Charles Dicken's "Great Expectations" in movie format.

Exploring Texts Second Assignment I have chosen to do a close analysis of the book "Great expectations" by Charles Dickens. I compared it to the modern day (1997) adaptation into film. The scene I choose to look at was the opening scene of the film and the book, which gives us a useful introduction into the story. It also introduces to us the main characters that we need to be familiar with because have a key …

…though Pip won't realize this until years to come. The book is a lot stronger than the film because it gives the reader a chance to create their own image of what the settings should be like. The film has strayed away from the settings in the book, which is needed to set the scene and create the mood. But both versions will appeal to different audiences so they are successful in there own way.