St. Petersburg, to petition their complaints and concerns to Czar Nicholas II. Czar Nicholas II was the very last Czar of Russia under Romanov rule. On January 22nd, also known as “Bloody Sunday”. About 500 protestors were brutally slaughtered, which set off a massive uproar throughout Russia with riots and even terrorist assassinations. In February, Czar Nicholas responded by broadcasting his intention to establish an elected assembly to guide the government. Even with this attempt Nicholas took, it wasn’t enough for the workers, peasants and all the people who were affected by …show more content…
Dr. Zhivago is an extensive novel that spans five-hundred and ninety-two pages and is bursting with passion and conflict. Pasternak’s novel is divided into seven parts, each of which delves into a dizzying spin on the conflict between love and war. When reading a novel there is a more fluid flow of emotion and rhetoric has a profound impact on the overall theme of the story. “The world of baseness and falsity, where a well-fed little lady dares to look like that at witless working people, and drunken victim of this order finds pleasure in jeering at one of his own kind, this world was now more hateful to him than ever” (Book 2, Page 28). When Zhivago is challenged with the injustice of a world where lazy rich people just keep getting richer by sponging off workers. The film is a whopping three hours and fifteen minutes long, and every moment is packed with action and stunning scenery. Scene transitions in this film are choppy and if the viewer weren’t already familiar with the story line it may be hard to follow the plot without confusion. This film has intricate detail packed into every
Professor Macfie
November 9, 2017
Rus 313-01
Dr. Zhivago Literary Work and Film Comparison
The juxtaposition of literature and film has forever haunted the entertainment industry. There is nothing that can replace delving into a novel and getting lost for hours, or rather going to a theatre and watching the pictures unfold on a screen. With a book, the picture in one’s imagination is entirely subject to what the author pens on the pages but with a movie, the story is portrayed exactly how the director wants it perceived. With every musical note, cliff hanging scene or passionate kiss on screen, the audience is guided on how to feel. With literature, there is more that is open for interpretation, and the reader is free to waltz …show more content…
The madness of the revolution started when czarist troops opened fire on peaceful workers trooping to the Winter Palace located in St. Petersburg, to petition their complaints and concerns to Czar Nicholas II. Czar Nicholas II was the very last Czar of Russia under Romanov rule. On January 22nd, also known as “Bloody Sunday”. About 500 protestors were brutally slaughtered, which set off a massive uproar throughout Russia with riots and even terrorist assassinations. In February, Czar Nicholas responded by broadcasting his intention to establish an elected assembly to guide the government. Even with this attempt Nicholas took, it wasn’t enough for the workers, peasants and all the people who were affected by …show more content…
Dr. Zhivago is an extensive novel that spans five-hundred and ninety-two pages and is bursting with passion and conflict. Pasternak’s novel is divided into seven parts, each of which delves into a dizzying spin on the conflict between love and war. When reading a novel there is a more fluid flow of emotion and rhetoric has a profound impact on the overall theme of the story. “The world of baseness and falsity, where a well-fed little lady dares to look like that at witless working people, and drunken victim of this order finds pleasure in jeering at one of his own kind, this world was now more hateful to him than ever” (Book 2, Page 28). When Zhivago is challenged with the injustice of a world where lazy rich people just keep getting richer by sponging off workers. The film is a whopping three hours and fifteen minutes long, and every moment is packed with action and stunning scenery. Scene transitions in this film are choppy and if the viewer weren’t already familiar with the story line it may be hard to follow the plot without confusion. This film has intricate detail packed into every