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Stella Hamilton is an 8th grader at Del Mar Middle School in california. She says the movie adaptation of The Book Thief was an unsuccessful / unpopular adaptation. There were parts where she thought it was done really well, including the setting and scenery. But some sections clearly need improvement in order for it to be a successful adaptation.
Stella Hamilton is an 8th grader at Del Mar Middle School in california. She says the movie adaptation of The Book Thief was an unsuccessful / unpopular adaptation. There were parts where she thought it was done really well, including the setting and scenery. But some sections clearly need improvement in order for it to be a successful adaptation.
Stella Hamilton is an 8th grader at Del Mar Middle School in california. She says the movie adaptation of The Book Thief was an unsuccessful / unpopular adaptation. There were parts where she thought it was done really well, including the setting and scenery. But some sections clearly need improvement in order for it to be a successful adaptation.
Period 2 Del Mar Middle School 105 Avenida Miraflores Tiburon, CA 94920 November 17, 2014 Brian Percival Care of Sunswept Entertainment 18560 Vanowen St. Reseda, CA 91335 Dear Brian Percival of Sunswept Entertainment: My name is Stella and I am an 8th grader at Del Mar Middle School. I am writing this letter to inform you on my thoughts of why The Book Thief was an unsuccessful/unpopular adaptation from a book to a movie. There were parts where I thought it was done really well, including the setting and scenery of the book, it was similar to what I had imagined while reading the book, but some sections clearly need improvement in order for it to be a successful adaptation. The movie of The Book Thief had to cover over 500 pages of material into just 2 hours. There was a lot of crucial information that it left out from the book. This information the movie lacked help us analyze and make important connections between the main characters of the book, which helps for us to know the characters more in-depth. Because the book was so long, I understand that it is not possible to fit every single detail into the movie, but the scenes added or taken out were not the best changes because it misses out on key components to the original storyline. Much of Ilsa and Liesels relationship was excluded in the movie and I feel like that leaves out a big part of Liesels experience of growing up. In the book, Liesel matures into a fluent reader by constantly reading different books at the library in the Mayors house. Ilsa is very flexible with Liesel being in her house and does not mind having her there. The movie does not show much of Ilsa and Liesels interactions, and that is a key component to the story that the movie did not include. A different aspect of the movie was Death, the narrator of the story. Death was only in the beginning and the end of the movie, making me feel like he is a very minor part of the story, but Death took part throughout the book, with entire chapters of him talking about how he felt towards Liesel and his fear of humans. Furthermore, Maxs dream of being a boxer and fighting Hitler was also left out in the movie. His
dream was important to show us his overwhelming hate towards Hitler,
and his audacity towards what he believed in. In addition, the author of The Book Thief, Markus Zusak, did not take part in the screenwriting of the movie, and that is a possible factor that led to how the movie turned out. For example, the Harry Potter movies were successful; J.K. Rowling, the author of the series took part in producing and writing the film. Another example is The Hunger Games. Suzanne Collins, the author of the book, also took part in making the movie, in which turned out to be extremely popular and successful. The reason why I think it is better to have the author be part of the production team of the movie is that they know what is important to include in an adaptation and what details are okay to let go of. In all, I believe that The Book Thief was an enjoyable movie but it couldve been a better adaptation if the suitable moments of the story were captured and put in, and if the author took part in screenwriting the movie. Thank you,