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In three pages this paper compares and contrasts the 1988 novel and the 1990 film primarily in terms of theme, characters, and symbolism. Three sources are cited in the bibliography.
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have imagined the impact Dances With Wolves would have on their lives personally, professionally, or on society as a whole. The 1988 novel had been mostly enthusiastically received at
least critically and sales were modest. However, when Kevin Costner, who had in just a few short years become one of the A-list movie celebrities, decided to film the
story as an epic in which he would both star and direct and enlisted Blakes services for the screenplay, Hollywood Westerns would never be the same. Dances With Wolves
struck an emotional chord with audiences and critics alike and was only the second Western in history to receive an Academy Award for Best Picture. With Blake crafting the
screenplay, it became apparent that every effort would be made to remain faithful to the novels interpretation that celebrated the Native Americans and condemned white American imperialism/manifest destiny. However,
transferring printed text into a visual spectacle does require some subtle changes to be made in terms of theme, characters, and symbolism. In the novel, the primary theme involves a
proud culture that is gradually being lost as the result of U.S. territorial expansionism. Civil War Lieutenant John Dunbar is the main character, but is predominantly depicted as a
sympathetic witness to a way of life that he senses will soon be lost forever. In the film, however, there is a much more mythic approach to the theme
in its primary focus upon Dunbar with the dramatization of "the death, rebirth, and spiritual transformation of a man who dares to stray from the traditional path of accepted behavior
into the unknown wilderness in order to find his true self" (Kline). While the novel theme is much broader in scope, the film perhaps wisely elects to concentrate upon
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