The movie and novel versions of The Five People You Meet in Heaven create one body. In that way, they are the same. They both have the major skeletal system that holds the story together, but the smaller systems, or details, are very different. Although they are one body, one overpowers the other with its use of imager, details, and feelings. Showing instead of telling, the novel made the story come alive and the movie broght it out on screen. It seems like the charachters in the novel were brought to life and werw used as the cast in the movie. Albom described Eddie as "a squat, white-haired old man, with a short neck, a barrel chest, thick forearms, and a faded army tattoo on his right shoulder," which is exactly how the movie depicted Eddie. Also, the movie and novel versions of Marguerite were twins. Even deeper than appearance, the personality and characteristics of the character matched beautifully. those are my two first paragraphs and one sentece of the third...
2007-03-08
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