Of Mice and Men Question 1

Daniel Armstrong
12/31/09
English 3rd
1. As with any movie adaption of a literary work, the people making the movie (if they have any sort of commercial drive, which has been inherent in every businessman since the dawn of time) will adhere to certain demands, such as accessibility, moral satisfaction, etc. Because of these standards, books and movies are almost always strikingly different. Certain things that are just "given" in the book have to be shown in the movie, such as George's uneasiness towards Curley's wife. In turn, certain people may consider the movie inadequate, too separate from the original, etc.
The Of Mice and Men movie was far too accentuated. That is, certain parts that readers mistook to be extremely important were dramatized too much in the movie, making them lose their realistic value.