“It’s not what you have it’s what you don’t have that counts” (Raskin pg. 43). Is a very important quote in The Westing Game to finding Westing’s murderer. The sixth grade Gull Lake Middle School students have read and watched The Westing Game. Each student come up with their own opinion on which is better the novel or the movie. The Westing Game movie and book contains many similarities and differences that are worth exploring. The Westing Game is about the tenants pairs of sunset towers trying to figure Westing’s murderer. The pairs are gifted with 10,000 dollars and a set of four clues. Each of the pairs had their own idea about what the answer was to The Westings Game. A thirteen year old girl has come to a conclusion that the one who finds the fourth identity of Sam Westing is declared the winner. Later on Turtle wins and the rest of the heirs never know the answer because Turtle never tells anyone she wins. The Westing Game novel and movie have many similarities. The Westing Game novel and movie are similar in many ways. One of the main similarities between the novel and movie is that Turtle Wexler still wins Westings game. Also Turtle Wexler (T.R. Wexler) is always the main protagonist in both the movie and book. The final similarity between Turtle in the movie and the book is that she still kicks many of the characters as she did before. Westings actual game had many similarities too. In the book and movie each of the paired heirs get 10,000 dollars and a set of
There were many similarities between the book and the movie. Some of them being that in the book and the movie Mae Tuck actually did hit the man in the yellow suit with a shotgun and the man in the yellow suit did die. The look and the description of the Tuck’s House was exactly what i imagined and it was exactly how the book described it. Also the Winnie did have a tall metal fence and she did want to run away. Another similarity was that her parents were very strict and worried about her a lot.
When they find the iceberg, which is said to be “darker than the darkness of the night,” they ring the bell frantically to notify the captain of the iceberg. However, it takes a while for the captain to get the drivers, and by that time, it’s too late. Another similarity is the size of the gash that is made by the iceberg, and how it is found and announced. In both book and movie, the gash is said to be approximately 300 ft. long, stretching across 5 boiler rooms. A 3rd similarity that is easily spotted in both types of media is the chaotic mood.
In my opinion there are a lot of comparisons between the film and the book, but there are also differences between them too, but also they have impacted the audience in both the film and the
High Noon, which was written by Carl Foreman, is a film about a marshal who has to protect his town and himself from a man who is returning from prison on the noon train for revenge with the help of his gang. “The Most Dangerous Game,” which was written by Richard Connell, is a short story about a man who ends up on an island known as ‘Ship Trap Island’ and has to survive from an expert hunter for three days by hiding from the hunter, his dogs, and his accomplice. Even though High Noon and “The Most Dangerous Game” are stories that have little in common, there are instances where we see similarities between the two settings; the protagonists and conflicts also have many differences. The film, High Noon, and the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game,” have two different conflicts that affect the story.
The Outsiders: Compare and Contrast In the novel “The Outsiders,” by S.E Hinton and the movie by Francis Ford Coppola have numerous similarities and differences. Our thoughts on these particular aspects are very diverse as the universe is. Many things have been either left out or diminished from the movie, which makes it less interesting as the suspense lessens as you have finished reading the book. Although this might be the case, there were also many similarities between the two sources.
Another difference is that in the movie they go into town, but in the book it 's never mentioned. Something else that was different was that in the book the mood was happy most of the time, while in the movie the mood was sad. A difference between the book and the movie is that in the book momma was going to burn Byron, but in the movie she does not burn him. A big difference is that in the
My theory on The Westing Game is Flora Baumbach is the killer. I believe she is the killer because she was super excited when she found out Turtle was here partner (pg. 33). Her next victim could be Turtle for kicking her in the shin. She also would want to kill Sam because of his daughter's wedding.
Many people, if asked what they would prefer, would prefer to read the book instead of watching the movie. It could be because the movie will always leave some parts from the story out. It seems like directors of the movie always leave out parts from the book, only incorporating the important parts from the story. Some also say that they prefer to leave the descriptions of things in the book up to their imagination. Also, when you are reading the book, you get to read the main characters point of view on things.
Yes, the basics of the plot are similar, but in the movie, there are changed details, mainly like missing scenes in the movie that the book originally had, or simplified events. In the movie, there was an additional girl character that was not in the book. The house Moon eventually came to at the end of the story was supposed to be a brick house. Some of the things the characters in the movie said were a bit different from what was said in the book. Things like that.
The man is introduced to a hunting game in which he is being hunted and things get thrilling from there. Both the story and the movie have many similarities. They both have the same plot idea with just some minor differences. The similarities that they have are that they both involve a guy swimming to eShip-Trap Island and finding a huge castle that is the home of General Zaroff.
In the movie and book there were many similarities. One similarity was that there was the movie scene where they meet Cherry and
One similarity I noticed was that Achilles mother, Thetis, reveals her sons fate in the movie and the book. In the book, Achilles says, For my mother the goddess, silver-footed Thetis, informs me that I must choose one or other manner of life and death. If I remain here, attacking the city and land of the Trojans, all hope of returning is lost, but I win a glory undying. If,
There are several distinct differences, as well as similarities, between the TWM book and the TWM movie. The main differences between the book and movie are Mitch and Janine’s relationship, the order and the location of the topics discussed, and Mitch’s job did not go on strike in the book. The main similarities are the aphorisms, the tape recorder, and the topics discussed. One main difference is Mitch and Janine’s relationship.
Since Thomas is a lot more passive in the novel his stories are more easily understood. The biggest similarity in the book had to be the plot line where Victor's father dies in Arizona and he needed the help of Thomas to pick up his ashes. The difference is how they traveled to Arizona, in the film it was by bus in the novel it was by plane. Another difference in the amount of money Victor was given in the film he says his mother gave him fourth dollars in the novel he was given one hundred by the tribe. All in all the largest difference would be the origination
In the movie however, It ends with the narrator saying that Rikki-Tikki kept the garden safe. Another difference is when in the movie, Teddy takes a bath which Rikki-Tikki falls into. Yet in the book, a shower is never