Novels adapted into films

exceptional novels of the twentieth-century and deemed a classic, Francis Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” portrays a veracious painting of what American life was during the early 1900’s. The story reflects on the promising American dream and the zealous Jay Gatsby who yearned for the eternal love of the golden-girl Daisy Buchanan. Thereafter, eighty-eight years would elapse before director Baz Lurhmann would take charge of adapting the pages of Fitzgerald’s novel into a major…

Rochester’s friendship, though anyone who read the book would know it was more than that. I liked when Blanche Ingram said, “a man should pay no heed to his looks,” and Rochester replied with “then a pirate would do for you.” It reminded me of in the novel when Mr. Brocklehurst asked what Jane must do to avoid Hell and she said “I must keep in good health and not die.” Furthermore, I liked when Mason had just been attacked by Bertha and the guests at Thornfield exited their rooms to see what…

Novel "The Great Gatsby" repeatedly onto the movie screen, leaving a distinctive mark on the vast Hollywood movie production. 1974 edition became one of the shining star, broad interest, and she won an Oscar three awards, namely the Oscar for best costume award, the Oscar for Best Music Award and an Oscar for best supporting actress. The film used the distinctive pluralistic narrative technique, portraying distinct characters and showed the profound theme. 1. Movie Story presentation The film…

this fact reigns true in both. The Most Dangerous Game is a short story that was written in 1924 by Richard Connell. The story was later adapted into a movie with the same title in 1932. Both versions of the story use the same character names for the main characters and also have a very similar plot however one can see that there is many differences between the film adaptation and the short story. The short story is about a famous big game hunter named Rainsford who while on his way to another…

The Man Who Would Be King The Man Who Would Be King is a novel written by Rudyard Kipling in 1888 which was later adapted and filmed by John Huston in 1975. It is an enthusiastic and intriguing tale set in India during the height of the British Empire. In the Huston’s film adaptation of The Man Who Would Be King demonstrate a sarcastic look at British colonialism in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. The story consists of British soldiers Peachy Carnehan and Daniel Dravot whose services in the…

In 1847 Emily Brontë published Wuthering Heights; a novel as eccentric as it is unsettling, its themes including the oppositional natures of horror and beauty, dreams and reality, hate and adoration, fused into one strange and dark novel. This essay is a comparative analysis of two film adaptations of Brontë’s novel; the thesis being the 1939 film adaptation, titled Wuthering Heights and directed by William Wyler, presents the story within the romance genre. By comparison the 2011 adaptation…

and what to do in the time of need for a friend. adapted from the even better book written by Khaled Hosseini. Overall I liked how the movie was portrayed but there were some noticeable differences between the book and film. One who hasn’t read the book first would never notice these differences, but in my case, where i've analyzed the story front to back, the differences were very clear. To start, I compared how the characters looked in the film as they were being introduced to how Hosseini…

Uncle Tom’s Cabin has been called many things: the novel that started the Civil War and the most important piece of American literature among them. It tells the story of a slave named Uncle Tom whose journey through many owners, abuses, and hard times is amassed in a strong rhetorical piece of abolitionist writing. Despite its massive influence, very little dramatization of the novel has taken place. There is, to date, one play and one black and white movie made of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. This is for…

sarcasm. Wharton became the first woman to be awarded a Pulitzer Prize when the novel was given the award in 1921 (Wikipedia, “Age of Innocence”).). Throughout the 20th century, the novel was adapted and re-adapted on both film and stage (Wikipedia, “Age of Innocence”). However, with the rise of the 21st century, Age of Innocence fell out of the spotlight as discussion and adaptation dwindled. Any young person reading the novel now will find that despite Wharton’s popularity in the 1900s, Age…

The Great Gatsby, which was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, was published in 1925. In 2013, Australian director, Baz Luhrmann adapted the novel into a film. Both the novel and the film take place in the summer of 1922. The plot follows the lives of Daisy and Tom Buchanan, Nick Carraway, and Jay Gatsby. Nick Carraway is the cousin of Daisy Buchanan, who is a rich woman that comes from a rich family. Long before meeting her husband, Tom, Daisy was smitten with a man, Jay Gatsby. Back in this time…