The Birds: Comparisions between story and movie
Have you ever been attacked by birds? I have. I was at the beach feeding bread
crumbs to the seagulls, when I dropped the bag. The bread crumbs spilled everywhere
and tens of birds swooped down around me. They practically formed a wall of feathers
and flapping sounds. Luckily though, those birds weren't trying to peck my eyes out and
kill me. That is exactly what happens in both the short story and the movie, both titled
The Birds. Both of them are quite similar, in the aspect of birds attacking people and
living near water. There are many differences though, ranging from the characters
connections to one another and reasoning for the birds attacks.
There are some similarities between Hitchcock's film and Daphne du Maurier's
story. The main similarity between the two is probably quite obvious. No, I'm not talking
about how birds in both stories entered the house through the chimney.¹ I am speaking
of the fact that in both of the movies there were birds, and they attacked people. They
were even the same kind of birds, the smaller ones you are prone to seeing in your yard
and seagulls. The fact that the birds were similar could have something to do with the
similar settings of the two stories. In both, it is set rather far from a large city and also
near water."
The connections between the characters in Hitchcock's film were quite different
than the ones in du Maurier's story. In du Maurier's story they are quite simple. Nat
Hocken is married and has two children, and there is a farm down the roads where
people they are friends with live. Viola! It is rather easy to understand, as apposed the
relationships in Hitchcock's film. The film's relationships are filled with complex love
triangles, no, they are more like love polygons. There is Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor)
¹ If you thought this was the most obvious thing, you're an idiot.
" More on water later.
And the multiple women that all want to be with him, although for different reasons.
Lydia
crumbs to the seagulls, when I dropped the bag. The bread crumbs spilled everywhere
and tens of birds swooped down around me. They practically formed a wall of feathers
and flapping sounds. Luckily though, those birds weren't trying to peck my eyes out and
kill me. That is exactly what happens in both the short story and the movie, both titled
The Birds. Both of them are quite similar, in the aspect of birds attacking people and
living near water. There are many differences though, ranging from the characters
connections to one another and reasoning for the birds attacks.
There are some similarities between Hitchcock's film and Daphne du Maurier's
story. The main similarity between the two is probably quite obvious. No, I'm not talking
about how birds in both stories entered the house through the chimney.¹ I am speaking
of the fact that in both of the movies there were birds, and they attacked people. They
were even the same kind of birds, the smaller ones you are prone to seeing in your yard
and seagulls. The fact that the birds were similar could have something to do with the
similar settings of the two stories. In both, it is set rather far from a large city and also
near water."
The connections between the characters in Hitchcock's film were quite different
than the ones in du Maurier's story. In du Maurier's story they are quite simple. Nat
Hocken is married and has two children, and there is a farm down the roads where
people they are friends with live. Viola! It is rather easy to understand, as apposed the
relationships in Hitchcock's film. The film's relationships are filled with complex love
triangles, no, they are more like love polygons. There is Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor)
¹ If you thought this was the most obvious thing, you're an idiot.
" More on water later.
And the multiple women that all want to be with him, although for different reasons.
Lydia