Silence Of The Lambs Movie And Book Comparison Essay

There is no pattern to how the fitful, abominable man known as Buffalo Bill, chooses his victims. But one thing is clear, all his victims, women, are found dead with their skin peeled of their bodies. Clarice Starling, who is just a behavioral science trainee now has to track down this awful man, but not without having to ask for the help of the renowned Doctor Hannibal “The Cannibal” Lecter who ate nine of his physcology patients before being arrested . The filmic version of The Silence of The Lambs and book version have the same plot line, but they have major differences in the audience's view on the main characters, the development of the story, and most importantly the connection between the one Doctor Hannibal Lecter and the main character Clarice Starling. The Silence of The Lambs is about Clarice …show more content…
Clarice is very fragile, she seems to be manipulated by the men around her and doesn’t act independently most of the time. Compared to the book Starling, movie Starling is weak and feeble and leans much more to the cliche female, not as powerful as the men, mainly Dr.Lecter. The movie Starling also does not try to hide her accent like the one in the book does, for what she is originally trying to do in the book is fit in more with the FBI agents and not seem like a jay. In the movie she doesn’t seem to be this all powerful, invincible, god-like woman who could go through anything untouched. This is especially heightened in the scene where she in hunting Jame Gumb through the basement. Her hands are shaky, her breath is fast, her heart is racing. Starling is more or less disconnected from the fighting. Lecter’s movie role is very different from the book too. He is also super classy in the movie but instead of being nice and looking out for Clarice in the beginning he seems to see her as his enemy. Just another one of Crawford’s people. They do slowly bond but he is much more tedious and sketchy then in the