Wednesday, February 11, 2009

The Outsiders: Comparing and Contrasting


I believe that both, the movie and the book were great but I suggest that the book was better!
The book had more action in the book! When I started the book I was thinking of how much detail there was for each character and we understand more in the book the character of each person that’s in it! Each chapter of the book makes you understand more and more about the story! Each sentence of action, the book says it more vivid!

There are differences between the book and the movie. For example the action and the imagery that the book provided are not like the images the movie provided, for example the book might have told us that the rumble scene was kind of funny everybody was fighting and they were smoking the same time as they were punching the Socs. The movie showed us people fighting and Ponyboy getting heat, and that was it! That’s why I can say that the book made me understand The Outsiders rather than the movie. Like I said the movie changed some stuff that it SHOULDN’T change!

I believe the director had to do the movie like the book, exactly like the book! If I had to see first the movie I wouldn’t understand anything, but reading first the book it makes it more clear to me! The way the book describes the fight, makes it like, “WOW”, amazing scene and interesting but when I saw that scene in the movie I thought that its way different than the book and the director did really bad when he thought of changing that wonderful scene!

I believe that the story of The Outsiders was an amazing story and I just love it! If I was the director of the movie I would have change some stuff but it’s still good! Just, the book says it in more detail.
I would like the story to end with Johnnie and Dallas. I didn’t like them die because they’re the main characters and I don’t like sad endings, I really don’t! I expected something happy to happen at the end! If I could, I would have change the ending, and let Johnnie and Dallas enjoy their victory with their friends, all together!!!!

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