Films based on novels

Chapter Five: Beasts from Water Summary: Ralph starts to think about his position as leader and calls a meeting. He tells the boys that they aren’t doing what they’re supposed to be doing. He brings up the fact that they don’t help build shelters or gather drinking water, they obviously don’t care about the signal fire, and they don’t use the designated toilet area. They boys start to talk about the “beastie” and the older boys try to tell the younger boys that they are all imagining things.…

Big Nurse seems to suffer from OCD, as disorder never presents itself without McMurphy’s assistance. Due to these things, Big Nurse portrays the antagonist of the novel. She presents a challenge to the novel's “Hero” McMurphy and rules the ward with an iron fist. Even the Black Boys Big Nurse recruits possess evil qualities to intimidate the patients. McMurphy attempting to lift the panel symbolizes a very important…

"Hey, look at his butt!" Jack whispers, sending his friends into ceaseless bouts of giggles. After fifteen minutes of instruction, the group of five-year-olds retained one idea: Winnie-the-Pooh's hindquarters were more entertaining than learning about hand hygiene. I demonstrate proper handwashing techniques once more, as my pride, and the minute remnants of Vaseline on my hand, make a Usain Bolt-like dash towards the drain of the polished metal basin. As a new Red Cross Club, we had failed. As…

Lord of the Flies One may believe that William Golding’s Lord of the Flies could be based off of the English philosopher Thomas Hobbes who believed that human nature is essentially evil and that government, laws, and rules are necessary to protect humans from lapsing into society. You then can see how the slaughters, accomplished or planned of Simon, Piggy, and Ralph In Golding’s Lord of the Flies proves that the further humans wander from society’s rule the more uncivil savage like they…

Jack should be chief on the island. He should be chief because he knows what the boys need, food and shelter, and Ralph only wants fun, and Piggie can’t get people to listen to him. Jack has the choirboys, and they are the hunters, he came up with the idea of hunters. Jack is strong, and he knows how to survive. Jack knows that the boys need food and shelter, he has the ability and the follower size to provide both of those. Jack also has a strong pushing force towards others, even though he is…

It’s been five weeks, five weeks since they were found. Ralph sat on the ground staring at the white blank wall, his face stuck in dull trance. He hasn’t spoken since the day all the boys were rescued. A low hum was all that Ralph could hear. Images of Piggy and the island flashed into his mind, Ralph didn’t flinch, he didn’t want to remember. ‘Ralph! Are you-’ ‘glad we were-’ ‘Rescued!’ Samneric shrieked. Ralph gave them no answer, he blankly stared into their eyes and returned to staring…

Connections Essay Horatio Alger’s American dream is the idea that in the United States of America, if a person wants something, they can make it happen. It’s the attitude that no-one or nothing can hold a person back from their personal dreams. Regardless of race, religion, background or sex, this dream can be reached. If you want to start a company, you have to work hard to get there. This alone is why thousands immigrate to the US every year to live a life of freedom with endless…

with predominantly negative connotations such as death in most older works of literature. In the novels The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner, The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald, and Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, the main women of each novel are placed at fault for the death of characters and the American Dreams. Using the Feminist and Marxist Theory to analyze the previously listed novel will show a common trope of ‘bad girls’ becoming destructive to anyone around them, including…

In both the novel and film, the book presents the town being harassed by an ‘angry’ dog, and Atticus being the only one to defeat the dog. This represents Atticus having the characteristics to defeat racism and proves that he was willing to take charge in this position. A difference between novel and film is that in the book, Calpurnia goes with Atticus to comfort Mrs. Robinson after her husband's death. The reason she does not go with Atticus in the film is because the scene only focuses on him…

Mary Shelley is a very creative writer, she wrote the 1817 novel Frankenstein. In her story, Victor, the mad scientist, creates a human like creature using electricity (lightning). The “Monster” is illustrated as an eight foot tall, yellow skinned, stitched care bear. Over the years, many people have taken her novel and many countless film adaptations, which is different than her original story. The first film based off her novel was assembled in 1913 by Universal Pictures. When filming…