Their Eyes Were Watching God Mean To Me Essay

In both the movie and story when Patrick comes home he gets himself a drink. In the movie before Patrick told Mary he is leaving her, Mary had announced the gender of the baby to Patrick and he doesn't react. When Mary asked if he wants dinner he doesn't refuse, unlike in the story. When Patrick was telling her the news it was said to take no longer than 4 or 5 minutes for him to do so in the story, whereas in the movie Patrick took 4 or 5 seconds to do so, also in the movie Patrick is a lot colder and seems heartless, because he had said he is leaving her for another woman, and can't give her much money, and in the story he just says he has to leave for work and says he will give her money. In both stories, Mary had just said, “I'll get your supper.” After he breaks the news. …show more content…
In both stories when she is getting the lamb leg she goes up behind him and clubs him in the back of the head, in the story he swayed back and forth before dying, whereas in the movie he instantly fell to the ground. In the movie, she had better alibis (more than 1). She first called Molly who she and Patrick were supposed to go to dinner with, she tells her that Patrick was tired so she was going to make dinner at home, Mary's voice seemed to be very sweet on the phone by saying, “I hope you understand,” and she says it in such a calm, sweet voice. After that she goes to the grocers, in both stories before going she fixes up her lipstick and hair. In the story the grocer's name was Sam, and they had a whole conversation about what she would get Patrick for supper. In the movie, that conversation never happened, but it did show her going to the grocers, therefore, in the movie she had better