1. Compare/Contrast Paper: Rough Draft
Introduction Paragraph
Sentence 1: Hook (quote, question, fact, or vivid description)
Sentences 2, 3 & 4: Plot summary (summarize the Perseus myth – Atlas, Medusa, Sea Monster, and Wedding)
Sentence 5: Thesis Statement (look at examples)

2. In 1946, director David Lean made a movie version
of Charles Dickens’s novel Great Expectations. Both
the book and the movie are set in England. The novel
tells the story of a young apprentice named Pip. A
mysterious and unnamed supporter gives Pip money
so he can become a gentleman in London. He lives
with a rich old lady, receives a large sum of money for
an annual allowance, and is popular among the rich.
Then he finds out who his real supporter is and it is a
shock. The book and movie are similar in characters, story,
and setting, however, the movie is different from the book
because it leaves out certain characters, is told mostly
through dialogue and not narration, it ends in a
different way, and some settings are added.

3. Paragraph 2: Comparison
Sentence 1: topic sentence
How are characters, plot, & setting ALIKE?
Sentence 2: Detail (proof) from book & movie of how characters are ALIKE
Sentence 3: Detail, (proof) from book & movie of how plots are ALIKE
Sentence 4: Detail (proof) from book & movie of how settings are ALIKE
Sentence 5: Conclusion (summarizes paragraph 2)

4. As might be expected, the main characters, plot,
and setting for the novel and movie version of Great
Expectations are very similar. For example, the
characters Pip and Estella are still friends in both, and
they meet when Pip is introduced at a party given by
Mr. Pockets. In addition, the main storyline is the
same because Pip tells Magwitch his daughter is
Estella and he also saves Miss Haversham from a
house fire. In both the book and novel, Pip is raised in
England and also goes to serve in a job for Mr. Herbert
in Cairo. To sum up, the novel and movie version of
Great Expectations are similar because the main
characters names are the same, the main story is
unchanged, and the main settings are described the same.

5. Paragraph 3: Contrast Sentence 1: topic sentence
How are characters, plot, & setting DIFFERENT?
Sentence 2: Detail (proof) from book & movie of how characters are DIFFERENT
Sentence 3: Detail, (proof) from book & movie of how plots are DIFFERENT
Sentence 4: Detail (proof) from book & movie of how settings are DIFFERENT
Sentence 5: Conclusion (summarizes paragraph 3)

6. On the other hand, some characters from the novel Great
Expectations are left out of the movie, some of the plot is
changed, and some settings in the movie version are not in the
novel. The characters of Orlick and Pip’s tutor are left out of the
movie, while the characters Mrs. Bramble, a neighbor, and Mr.
Hendrick, Pip’s lawyer, are added to the movie. As opposed to
the novel, the plot is different because Estella never gets
married, Pip discovers his financial supporter in a different way,
and Pip never apologizes to his friend Joe. Similarly, several
settings are added to the movie version including Bramgate
Prison, the town of Barnard, and Jolly Bargeman pub, but Pip’s
hometown of Kent is left out. All in all, the change in
characters, the difference in the story, and the additional
locations in the movie version do not change the main idea of
the novel.

7. Paragraph 4: Conclusion
Sentence 1: restate thesis statement
MUST use different words from 1st paragraph
Sentence 2: Summarizes how characters, plot, & settings are ALIKE
Sentence 3: Summarizes how characters, plot, & settings are DIFFERENT
Sentence 4: State whether you liked story or movie best
Sentence 5: Explain WHY you liked story or movie best

8. Although the characters, plot, and settings in
the novel Great Expectations are similar to the
movie, these same story elements are changed
in the movie, which makes the movie seem
better. The main characters of Pip and Estella stay
the same, Pip still finds out the name of his
benefactor, and the story still takes place in
Victorian England in both the novel and the
movie. In contrast, Estella never marries and
characters are added, the ending between Pip and
Estella is different, and locations in England are
also added in the movie version. In my opinion,
the movie version is much better than the original
novel. Even though I enjoyed reading the novel, the plot in
the movie was easy to understand, and the characters
didn’t act as mean or snobby compared to the book.