Adaptation: The same story or a directors retelling of a beloved novel

Adaptation is a key talking point when a novel is turned into a film. Some people love them whilst others disagree. But what makes an adaptation? Can a film adaptation still be the same as a the original novel, or is it just a unique way of telling the same story. I will look at what makes an adaptation and why fans disagree over whether they are true to the original text. The directors vision of the story

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Ryan E. Atkin, BA (Hons): Media and Performance at Salford University.English Foreign Language teacher, Owen Foreign Language School, Chongqing China