Compare and Contrast a Book “The Shawshank Redemption” to its Movie Version

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Comparison and Contrast of a book “The Shawshank Redemption” to its movie version
The film industry plays a significant role that models the contemporary society. Evidence that support such reasoning develops in the case that a film or movie usually develops from a book or piece of literature (Kermode, 216). Importantly, there is need to emphasis that books usually act as the guideline to developing films. Additionally, there is need to mention that literature books offer the guideline to develop a particular film in the sense that playwrights and film directors usually borrow from each other. This paper is an example of the difference between a book and film developed within the guideline and varying point of view from playwrights and film directors.
The approach used by the film director Frank Darabont has significantly changed the original concept by the playwright Stephen King. Evidence that supports such reasoning develops in the case that there are various scene added to film as compared to the original plot in the film. A point in case that would start the discussion and comparison between the original film and the book is the case that there is a voice over narration that justifies the fact that the film included additional segments. Another important point that creates the distinction between the film and book develops in the case that the audience is able to connect with the protagonist in the opening scenes of the movie (Jermann 211). Such as scene is considerable added in th movie to create an effect within the audience in the case that one actualizes the feeling and emotions of the character in the play. In this view, there is the reasoning that adjusting such a setting has alternatively contributed to the development of the film and final delivery to the audience.
The development of the short story in The Shawshank Redemption compare to the movie in the sense that both present a holistic concept of a problem solving situation. A good case that best explains such reasoning develops in the case that there is evidence to show that the two document on a central theme that is a well-crafted argument. Importantly, there is the connection in the story that explains how human beings make sense of their own world. The term world use in this discussion refers to the reasoning that develops in the case that a person is engulfed in tragic times. For instance, the story developed in the film revolves around the protagonist, Andy, who is convicted of crimes that he did not commit. In this view, there is justification of the case of isolation and imprisonment from both the book and the film. As such, one would realize that the author and the director assume the classical narrative composition. For instance, in both the book and the movie, there is the introduction of various characters and motives.
“Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.” The story of The Shawshank Redemption is all about hope and holding on to it. When life kicks you down hope will raise you up. To be set free you must have something to believe in, to hope for, and you must not ever lose the hope or you’ve lost your purpose in moving on in life. A lot of book adaptations usually have more differences than similarities, but The Shawshank Redemption is completely the opposite. The book and novella still have their differences but there similarities stand out.
Surprisingly, there were more similarities between the novella and the film then I expected. The biggest similarity was that the dialogue between both the novella and film were for most the time identical. This took me by surprise because some of the dialogue in the short story was very graphic, inappropriate, and distasteful, and that in a film can turn people away. All the main events of the story happened the same way at the same time in both versions. For example, the court case of Andy Dufresne was exactly the same almost word for word and in the same order. Another example is the escape from prison. The escape is done in the same precise order and way in both the novella and film. The director of the film, Frank Darabont obviously didn’t want to leave anything out, and he surely didn’t. It happens that the film has every scene that happens in the short story. The film doesn’t really change any events, and it doesn’t take out any events.            Like many film adaptations, there were more differences, than similarities. There were a lot of differences in characters actions. The biggest differences in characters are the wardens of the prison. In the film there is one warden, Warden Norton. Norton in the films is one of the main characters and affects the plot immensely. He is a reason “Redemption” is in the title, and he isn’t even a big character in the short story. In the short story, instead of one warden there are three, Warden George Dunahy, Greg Stammas, and Samuel Norton. The short story has Greg Stammas forcing Andy to start an accountant business and run his illegal business of feeding all the money from the prison into his bank account. Although, in the film Warden Samuel Norton is the person behind the crimes and business, which later gives Andy the reason to seek vengeance on Warden Norton. It’s the same with guard Byron Hadley. In the film he is an essential character, in which the end he is arrested for being a part of the crimes, but in the short story he doesn’t do anything significant, and he has a heart attack and retires in the middle of the story.
How the vengeance of Andy plays out between the film and novella is different also. In the film, Andy mails the evidence of the Warden Norton’s crimes to the police and then travels to Mexico. Since, Norton was c...