Differences in plot between the movie and the novel
( Appendix 1.7a )


movie ( M)
novel (N)

M: His parents forced him to wear a girl shoes
N: It was not stated in the novel

M: Janice Avery threw the bread onto Jess
N: It was not stated in the novel

M: Jess met Leslie in school for the first time
N: Jess met Leslie on his cow field for the first time

M: Jess’ house has a green house
N: No mention in the novel

M: Jess smiled at Leslie on the school bus for the first time.
N: Jess smiled at Leslie during Miss Edmund’ lesson for the first time

M: Miss Edmund did not notice Leslie during her music lesson
N: Miss Edmund noticed Leslie and asked her for a self-introduction

M: Jess’ family celebrated Jess’ birthday
N: There is no mention of celebration of Jess’ birthday in the novel

M: Jess' father gave him a racing car as a birthday present
N: Jess' father gave Jess a racing car as a Christmas present

M: Jess brought Prince Terrien to Terabithia to search for the giant
N: Jess adopted Prince Terrien and gave it to Leslie as a Christmas present

M: The kingdom was on the tree
N: The kingdom was on the ground


( Appendix 1.10a )

Movie (M)
Novel (N)

M: Judy helped to paint their room
N: Judy didn’t help in painting their room because she was busy with her books , she only join them after the house was painted

M: The movie didn’t show the scene where Jess’ mother disagree with Leslie for going to the church together
N: It had written the part where Jess beg his mother to allow Leslie to go church with them

M: Jess, May Belle and Leslie discussed about Christian thing at the rear of the car
N: They discussed about Christian in the church

M: May Belle learnt how to plant
N: It was not stated in the novel

M: Jess lost his father’s keys
N: It was not mentioned in the novel

M: Jess fell down from tree as he could not balance himself when he climb up the tree to get keys for his father
N: It was not mentioned in the novel

M: Jess and Miss Edmund had tea on their perfect day
N: Jess and Miss Edmund had ice-cream on their perfect day

M: Janice Avery befriended Jess in the end
N: It is not mentioned

M: Jess didn’t run away during Leslie’s funeral
N: Jess ran away to during Leslie’s funeral

M: Jess ran after Bill when they left the old Perkins place
N: Jess and his dad helped them load the U-Haul, and his mother gave them some sandwiches and coffee

M: Jess’ father went to look for him in the Terabithia
N: Jess’ father didn’t go to look for Jess

M: Jess pushed her aside when he found out that May Belle had followed her while he was running to “look for” Leslie
N: He was afraid that May Belle would fall into the creek before she reached the other side. He was gentle and patient to help her.

M: He apologized to May Belle for pushing her away and scolding her in Terabithia
N: It did not occur in novel

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