In the movie, one boy hears of a boy, name Ray Bower that died and where his body was located. The four boys had been hearing about Ray's missing body after he went to go look for blueberrys one afternoon, and had not been seen since. The boys being curious go out and follow the train tracks to look for him. On the boys journey to look for Ray they come across many barriers. From getting in fights about Teddy's dad being a drunk with the man from the junk yard. To Chris thinking he is a no life no body who will go no where.
POINT OF VIEW!
The point of view from the book to the story is the same. The movie is told by Gordie which was also done in the book. At the beginning of both the book and the movie Gordie is an older man, and tells the story through a flash back. Through his flash back that he writes his story about he teaches the reader and viewer many lessons. Gordie tells the story in 1st person, as he remembers the life long friendships he had with the three boys. But in the movie we see everyones emotions and reactiones not just what Gordie saw and interperted.CHARACTERIZATION!
From the book to the movie the way the characters are described are very similar to each other. There are however some differences. From who pulled the gun, to only one of Teddys ears being burnt. There are still four boys, Gordie, Teddy, Vern, and Chris. The four boys still mainly have the same lives as they did in the book. There are only a few slight changes from the book to the movie.
SETTING!
The setting of the film was the same as the book. All the details were almost exact in full. When I read the story that is for the most part how I was picturing everything that was taking place. There was still the boys "hang out", the junk yard, where Vern found out about Ray, and where they found Ray's body. Where most of the film takes place is on the Train tracks. The boys walk along the tracks doging trains and singing their favorite tunes together. Along the side of the tracks is where they find the remains of Ray Bowers body.
THEME!
Honesty, loyalty, and courage, in the story through everything that the boys went through thats what they found through their adventure. Gordie through the whole story is a writer. In what he writes he always has an important moral. In the food eating contest one he showed that the boy who was throwing up, because he made himself have the courage to go up in front of all those people. in the story that his flash back is based upon those three things are the main focus of what he writes. Loyalty and honesty are shown at the end when the boys decide to turn in Ray's where abouts anonymously. Courage is shown all through out the film when the boys stand up to the other gang and mean towns people.
