The novel The Princess Bride was originally published in 1973, while the cult classic movie based on the novel was released in 1987, which is 14 years to make changes that make a difference. The Princess Bride was originally written by S. Morgenstern, but William Goldman abridged the novel because of it unnecessarily long passages on the history of the setting and packing. The novel is focused on a love story wrapped up in adventure. Buttercup and Westley battle for their love, while Inigo Montoya and Fezzik are fighting to find who they are and fighting enemies. In 1987, the film for the novel was released and it became a popular movie to fans of the book and others. In all book to movie transitions, there is an abundance of room to make errors …show more content…
The movie begins with a little boy sick in bed and his grandfather coming to read him a story. The grandfather introduces the book as Princess Bride by S. Morgenstern. The boy often interrupts the story to add some commentary of his own, like in the book with Goldman’s italicized notes. This is a close imitation of what Goldman wrote in his book but Goldman writes that his father would come to him from the book as a goodnight when he was sick with pneumonia (8). The only difference between these two frame stories is the person introducing the story but that has a huge impact. Goldman’s dad was not a native speaker so when we read this book to him it had a deeper meaning, than the grandfather reading it. Also the relationship Goldman and his father is often contrasting, in the novel, to Goldman and his son, which is a topic he brings up through the book at intervals. The separation between the story and Goldman’s personal life was often intertwined whereas in the movie they made it as separate as possible. This could’ve been a personal choice of Goldman's, but it still changed the meaning of The Princess Bride to the little boy, who I assume represents