In the following text, I will compare the Mary Poppins book and movie. The book was written by P.L. Travers and was first published in London in 1934. The movie is a Walt Disney production from the year 1964 and was directed by Robert Stevenson.
The movie and the book are about the children Michael and Jane who experience many little adventures with their new nanny, Mary Poppins, who appeared flying with an umbrella. The main story of the book and the movie are similar but they contain some differences which I will point out in my essay.
To start with, in the book the old nanny, Katie Nanna, had already quit her job while in the movie she has not left yet. She first quit after Michael and Jane run away from her in the park to play and she could not find them. The next difference is that in the book, the mother is doing the interviews for the potential nanny, whereas in the movie, the father interviews and the mother is not part of the decision. Thirdly, a really big difference is that in the book, Jane and Michael have younger siblings. John and Barbara are twins and have their own little story about how infants see the world differently from teenagers and adults and how they will lose this point of view more and more while they grow up. In the movie, John and Barbara and their story are completely left out and Jane and Michael are the only children. …show more content…
The movie portrays Mary as a mystical, loving and kind nanny whose purpose is also to bring the very strict and hard-working father back in his loving-father role. Even when she is sometimes bothered by the questions of the children, she is still a nice and pleasant person with a mission. In the book, Mary is a nanny who improves Michael and Jane's behavior and triggers their imaginations. Her character is almost cold and is sometimes stern or even rude. She is described by a person who rarely smiles and sometimes is a little too
The movie and the book are about the children Michael and Jane who experience many little adventures with their new nanny, Mary Poppins, who appeared flying with an umbrella. The main story of the book and the movie are similar but they contain some differences which I will point out in my essay.
To start with, in the book the old nanny, Katie Nanna, had already quit her job while in the movie she has not left yet. She first quit after Michael and Jane run away from her in the park to play and she could not find them. The next difference is that in the book, the mother is doing the interviews for the potential nanny, whereas in the movie, the father interviews and the mother is not part of the decision. Thirdly, a really big difference is that in the book, Jane and Michael have younger siblings. John and Barbara are twins and have their own little story about how infants see the world differently from teenagers and adults and how they will lose this point of view more and more while they grow up. In the movie, John and Barbara and their story are completely left out and Jane and Michael are the only children. …show more content…
The movie portrays Mary as a mystical, loving and kind nanny whose purpose is also to bring the very strict and hard-working father back in his loving-father role. Even when she is sometimes bothered by the questions of the children, she is still a nice and pleasant person with a mission. In the book, Mary is a nanny who improves Michael and Jane's behavior and triggers their imaginations. Her character is almost cold and is sometimes stern or even rude. She is described by a person who rarely smiles and sometimes is a little too