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Compare And Contrast Storm Boy Book And Movie

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Storm Boy was written in 1963 by author Colin Thiele, then a movie based on the book was released in 1976. The story is about a boy, his friendship with a pelican and his desire to help the environment. Which tells the story better, the book or movie? I’ve read the book and watched the movie and I think the book told the story better. The book has a descriptive language, it has suspense and keeps you intrigued, and you can feel the emotions. The first reason I prefer the book over the movie is the descriptive language it uses. You can see the descriptive language everywhere in the book, which fascinates me and allows me to imagine the scene clearly and even feel how it would be like if I was in that scene. An example of the descriptive language was shown on page 15 “But when the winter wind came sweeping up from Antarctica with ice on its tongue, licking and smoothing his cheeks into cold flat pebbles, he put on one of his father's thick coats that came down to his ankles”. The description in this book is so powerful that you can feel what's happening in the story. …show more content…

On the other hand the movie scenes just rush past your eyes and the next scene has already started. Take for example “Mr Percival’s breathing was shallow and quick, his body and neck were drooping,and for long stretches at a time his eyes were shut.”(pg.72). Whereas in the movie Mr Percival gets shot and is never found, and the scene of Mr Percival's death was brief and dull. This suggests that the book has more suspense than the

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