Similarities Between If I Ever Get Out Of Here And Smoke Signals

Similarities Of The Main Characters There are a lot of similarities between the film Smoke Signals and the novel If I Ever Get Out Of Here when it comes to the way the two main characters act when around each other. The first similarity is that there is both an Indian that lives on a reservation and a white boy in both the film and the novel. Another similarity is that as they were kids, they got abused and hit by other kids and their parents. Another similarity is when Victor and Thomas got into a car wreck and it held them up from getting home, just like when Lewis and George got stuck in the snow story they got held back at the fire hall so they couldn't get home right away. Next is when Lewis was getting beat up and George stood up for

Relationships In the novel If I Ever Get Out of Here and the film Smoke Signals, the relationships are really different. In the novel, Lewis is a Native American Indian that lives on a reservation and his friend George is a white person that lives at the Red Tail Manner. In the film, Victor and Thomas are both Native American Indians that live on a reservation. Lewis and George became friends when they met in the beginning of their 7th grade year in middle school, but at the end of the novel George moved and their friendship started to end. Victor and Thomas had a very rough start to their friendship, but in the end they became good friends.

There were many evident differences between the film Smoke Signals and the novel If I Ever Get Out of Here in regards to the connection between the two main characters. Starting off, an obvious difference is in the novel Lewis is native and George is white, but in the film both Thomas and Victor are native. Next, in the film, Victor and Thomas grew up together through Victor’s dad, but in the novel George and Lewis met through school when they were a little older. Another difference is Thomas and Victor were super close as children but then started to drift apart as they got older, but even though George and Lewis drifted apart when George started dating Stacey, they eventually came back together. Lastly, a big difference is because Thomas

There are differences in the novel If I Ever Get Out of Here and the movie Smoke Signals when talking about relationships. In the movie, Victor’s dad is a drinker and is always drunk, one day his mom gets sick of his drinking and he leaves. In the novel, Lewis’s dad is a drinker but chose to leave because of alcohol, not because he thought it was best. When Victor’s dad dies, Victor and Thomas go to Arizona to get his ashes. And in the novel, Lewis doesn’t really know anything about his dad besides he’s a drunk

Divergent Messages There are many contrasts found in the themes between the film Smoke Signals and the novel If I Ever Get out of Here by Eric Gansworth. The novel’s theme is poverty, while the film shows alcoholism as its theme. In the novel, the main character Lewis shows that he is insecure about where he lives. When Lewis goes to school, he meets a boy named George. Lewis and George become close friends, and the two boys want to hang out.

Relationships are based on give and take. Three things that Lennie contributes to his friendship with George and vice versa are easily shown through the text. Lennie contributes by being the main breadwinner, his strength, and how he understands George. Lennie is the main breadwinner because he is strong and a fast learner. Lennie’s strength helps and hinders the friendship. His strength can help with work but it can also hurt when he doesn’t realize how strong he truly is in fights. Lennie also understands George. George says multiple times that he wouldn’t be the same without his “brother”. George contributes with his brains, helping Lennie keep on track, and being a smooth talker. Lennie has got into a lot of trouble, but George is always there to save him. George is the one that is able to keep Lennie on track and get the jobs they need. His brains also help when he has to speak for Lennie, because if Lennie

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When characters struggle, their true personalities shine through, leaving them with their true friends who were the ones who stood by them in a time of change. In Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, Lennie struggles with a new job, but has a goal in mind and a promise to George. This promise keeps Lennie from spiraling off, George keeps Lennie going. I believe George and Lennie had a true friendship which was shown through the challenges they faced. Of Mice and Men and “Friendship in an Age of Economics” by Todd May, show not only true friendships, but different types of friendships and how they help characters make decisions.

In the novel If I Ever Get Out of Here, George and Lewis’s relationship is quite different from Victor and Thomas’s in the movie Smoke Signals. First, Lewis and George are very similar and like the same thing. On the other hand, Victor and Thomas are nothing alike and enjoy different things. For example, George and Lewis both enjoy listening to The Beatles. Victor and Thomas don't like to do the same thing.

I think that George and Lennie's friendship is like if they were both brothers. I think that because in paragraph number 6, it says, “Because….because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that’s why.” This quote supports my idea that how George and Lennie have each other to depend on each other and look after one another. They also have a good friendship together because they envision their life how it is going to be in the future and what it is going to be like.

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My definition of friendship is a relationship between two people that is developed through trust, loyalty, and genuine care for one another. Based on this definition, I believe that the friendship between George and Lennie is completely real. This is supported by Lennie’s faithfulness to George, George’s defensiveness

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