In todays day and age, it is very common that movies are made and inspired from novels that are popular in the culture. People take strong ideas and stories from novels and manipulate them in order for them to succeed on the lime light. However, in most cases, changes are made in order to compress the movie. These vital changes can sometimes change the way a character is viewed and/or can change the literal flow of the book or movie. Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1883 adventure novel, Treasure Island, influenced and was made into a movie in 1950 by the Walt Disney Corporation. Although this movie was very similar to the novel, there were many changes that influenced the tempo of the movie. As well as how the audience perceived the movie. Specifically, in the scene when arriving to treasure island. The
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The two major differences in the scenes when arriving to treasure island greatly impact the portrayal of Long John Silver. In this scene in the novel he is seen as a ruthless evil man, due to the fact of him killing an innocent man. In the movie however, John Silver is portrayed as a man that wants to be redeemed and no visible evil traits are seen, just Silver’s immoral actions. This proves that although the movie, Treasure Island, is based off of Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel, slight changes can greatly impact the portrayal of a character. In this case, based on this scene, John Silvers character has changed from the novels view as a murderer, to the movies portrayal as a man struggling with his immorality. The change of Silver also effects Jim’s character. Jim would definitely feel different about silver in the movie if he had witnessed him killing an innocent member of the crew such as he did in the novel. However, in both the novel and the movie, Long John Silver is portrayed as the anti-hero, and as a redeemed villain due to his
The two major differences in the scenes when arriving to treasure island greatly impact the portrayal of Long John Silver. In this scene in the novel he is seen as a ruthless evil man, due to the fact of him killing an innocent man. In the movie however, John Silver is portrayed as a man that wants to be redeemed and no visible evil traits are seen, just Silver’s immoral actions. This proves that although the movie, Treasure Island, is based off of Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel, slight changes can greatly impact the portrayal of a character. In this case, based on this scene, John Silvers character has changed from the novels view as a murderer, to the movies portrayal as a man struggling with his immorality. The change of Silver also effects Jim’s character. Jim would definitely feel different about silver in the movie if he had witnessed him killing an innocent member of the crew such as he did in the novel. However, in both the novel and the movie, Long John Silver is portrayed as the anti-hero, and as a redeemed villain due to his