Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Reluctant Fundamentalist - Chris Prowant



I still haven't finished the book, but plan to because it is an amazing read. However I am in the beginning and was able to start seeing the major adaptive difference that occurred when they moved from book to movie. In the book they combined a lot of things, like how in the book Jim and Sherman were two different people, but in the movie that just combined them. Then in the book he meets Erica on a Princeton trip, while in the movie he meet her at a party for his company. These little changes are slightly annoying, however I haven't gotten far enough to start noticing anything big that ruins the book for the movie.
            I really enjoyed the movie, just because to be honest it was Hollywood done and it was easy to follow as well had great acting. However I am reading the book and I can already see a huge difference, simply because I burned through about 40 pages in my free time during a day. The author does a great job at bringing you in and keeping you enthralled by this story, which seems like its is going to be huge. I plan to continue to read this and comment on this post after I'd done, just to simply see how my reaction differs after I finish the book.
            It is difficult to say how they differ on fundamentalist approaches, as I've still not finished the book, but the movie made it feel like there were the Terrorist way, the Corporate America way, or as our main character chose, your way. Which I feel is very powerful simply because by choosing your own way it is helping they majority of the people start having a voice. As well I plan to discuss this question again once I have finished the book.

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