Movie vs. Novel

All the movies, that intend an abbreviation and a brief explanation of the written manner, have a short peek for the viewers for its clarification purposes. The movies that catch the eyes are less valuable to the seekers who prefer the depth in information compared to the novels that explain it in details. "The Stone Angel" film features the main contents of the novel. The people who do not inspect the visual manner, prefer to indulge themselves in the book contents. In contrast, the ones who are considered as visual learners, skip the reading and put their interests on the screen. Even though, the visual manner can reassure and clarify the viewers' imaginations, it does not increase or improve the viewers' literature skills. It is viewed not read, which makes it a scene of daily life that people pass by for a moment, understand the actions, conclude the theme, and forget what happened. But if it's read, it is maintained between the fingers and experienced as if being one of the characters and have an influence on personal life that would never fade away. When a person reads the novel by himself, either loudly or silently, he/she is able to understand it perfectly. But if someone else is reading it for that person, like the characters of the movie are reading for the viewers, the person will miss some of the important points that are valid to shape his conclusion.

"The Stone Angel" film is not necessarily similar to the novel. It misses some contributors and characters found in the novel. Hagar's brother Dan, as an example, was not present or even mentioned in the movie. Even though, he is not such a big contributor to Hagar's life, he plays an important role in shaping Hagar's hard personality. In the novel, Hagar underestimated him and failed him. This specific action clarify what type of a girl Hagar was. The main point here is that the spectators will have an idea that Hagar does not have a brother called Dan in the novel, which makes it a deceiving form of short expression. The producer wanted to make the movie a general expert of the novel, but actually it has some skipings and unparalleled contents compared to the novel's. The life with Dan, and the real vacation place, Shadow Point, for Hagar and Bram are some examples.

Reading the novel for several days and experiencing each step resulting in producing a "mature tree" idea that covers the whole contents, is rather than watching the movie and have a "short plant" picture that just covers what mainly happened in a short two hours period of time.

Roni.