After the cute white board activity I thought it would be interesting to point out the differences between the movie and book of Frankenstein. Granted I saw the film version when I was 8 or so, therefore most of my judgment will be based on knowledge gained from society mostly.
The lighting:
The book tells the tale of how Victor is inspired by a lighting bolt striking a tree when he was 15. It was this moment that bought his scientific mind to create. However in the movie it is lighting it self that bought his creation to life. In my opinion I think it's because the movie could just leave the plot with "life insterments" but needed a concrete thing to show the audience that something was being done.
The creature's color
Inspired by the Wizard of Oz, the film makers decided on green instead of yellow. In reality they probably didn't want to make a hideous monster that had a skin color that was close to humans. It is important to note that book version has a monster that is easier to hide in society (at least I think it's important)
He's ALIVEEE?!?!?!?!?!
The book (at least from what I gather) is more of a morality/emotional issues not really a plot on the monster it self. The movie however creates this climatic scene of creation so which Dr. Frankenstein can scream with his crazy mad scientist hair.
Who knows what movie vs. book discussions lie in the future!
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