Comparison

Frankenstein’s Monsters “All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind” - Swami Vivekananda. As with any adaptation there are a variety of similarities and differences between Mary Shelley’s original novel Frankenstein and the modern day film, Victor Frankenstein. For the movie, director Paul McGuigan had his own interpretation of Shelley’s novel. He took the novel’s characters and storyline and made it his own. The substance of each story is the same, but they have depicted…

Shakespeare is well known for rewriting other people’s works and using their ideas as his own. One of his major inspirations is when he rewrote Genesis 3 and named it Macbeth. This movie retelling of the play is one of his best works because of its characters, development, irony, suspense, and larger theme. Similar to Genesis 3, Shakespeare has crafted the characters in Macbeth to parallel Adam, Eve, and the serpent. Shakespeare has emulated Macbeth to parallel Adam, Lady Macbeth to parallel…

Psalm 66:4 says, “All the earth bows down to you they sing praise to you, they sing the praises of your name.” Everything God has made, in heaven, on earth, and in the whole universe, glorify and reflect His Name. The beauty and the complexity of God’s creation all display His great holiness and majesty. Even humans, made in the image of God, were made to bring glory and honor to their Creator through their various God-given qualities and abilities. Throughout history, many men and women have…

Why I Think The Notebook is Worth Seeing Never has a film swept me away into a story like The Notebook, and never have I found a truer romance. Author Nicholas Sparks- based this movie on the relationship of his wife’s grandparents Noah and Allie. Sparks captures their love story as both Noah and Allie go through trials as a result of her parents’ displeasure of their relationship, they experienced years of separation, and other love interest. If not for their unwavering love, devotion to each…

It is a necessary for the human to avoid destroying the earth; also the action should come first from an education study such as from the university research. Sustainability means we need to limit the use of resources so that the sources themselves do not disappear. If you look on the website of any university, you will see they are teaching courses about the sustainability and they have eco-friendly ways. The University of Guelph and the University of Waterloo both work foreword for…

In both Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, and the film Gattaca, the text and film display a form of dehumanization. In the novel, Ishiguro explores the clones humanity when confronted by a society that wants to hide them away as they are so rebellious against them. Society’s attitude towards the clones Kathy, Tommy and the other students is a fearful one. When Madame arrives at Hailsham she reacts with horror “[w]aiting for the moment when you realize that you really are different to them...of…

The Outsiders Compare and Contrast The novel ,The Outsiders , and the movie are very similar and a little different. S. E. Hinton is the author of the book The Outsiders that was published in 1967 and was placed in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the movie was published in 1983. The movie and the novel are both about the same storyline the only things are is the movie producer changed it up to make it become a little bit more realistic and interesting. Both the movie and the book and themes that were very…

At some point in the numerous journeys we embark on, we hit an obstacle and we feel all hope is lost. Sometimes we give up before any progress, and sometimes we give up right before we make it to the finish line, despite putting in so much effort to achieve it. Through Invictus by William Ernest Henley and If by Rudyard Kipling, it is shown that “if you can keep your head”, “yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it”. Both texts insinuate that success comes from commitment and a true sense…

Human qualities are as many and various as faith and skepticism; autonomy and fatalism; love and indifference. All humans experience pain as well as joy, and the perception of one is reliant on the existence of the other; to this law, there are no exceptions. Nonetheless, human existence is governed by a few all-encompassing laws, such as love and death. Percy Bysshe Shelley’s poems “To Wordsworth” and “Ozymandias” examine the lives of two remarkably different men; however, in their…

A feud between the Eastside and Westside brings complications. Throughout “The Outsiders” written by S.E. Hinton, there are fights between the rich, smart Socs and the poor and lower education Greasers. Ponyboy’s going through a tough time and it doesn’t help when his best friend Johnny kills someone in the rival gang. There are many differences and similarities in the book and the movie “The Outsiders” by S. E. Hinton. Many elements were similar while some of the character relationships and…