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All Summer In A Day Compare And Contrast Essay

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There were a lot of similarities and differences between the short story version of All Summer in a Day written by Ray Bradbury and the movie version directed by Ed Kaplan. But I think the movie version was better because it showed more things in it than the short story did. For example in the short story they did not mention the sun lamps but in the movie they started out with the children in the sun lamps. But I think the biggest differences between the story and movie was in the plot events and the resolution. There were a ton of similarities and difference in these parts. The plot events were fairly similar but there was some key differences between the short story and the movie. For example when Margot was locked in the closet in the story she never saw the light of the sun but in the movie she saw the light of the sun. Another difference is that in the short story they said that the sun only came out every 7 years but in the movie they said it only comes out every 9 years. Also in the story they never told us what happened after Margot was let out of the closet but in the movie they showed Margot getting let out then going …show more content…

But I liked the movie version better because it had more things in it that the short story did. For example the story did not mention sun lamps until the very end when they were outside but in the movie it started out with them in the sun lamps. If there was anything that I could of changed in the movie was the special effects and the music. I would change these because the music in the movie got very boring and the special effects were terrible. For example when Margot went out in the rain and then when she came back in she was dry. Doing this assignment I learned that it is important to look at the perspective of the story and the movie and to not just like the movie better because I don’t like to

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