Ben-Hur Sparknotes
Book one:
The beginning of the novel Ben-Hur, starts out with the three wise men meeting in the desert. The beginning of the movie Ben-Hur, starts out with the birth of Jesus. This doesn’t make very many differences in the rest of the story.
Book two:
Judah Ben-Hur is a Jewish prince of Judaea. His best friend Messala comes back to Judaea after five years. In the book Messala leaves Judaea to get an education in Rome. Five years later he comes back and insults Ben-Hur’s religion and they end their friendship. In the movie Messala comes back after five years as a Roman tribune. Messala asks Ben-Hur to tell him the names of the people who are trying to rebel against Rome and Ben-Hur refuses to tell him their names, this is the point that they end their friendship in the movie.
Valerius Gratus, the Roman governor, parades past Ben-Hurs house. Ben-Hur is watching from the roof and he leans forward and puts his hand on a tile which falls and nearly hits Gratus. Messala accuses Ben-Hur of trying to murder Gratus, and sends him to the Galleys with no trail. In the movie Simonides and his daughter Esther are also imprisoned, but they aren’t mentioned until book four of the book. Ben-Hur tries to escape and makes it to Messala and threatens to kill him …show more content…
Ben-Hur travels to Antioch where he learns that Simonides who was his father’s servant has a house there. Ben-Hur goes to his house and talks to Simonides who wants proof of Ben-Hur’s identity. Simonides sends Malluch to find out if Ben-Hur is who he says he is. Malluch and Ben-Hur go to the games together and Ben-Hur sees that Messala is racing in the next race. Sheik Ilerdirm says that he needs a driver for the next race, and Ben-Hur says that he will drive them, hoping that he will get a chance to kill Messala. Messala almost hits Balthsar and his daughter, Iras but Ben-Hur saves them and then Malluch and Ben-Hur go to Sheik Ilderim’s
The beginning of the novel Ben-Hur, starts out with the three wise men meeting in the desert. The beginning of the movie Ben-Hur, starts out with the birth of Jesus. This doesn’t make very many differences in the rest of the story.
Book two:
Judah Ben-Hur is a Jewish prince of Judaea. His best friend Messala comes back to Judaea after five years. In the book Messala leaves Judaea to get an education in Rome. Five years later he comes back and insults Ben-Hur’s religion and they end their friendship. In the movie Messala comes back after five years as a Roman tribune. Messala asks Ben-Hur to tell him the names of the people who are trying to rebel against Rome and Ben-Hur refuses to tell him their names, this is the point that they end their friendship in the movie.
Valerius Gratus, the Roman governor, parades past Ben-Hurs house. Ben-Hur is watching from the roof and he leans forward and puts his hand on a tile which falls and nearly hits Gratus. Messala accuses Ben-Hur of trying to murder Gratus, and sends him to the Galleys with no trail. In the movie Simonides and his daughter Esther are also imprisoned, but they aren’t mentioned until book four of the book. Ben-Hur tries to escape and makes it to Messala and threatens to kill him …show more content…
Ben-Hur travels to Antioch where he learns that Simonides who was his father’s servant has a house there. Ben-Hur goes to his house and talks to Simonides who wants proof of Ben-Hur’s identity. Simonides sends Malluch to find out if Ben-Hur is who he says he is. Malluch and Ben-Hur go to the games together and Ben-Hur sees that Messala is racing in the next race. Sheik Ilerdirm says that he needs a driver for the next race, and Ben-Hur says that he will drive them, hoping that he will get a chance to kill Messala. Messala almost hits Balthsar and his daughter, Iras but Ben-Hur saves them and then Malluch and Ben-Hur go to Sheik Ilderim’s