Discuss the similarities and differences to the first chapter of the novel. Why do you think the writers/producers made those changes?
There are many similar parts in the first chapter of the novel compared to the video.Some of the similarites in the first chapter of the novel and The Simpsons were both groups of kids are stranded on an island without any adults. In the chapter, Ralph blew the conch to gather all the children to the beach and in the video Bart blows the shell. As well the video shows the mountains and the novel describes the mountain very detailed. On the island, the children eat the fruit which i similar and also in each, they bother have a set of twins. As it shows in the video, Nelson uses Milhouse's glasses and in the book, Jack takes Piggy's glasses to start a fire. A couple examples of differences are in the book a plane crashes on the island and in The Simpsons a bus crashed which stranded the kids. Also in the novel the island only has boys on it and the video has a mixture of boys and girls. I found there was more similar events in the two and the differences were harder to pick out but I predict these differences will become more noticable throughtout the book. I think the writers/producers made these changes because on The Simpsons the kids were on they're way to school so instead of a plane they used a bus and on the television show there are many female main characters that they had put on the island such as Lisa and the others girls that go to school with them. To be honest, I like it better when producers change up a show or a movie from a novel because then you don't know exactly what's going to happen if you already read the book and they know it is a better chance of you watching it because you want to.
