I thought that the French-directed film had a distinct European flare to it. The film was very dark throughout. The lighting was very poor and was probably intended to give a sense of death or evil. I believe that the relations between the United States and France at the time may have had some influence on how Enrico decided to portray this story in American history.

The written story had a more unbiased point of view. Although you are perceiving the story through the plantationer's eyes, there is more information given on why he is to be hanged . The author of the story did not try to make you take a side in the story. He allowed you to view the story from a point of view that would allow you to base your own judgment on the situation. There was never a sense of "poor me" from the character being hung in the story, but more of a sense that he kne

The written story was more about life and how life should be lived. I thought that the character in the written story actually escaped and was going to live more so than the character of the film. It seems that the character is interested in living, going back to his wife and experiencing all of the elements of living that he had taken for granted. The written story also offers a sense of irony in that now he is going to be put to death, but he realizes the value of life and that he was foolish to endanger it as he had. The character emits a sense of regret in the writing. I believe that both the film and the written story are trying to teach the audience the value of life when the man climbs to the shore and realizes his escape. As with the film though, he realizes how beautiful it is to be alive.

The written story had no description of the sounds that were present in the film, yet there were sounds in the story that were described as strange sounds in the woods as he was running. Although there were a lot of sounds in the film, there was no indications that they were coming from the sides, nor did the character in the film give any attention to the landscape on either side as he ran. There were no strange things moving in the trees in the film either. In the writing, there was no mention of drums chasing him or of the soldiers shooting the canon at him again that was seen in the film. In the movie, as the man ran after climbing from the creek he panics and runs, as he thinks the troops are chasing him. In the written story the man becomes tired and wears out from how far he is running as opposed to the film where he is running barefoot as fast as he can from the soldiers. I believe that the director of the film had to manipulate the story slightly in order to make it work for

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