Compared to the novel Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson the film version was different from the novel. It wasn't as good as the novel in most places, but it had some good qualities, and scenes. For example, in the novel when Jess, Leslie, and the rest of the boys were racing you could see what Jess was thinking, and feeling. Where as in the film you could not tell what they were thinking, and feeling. This took away some of the beauty of the scene. In the film Bridge to Terabithia one thing that was captured effectively was the visual of Terabithia, and how they saw compared to what it really was. In the film they showed Terabithia, and gave you a visual of what it looked like, however in the book you had to imagine, and guess what it might look like. Another thing that the film effectively captured was when Leslie was reading her paragraph about S.C.U.B.A. diving. In the film it showed bubbles rising from her mouth, and it also changed the paragraph a little so it had more descriptive words. While in the novel, it didn’t use as many descriptive words for her paragraph. …show more content…
In the novel, it described all of the emotions he was feeling such as denial, anger, and sadness. Unlike in the film where they only showed his anger, sadness, and denial in his actions and in the emotions visible on his face. In this way the film failed to describe the emotions that he was feeling. Another thing that the film failed to capture effectively was how Jess felt for Mrs. Edmonds. In the novel it was able to describe the feeling that he had for her in very descriptive words. However, in the film it failed to fully describe his feelings for