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Augustus Movie Vs Book

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There are many similarities and differences between the book and the movie. I personally enjoyed the book more because I felt that it was a more detailed story. In the movie many things were left out simply because you cant fit everything that was in the book into a 125 minute movie. In the movie, Augustus’ parents don’t say anything when they go down to the basement. In the book, the parents don’t let them go to the basement. Instead they watch V for Vendetta in his living room. Also there is a scene in the book where they sit in they all sit in the kitchen and have a conversation that was left out of the movie. In the book there is a scene where Hazel visits Isaac after his surgery. In the movie she does not visit Isaac. The …show more content…

In the movie, she gets out of the car. Also in the book, Isaacs ex has a Firebird. In the movie, she has a Mitsubishi Eclipse. In the book, Hazels has a friend from when she used to go to school with named Kaitlyn. She meets her at the mall and they go shopping. In the movie, she doesn’t even exist. Also, Augustus’ sisters and their kids appeared in the book at Augustus’ house. They didn’t appear in the film either. In the movie, they failed to make mention of Augustus’ former girlfriend. In the book, Caroline Mathers had a large effect on Hazel. She is the one that made Hazel feel like she was a grenade. They also fail to show in the movie Hazel sifting through Caroline’s Facebook page. In the book, they put the swing set in Hazel’s backyard up for sale. In the movie, they just sit on the swing and talk. I felt that in the book the swing set had a more symbolic reference while in the movie it was just to movie the story along. In the book, when they went to Amsterdam and were eating at Oranjee, they ate outside while the white flower pedals floated down from the trees. In the movie, they ate inside. Also, in the movie Augustus told Hazel that he loved her at dinner while in the book he tells her while they are on the

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