" This was the first time a novel was adapted into a major motion picture, and it certainly was not the last. ... Once you sort out the differences between the book and film and judge how accurate of an adaptation it is, there is one final question: can the movie stand on its own. ...
In this chapter a picture of the town is painted by the narrator in which images pop up of run down buildings withered by the harsh winters of Starkfield. ... These final chapters reiterate the soul of Ethan, who is an honest and good man. ...
In Lawson's fictional world, however, such promises are made only to be broken or forgotten, and the blighting hopelessness of the bush life is subtly but inevitably conveyed in the final sentence: "And she hugs him to her worn-out breast and kisses him; and they sit thus together while the sickly daylight breaks over the bush". ... It is important for Lawson to detail the words picturing the campsite and the species of fish in the river to develop the plot. ...
Kurt Vonnegut once said, "Enjoy the little things in life because one day you'll look back and realize they were the big things." It is often that things deemed inessential and trivial become overlooked, getting tossed aside. "Trifles," a one-act play by Susan Glaspell, is a simple story of little...
As readers it is frustrating that he cannot connect with himself as a person, he devotes his life to his work and does not include the bigger picture, which is relationships with different people and embracing the art of a loving friendship. ... Wilcox begins to open up his mind to the outer world in the final few chapters. ...
