Essay #3

I feel like the movie did it's best to stay true to the book by keeping many key elements of the book prominent in the movie. In the movie we saw the constant question of if they are the good guys posed by the son and the idea that they are carrying the fire, just like in the book. Also we see their interaction with other characters like Eli, and also we see many darker elements that was in the book such as the cannibal's house with their victims. The love between the father and son is very obvious in the movie as it was in the book.

Because it was a movie it was of course necessary to change certain elements of the book. The mother who is only remembered in a few brief memories is given a way bigger part in the movie and we are shown many flashbacks that were not apart of the book. We also are given a boy who is older than the one in the book.

The book version of "The Road" I found to be more gripping because you are always wondering what is going to happen to the man and the boy. The movie was a lot more slow, and hard to get into; It did not have you on the edge of your seat, but had me more trying to keep myself awake. I feel like this is such a hard book to translate to a movie, the movie lacks action, and is very slow paced with very little going on. In book format them finding a bunker is more exciting than seeing them find one in the movie. When they found the bunker in the book you feel like you found it with them, while in the movie it just didn't have the same feel.

Essay #2

I have accounts with all three of the social networks, but I find myself using Facebook more often because of the amount of friends I have using it, which is way more than friends I have using Myspace and Twitter. Unlike in the states Myspace never really took off in Toronto like Facebook did and became our dominant social network.

Myspace is has the ability to let you create your own page and gives you a way to show off your personality. But Myspace is a little more time consuming when it comes to navigating to friend's pages which can be a hassle. Facebook is easy to navigate and also has the ability to let you check past history conversations with ease. Facebook is a little more uniform looking than Myspace and doesn't have that sense of individual personality feeling that Myspace has. Although I have a Twitter account I haven't used it that much, I am not used to the limitation of 140 character tweets, so that can get a little annoying, but the concept of it is pretty good because with Myspace and Facebook that is one thing people enjoy doing is posting their status' and Twitter has their network devoted to that.

If I had to pay to use any of these social networks on a monthly basis then I would not be using them, I think I would just have to keep in touch by phone, or email with my friends and family because I don't think it would be worth it.