Essay/Term paper: War of the worlds...compare contrast

Essay, term paper, research paper:  Book Reports

There are many similarities and differences between the book version

of War of the Worlds and the movie version. One main difference between

the two stories was the place in which the Martians landed first. In the book

the Martians landed in England first, but in the movie the Martians landed in

California. Another difference was the time period in which the stories took

place. In the novel it was a few years from the end of the 19th century.

While in the movie World Wars I and II had already passed. Last, the

weapons used to try to stop the Martians were different because of the

different time periods. In the movie an atomic bomb was dropped on the

invaders but in the book all mankind used was cannons and rifles.

Despite the differences in the stories there were also many similarities.

When a streak of light ran across the sky and crashed into the earth the

people in both stories had thought is was a meteor. Many people were

curious about the meteors and soon found out that the meteors were the

invading Martians. When the Martians came out of their cylinders in both

stories they attacked the first humans they saw with their deadly heat rays. In

the movie and the novel our most powerful weapons had no effect on the

foreign creatures. Finally, when the fate of mankind seemed doomed forever

the Martians in both stories died from a bacteria in the atmosphere that they

were not immune to. As you can see there are many similarities and

differences between the movie version of War of the Worlds and the book

version.