Author’s Note- I wrote this piece to show my understanding
of compare and contrast. While reading this, look for content.
Shooting, stabbing and burning: all things that happened in
the Revolutionary War. It was a tragic time for the people who lost their loved
ones. The movie The Patriot and the book Woods Runner have a lot
in common but they still have some differences.
The Patriot: A family moves to the city to visit
their aunt and for a change, when suddenly a war breaks out and they need men
to be brave and fight. Both the dad, Benjamin Martin, and his son, Gabriele
Martin, go into war with many other men and fight against the British in an
intense battle.
Woods Runner: Samuel is a 13 year old boy whose best
friend is the forest. He spends every hour of every day in those woods. One day
when he was hunting, he saw smoke coming in the direction of his village so he
sprinted as fast as he could to see what had happened. He arrived to ashes
covering the ground and only sight of a few dead bodies. He searched and
searched but couldn’t find his parents. So, he set out on a journey to find
them and along the way he ran into a very generous man. That man supplied him
with a sack of potatoes; enough to feed him on his journey. He runs into a lot
of trouble on the way, but in the end, he finds his mother. Unfortunately, he
was too late to rescue his father, he had already died.
Samuel is devastated when he returns back to his village to
find all of the cabins burnt into ash, just like the British burnt down the
houses and the church in the movie. Both of these characters had one main reason
to keep fighting: their family. They could be homeless and starving but they’d
be fine as long as they had their family with them. Sadly, in both the movie
and the book at least one of their family members dies. In the movie, two of
his sons die and in the book, Samuel’s father dies.
Throughout the whole book, it’s from the point of view of
Samuel, a 13 year old boy who loses his family after his whole village is
burned down. He goes out on a journey to find his parents and in the mean time
runs into a man that gives him a sack of potatoes for food; on the other hand the
movie The Patriot is in the point of view of the dad. He fights for freedom,
justice and to save his family.
In the end, there are a lot of similarities between the two,
whether it’s about family or war. Both of the main characters go through a lot
to either save their family and make sure they’re alright. The movie mostly
taught me to fight for what I believe in and never surrender no matter how bad
it may seem. While, the book showed me how important family really is and how
you don’t really realize it until it’s gone. Overall, both the book and the
movie told me never to underestimate the importance of family.
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