Crystal Somoza Professor Parker English 1301-81054 19 November 2015
Differences Between Elements At any occasion where a novel is adapted into a film, many events and characters are discarded due to the limited time that the movie can last. Unfortunately, because of this, every time something is eradicated, an element of the original story is lost. As a result, the movie lacks many enhancing components that establishes depth for the characters that was originally enacted within the novel. Because John Osbourne’s mother was not included in the movie, John’s character lacked the humanistic aspect that was developed in the novel. Towards the last pages of the final chapter, John stays by his mother side and does everything he can possibly do …show more content…
In the novel, aside from kissing a few times, Dwight and Moira never participate in any sort of physical intimacy, whereas in the film they did have an affair. The purpose of the author was to create an impression on the readers concerning a possible apocalypse by having no pleasant endings for any of the characters. While the movie still depicted this idea, it was less effectual because of the sliver of the contentment that Moira and Dwight had the opportunity to share with each …show more content…
Yes, the garden was mentioned, but the significance of this part of the novel was considerably minimized. Unlike the movie, the novel played this aspect of the story as a Mary and Peter’s, mostly Mary’s, key method of coping with death. This is brought up multiple times throughout the novel in order to emphasize the time passing as those two hold on to the hope that there will be no death, life will continue as it is, and possibly get even better than it is. In the movie, the garden is mentioned only once, if not twice, and takes away the deterioration of hope that occurs as the book progresses. Even though her hope diminished as time passed, she as a person was portrayed as one of the most hopeful characters in the novel. Although she may have been a bit delusional at some times throughout the novel, she was also, nonetheless, the most optimistic. In contrast, the film does not depict any of her optimism or hopefulness. Instead, the director illustrates her as a scared, helpless person who cannot stand thinking or talking about her imminent doom. This was visually portrayed in two different scenes: the first was when Julian Osbourne was talking about their eventual annihilation, and the second is when Peter attempted to confront the possibilities of what she would have to do if Peter did not come back in time for the radiation
Differences Between Elements At any occasion where a novel is adapted into a film, many events and characters are discarded due to the limited time that the movie can last. Unfortunately, because of this, every time something is eradicated, an element of the original story is lost. As a result, the movie lacks many enhancing components that establishes depth for the characters that was originally enacted within the novel. Because John Osbourne’s mother was not included in the movie, John’s character lacked the humanistic aspect that was developed in the novel. Towards the last pages of the final chapter, John stays by his mother side and does everything he can possibly do …show more content…
In the novel, aside from kissing a few times, Dwight and Moira never participate in any sort of physical intimacy, whereas in the film they did have an affair. The purpose of the author was to create an impression on the readers concerning a possible apocalypse by having no pleasant endings for any of the characters. While the movie still depicted this idea, it was less effectual because of the sliver of the contentment that Moira and Dwight had the opportunity to share with each …show more content…
Yes, the garden was mentioned, but the significance of this part of the novel was considerably minimized. Unlike the movie, the novel played this aspect of the story as a Mary and Peter’s, mostly Mary’s, key method of coping with death. This is brought up multiple times throughout the novel in order to emphasize the time passing as those two hold on to the hope that there will be no death, life will continue as it is, and possibly get even better than it is. In the movie, the garden is mentioned only once, if not twice, and takes away the deterioration of hope that occurs as the book progresses. Even though her hope diminished as time passed, she as a person was portrayed as one of the most hopeful characters in the novel. Although she may have been a bit delusional at some times throughout the novel, she was also, nonetheless, the most optimistic. In contrast, the film does not depict any of her optimism or hopefulness. Instead, the director illustrates her as a scared, helpless person who cannot stand thinking or talking about her imminent doom. This was visually portrayed in two different scenes: the first was when Julian Osbourne was talking about their eventual annihilation, and the second is when Peter attempted to confront the possibilities of what she would have to do if Peter did not come back in time for the radiation