The Longest Ride Analysis

Countless well-known stories and movies are able to tell your typical love story in a way which is appealing to all. The director, Warwick Thornton and author, Nicolas Sparks are able to express the theme of love in two totally opposite ways. Samson and Delilah and The Longest Ride share many common approaches to love, but also several different ways which is able to decide whether one is favoured over the other or more successful.
The book ‘The Longest Ride’ and movie ‘Samson and Delilah’ share several typical love structures. These typical features being a boy meets girl, there is some sort of attraction and idea they are both into each other. In the movie, Aboriginals Samson and Delilah fall for each other and begin a unique relationship …show more content…
Instead of having a lot of affection showed it is more hatred and violence. An example of this is when Samson is slowly walking in front of Delilah sniffing his can of petrol when Delilah gets pulled into a van and is abused by a group of male teenagers. This happens again when they are walking, but instead this time they are both sniffing petrol, and as a result of being in a totally different world, Delilah gets hit by a car, and Samson continues walking, not caring about the world around him. It is also found that this movie has a lot more actions then script writing, so it comes across as a slower, not as descriptive movie, as we hardly ever hear anyone other than the homeless and drunk Gonzo. Another thing that the director is able to provide to the movie is the small, less fortunate community in which Samson and Delilah live it. It is a small outback community in the centre of Australia, and is able to set the scene for some aboriginal communities. It is a scare, dirt town that has one inaccurately built shed that is able to cater to be a church, hospital and doctors service. For Delilah and her community, the closest known town is Alice Springs, and in order to escape this hell hole, herself and Samson make their way there with no money, food or shelter Samson and Delilah are left to sleep under a bridge and depend on handouts and hunted wildlife.
In conclusion, the movie Samson and Delilah ad novel The Longest Ride share many things in common, but also are able to differ in the way they tell the typical love story. The theme of love comes across more obviously in the Longest Ride as the characters show affection and express their feelings through the language used. Samson and Delilah differs to this as the two characters hardly ever talk and instead of being in the obvious relationship, we see more of a private, silent