In contrast from novel to film I found at least five alternate views or choreographies of events from film that were not found in the novel The Outsiders. The first difference in watching a film as compared to a book is the fact you lose the eloquence and detail of words and events. A good example of this would be when Ponyboy is describing how Johnny looked when he died, as though he was sleeping. In a movie unless the character says this you would not know how he thought Johnny looked. Another difference would be that in watching a movie it cuts down the time it would take a reader to read the entire novel. The movie only took a little over an hour and a half to watch where as in reading it took almost five hours. The third difference would have to be that a movie some times loses the sentiment of the words that the author has meant for them to portrait. A good illustration of this would be when Ponyboy is explaining about the chocolate cake and how it has become an important part of their everyday life. In the movie you see the chocolate cake but would never know how important or significant it is to Ponyboy. Another difference would b

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