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“When The Legends Die”
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Novel/Movie Contrast
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Joe McNew
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June 8, 2000
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The book, “When the Legends Die”, was pretty good. Then some idiot had to
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go and make a movie out of it. In contrasting the two, I found alot more
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differences than similarities.
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The first similarity came when Blue Elk came and took Thomas Black Bull to
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the reservation. Tom had trouble with the kids as in the book. Brother Bear was
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chained up and eventually Tom took him back to the woods and left him just as
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Tom did in part I of the book. Of course, Red Dillion was a jerk in both the movie
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and the book, although the book illustrated a better image in the reader’s mind.
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There were quite a few things the two had in common but the differences
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outnumber the similarities.
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I am not going to attempt to represent every difference but I wil give a few
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examples. For instance, we first see Tom, or any characters for that matter, after
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George and his mom dies. The movie represents Tom as older, during his rodeo
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days. In the book, during Red and Tom’s 2 fight, he only knocks him down but in
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the movie he beats him up really bad. He goes home with the nurse but in the
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book he does nothing of that sort. So far he hasn’t gone for the bear yet but we’re
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not finished yet.
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The book had alot going for it and I thought that it was much better than the
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movie. The movie was a horrible experience and is probably the only time I wished
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my teacher wouldn’t have shown it. Usually, I like the movie better than the book
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but this was the exception. Whoever made this movie should be charged with
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murder (of the book). The movie missed alot of the key points.
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The movie was interesting and did illustrate some things better than the
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book. It did an excellent job of show Tom’s transitiion from rags to riches. In
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addition, the movie moved alittle faster which made it more exciting. I believe that
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it did a better job when Tom actually ditched Red and got into the big tournament.
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Both had their strong points.
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The book was better...way better. This is a good example of why a movie
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shouldn’t be made from a book or at least a person may want to consider skipping
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the movie if they really liked the book. Although, the movie was better in some
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areas overall I would definitely recommend the book over the movie. In conclusion,
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movie = F book = A.
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