Thursday, May 19, 2016

Of Mice and Men Movie

Prompts: 
Of Mice and Men
Status: Done
(Spoilers)

     A difference with the book and the movie is that the movie showed George in a train. What I think the movie added this is the adventure George had. George looks to be pushed around and all over the place looking for a job. Since it started and ended with the train, he was always fired or ran away. This tells us that George is poor and constantly looking for money. They added this to have more description of George. Since the book had more description, it did not need that scene like the movie did.

     One of the many reasons why they chose Sharilynn Fenn as the Wife of Curley is because of the eye. The swampers complain that Curley's Wife had the eye, which is a flirt description. Giving that look to the guys really captures their attention and focus on her. So, when they were holding auditions, they were probably looking for a girl with a pretty eye and could act pretty okay, of course. In the book, it said, "... had the eye." If you think about it, and with Lennie's reaction, the Wife stares at the boys with a pretty eye, like I said before. So, that is why they chose Sharilynn Fenn to play the Wife of Curley.

     The movie begins with a girl with a hole in her red dress. You also see a guy in a train. You see, in the book, it never said that Lennie ripped off part of the dress. In Of Mice and Men, it said that Lennie wanted to pet that girls dress because of the texture. It never said it ripped. In the movie, it represents Lennie's strength and foreshadow the conflicts later on. So, the reason why both the author and the director added this is to show why they are at the ranch. If they completely got rid of that, it would change the reason why they have that job and the plot itself.

     So, the movie was not bad, it was entertaining. They added dialogue that was in the book, which makes you listen. Plus, with the setting and the looks of the characters enhances the reading experience by 75%. This just makes you understand the book more, which is neat. I would recommend this book to the crushed dreamers to show that the are not the only one. They should not be alone in this world, so they should read this book and see that they are not alone. They could realized their mistakes and fix them as well.


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