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May 6, 2014 at 11:27 am #434Melissa TempletonParticipant
Michael,
I think you’re right in saying that Nick’s character in the movie doesn’t necessarily line up with the character in the book, but that’s because they aren’t supposed to. In the book we are hidden from seeing and feeling exactly as Nick felt during that time because the narrator is interjecting his sad reflection on the story. However, in the movie, we get to see exactly what happened to Nick as it is happening. We still get interjections from the jaded present time Nick, but it is not cloaked over the entire movie, as is the Nick narrator in the novel. Therefore, we get to see Nick actually happy in the past, because at the time – he was. In the novel, we aren’t granted that luxury because the entire thing is a narration from a now jaded character.
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May 6, 2014 at 11:27 am #433Melissa TempletonParticipantMichael,
I think you’re right in saying that Nick’s character in the movie doesn’t necessarily line up with the character in the book, but that’s because they aren’t supposed to. In the book we are hidden from seeing and feeling exactly as Nick felt during that time because the narrator is interjecting his sad reflection on the story. However, in the movie, we get to see exactly what happened to Nick as it is happening. We still get interjections from the jaded present time Nick, but it is not cloaked over the entire movie, as is the Nick narrator in the novel. Therefore, we get to see Nick actually happy in the past, because at the time – he was. In the novel, we aren’t granted that luxury because the entire thing is a narration from a now jaded character.
March 25, 2014 at 2:42 pm #298Melissa TempletonParticipantI agree with Hannah. I think it’s hard to oversee the fact that the father was right all along and through his correct judgement he was looking out for the intentions of his daughter, however it is evident from the first scene of the movie on that he dislikes Catherine. Catherine was the cause of the death of his wife and his last chance at a male heir (a priority during the time period this movie is set in). Therefore, the resentment that Catherine’s father shows throughout the movie in the way he speaks to her and acts toward her cannot be denied when saying he was looking out for her best intentions. Had the father been wrong, I think responses might have differed.
As far as others commenting on the character of Catherine, I agree that the actor herself certainly has really award mannerisms which translated into me feeling really awkward as I watched the movie. However, I think these award mannerisms really added to Catherine as a heroine because she was such a subservient character to begin with and her unfortunate events hardened her and opened her eyes to the harsh reality of the world, unlike the reality that Townsend supposedly wanted to live in when asking for Catherine’s hand in marriage to her father.
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