Similarities Between The Light And The Forest

Introduction: The Light and the Forest was written by Conrad Richter, an award winning author. This novel/movie is about a 15 year old boy who grew up among the Lenni Lenape Indians. True Son or Johnny was captured when he was only four years old and had been adopted by an Indian family to replace a child who had died. The treaty made the Indians return all their white captives back to their birth family. This includes True Son. This marvelous book was brought to life by Herschel Daugherty in 1958. The movie and the novel have many similarities and even more differences.

Paragraph 1: Similarities The novel and the movie, Light in the Forest have many similarities. One similarity is when True Son was slapped my Uncle Wilise. In both productions …show more content…
Del is a military soldier that escorts True Son from his village to Fort Pitt. Then was assigned in both the productions to protect the family. In the movie he was sent to protect True Son, but in the novel he was sent to protect the Butler’s not True Son. Also Del is a friend to True Son in the movie not a man that True Son thinks is cruel. So over all Del is a whole different character in the movie then in the book. This is important to True Son because Del is a friend not a foe. Del helps True Son through the process instead of making it worse. The second difference is that there are lovers in the movie. Del has Mille, Pardon Elder’s daughter and True Son had Shenade, Uncle Wilise’s servant girl. Shenade was in the movie instead of Goordie, True Son’s brother in the novel. This is important because in the novel Goordie helps True Son like the whites.In the movie Shenade helps him like the whites. They both tie him to his white family. The final difference is that True Son’s white father, Harry Butler is more involved with True Son in the movie than in the book. He teaches True Son how to chop wood, he cheers on True Son when he is fighting Uncle Wilise and helps him through it by giving advice. This is important to True Son because with a father he is more likely to like being with the …show more content…
Some listed above and some listed here. One difference is about a matter of True Son’s health. In the book True Son had gotten very homesick. He had no energy to do anything, he had a fever and he had condemned himself to his bed and didn’t move for days. In the movie, he fits in with the whites and doesn’t get sick. By not getting sick none of his pains ( fever, bed rest, no energy,etc.) were ever there. This is important because he isn't lying in bed, he is exploring what beauty the whites have left in there civilizations.Another difference is when True Son and Half Arrow are on there journey. In the movie the journey home is made to look not long or hard. In the novel, it is written to look like not just a journey home but a journey to find there manliness. They go the long brave way. They spend days at this one spot where they think is paradise. The Final difference is after True Son yells “ Ambush “ he is put to trial by the indians. His father in the book put charcoal on his face but in the novel he puts it on his hands. This is important because it symbolizes what his father is feeling and the emotional end.

Conclusion:
The movie and the novel are similar in more ways than one. More and more differences occur as you watch or read. Similarities are the same, but differences are different that’s what's important. The most important difference is when True Son and Half Arrow journey into men. It is important