The Novel Vs. The Movie:The Color Purple

     Often times when a novel gets a movie adaptation, sometimes the director makes changes to tell the story in a different way.Although there were major changes made to the adaptation to appeal to a wider audience or make the film a different twist, the movie stayed true to the major plot points in the story and was an extremely well-made adaptation to an amazing novel.One way the Novel differs from the film is that the novel is  more explicit and thorough in its story telling. By this I mean in the way that the novel explores the characters and the relationships that they share with one another . The most prominent one, of course, is the relationship between the Ceile and Shug. The novel explores the idea of their lesbian relationship more in-depth while the movie is more vauge and built more on hinting at a relationship rather that addressing it directly.
     The film also has this bit where it will add to a scene give a more dramatic effect. This can be seen in the scene where Celie sees her baby girl Olivia again in the store with the reverend's wife. In the movie the child is but a baby, however in the book the child is much older. In the movie this scene gives a more heart-wrenching mood when she struggles with letting go of Olivia to give her back to the reverend's wife. Another scene I observed gave more of the cinematic effect was the scene where Mr. over heard Nettie and Celie taking about him. This was, in my opinion a great scene because it added a sense of reason to why Mr. so ferociously kicked Nettie off his land. It's the major changes like these that make the overall great film different that its predecessor. As Ms. Walker said herself, "Remember, the movie is not the book".