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“The Hitchhiker” vs. Twilight Zone

When I heard we were watching the Twilight Zone I thought that it was going to be completely different from “The Hitchhiker”, but they had many similarities. For example both main characters had the same last name, “Adams”. Also only the Adams could see the hitchhiker. They are also alike because they both wanted to run the hitchhiker over. Now i’m wondering if the Twilight Zone is just a movie version of “The Hitchhiker.” Although these stories have many similarities they are also very different. For example in “The Hitchhiker” Adams is a guy, but in the Twilight Zone Adams is a girl. Also in “The Hitchhiker” the guy dies on the Brooklyn Bridge, but in the Twilight Zone the girl dies in Pennsylvania.

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