b. What’s one difference between this reading and the movie version? How does the change affect the story, change the meaning and/or alter our perspectives of the characters?
It seems like to me that the movie gives Thomas more of a main role feel than the book. The movie, for instance, starts out with Thomas' character as a baby, surviving a fire. Because I am introduced to Thomas first i feel like I follow him a lot more than in the book, where he instead appears a little bit after introducing Victor. Although Thomas does have a huge role in the book, the theme of the book, and the challenges seem to revolve more aound Victor. The theme to me is, Victors struggle with his thoughts about his father. The movie, however, really brings Thomas more into this theme. We watch Victors father save Thomas, and we see more how important the father is to Thomas.
Although the story is incredibly similar to the movie, I feel like, because some events were showed first in the movie, we can feel different about the main characters roles. One exception is the relationship between Thomas and Victor. To me, both the story and the movie have the same feel between the two when it comes to the main characters relationship. The dialogue seems very familiar in the story, and they both develop the same like for each other.
Hi Tyler,
ReplyDeleteWhat do you think about the way Thomas and Victor are connected in the short story? What about the guilt and shame Victor feels towards the end of the story for his realization that he and Thomas won't be friends? What do you think about the jackrabbit?
Lauren
Hi Tyler,
ReplyDeleteSince in the film they had introduced Thomas before Victor I can see where you get a better understanding of him, because you see where Thomas is coming from. For Victor you learn more about him throughout the story and not all at the beginning.