In The Heat Of The Night Compare and Contrast
After watching the movie and reading the book, there are some major differences such as the character development, key roles and certain scenes, yet minor differences like objects or dialogue used in the movie than the book. These differences shown between the two indicating how the book is better developed and gives more detail than the movie, which allows the reader have a better perception of how the characters' minds work, and explaining their actions In the novel, Sam Wood is shown to be the protagonist. He is a superior and serious police officer of Wells, who is described to take pride in his job and can also be full of himself. Sam acts with integrity when referring to the Delores Purdy incident, has a soft spot and can still have a sense of guilt when committing a wrong act (For example, accidentally killing a stray dog sleeping in the middle of the road). However, even though Sam Wood is serious about his job, and is quite a great man at work, he is still a man of his times. The time of which this story was taken place, has white people against the coloured people. Sam is a racist, and that is exposed in the first chapter whilst when Ralph and Sam had a conversation about a boxing match, and how coloured men don’t deserve to be so great at it, and at that point Ralph brings up, Sam agrees. All of this is shown in the first chapter of the novel. His character is detailed and fully described, along with some examples of events which show what type of person Sam can be. His emotions, feelings and expressions had been shown, which also indicates what type of person he is. However, in the movie Sam is shown to be a completely different type of character. At the beginning of the movie, the scenes are changed around so Sam is in the diner with Ralph. During that scene, there is no proof being shown by Sam being a racist man. Although he is shown to be an ordinary police officer that doesn’t seem to tolerate the disrespect that Ralph