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Title: Comparing INFERNO the Movie to the Novel INFERNO The adaptation of a book to a movie or a movie to a book is a regular occurrence. With changes made to fit a story to the written or spoken word, there is often a change in the plot of the story and the tone of the story. Sometimes whole characters are lost and added, and the ending may even change. It seems like a rare situation when all of the above alterations have been made, but this is indeed the case for the movie Inferno, which was produced by Ron Howard (Dan Brown 2016) and based on the Dan Brown novel. Ultimately, the book and movie tell the same general story, but there are more differences than similarities between the book and movie between the book and movie. Inferno a book, which was written by Dan Brown and the movie, which was produced, Ron Howard is a story of Langdon chasing after a virus, but due to changes in plot, characters, and the ending, the book was more controversial due to differences in the way the virus is included in the story, the level of violence in the book opposed to the movie, Siena’s character, the nature of the virus, the addition of a personal relationship, and how information is presented in the book versus the movie. After reading the book and watching the film, as detailed above, the movie tells a different version.

When symbolist Robert Langdon investigates what appears to be clues which lead him to the medieval poet Dante, he finds himself in an Italian hospital with amnesia, and meets Dr. Sienna Brooks, who then becomes involved in what becomes a plot to stop a the unleashing of a virus that could eliminate a large part of the world's population. In both the movie and book, Inferno takes place in Florence, Italy. Also, in both the main character Robert Langdon finds a Biohazard contained in his jacket and calls the U.S. consulate. He believes that they want to kill him and learns the cylinder contains a map of hell. Langdon then works to determine the map

and what to do. Langdon then learns of a plaque and partners to help. The book and the movie have many similarities, there are a few key differences, which are detailed below:

The first difference is in the book, the person who finds Robert Langon and Sienna in the Church where Dante was baptized is a man named Jonathan Ferris, who claims to be working for the WHO but is in reality an actor working for the Consortium. This differs from the movie where Jonathan Ferris is replaced by a a person named Christoph Bouchard, who really is a WHO agent and not a Consortium actor at all. The Consortium actor who plays Dr. Marconi in the beginning plays no further role in the movie at all, and is subsequently killed by the Provost of the Consortium; this adds homicide to the book, making it more controversial than the movie by this added violent criminal act.

As the movie progresses, it becomes apparent that that the consortium is far more violent than it is in the book. In the book, Langdon calls the U.S. Embassy, but he is really talking to a Consortium person. In addition, in the movie, Vayentha is sent to the hotel across the street in order to make Langdon think the U.S. government is after him, to build trust between Langdon and Sienna so that Langdon will solve the puzzle for Sienna. Also in the movie, after Langdon and Sienna flee the apartment, the Provost issues a kill order for Langdon, which is something that the book's version of the Consortium would never do since they are just an acting troop. Also at the end of the movie it seems that the Provost is killed whereas in the book he is arrested for the role he played in helping Zobrist, making the book more controversial as this is against the traditional role of, and is outside the scope of the authority of the Consortium. After reading the book and watching the movie, it is evident that Siena's character was changed significantly in the movie. In the book, although Langdon and the WHO think that

Sienna is trying to release the virus, in reality she's just trying to get to it first in order to destroy it. In the movie, Sienna is ultimately killed while trying to release the virus and in the book, she survives and she plans to become an advocate for keeping the effects of the virus as they are. This makes the book more controversial by leaving the possibility open for the character Sienna to either destroy the virus, become an advocate to maintain the effects of the virus, or an alternate motive, however the movie ends these possibilities by her death. After reading book and watching the movie, one quickly realizes that the nature of the virus is dramatically changed in the movie. In the book, everyone including Sienna assumes the virus is lethal, but in reality what it does is it renders a third of the Earth's population infertile, in order to solve the problem of overpopulation. Whereas, in the movie, the virus really is lethal, and there's a big fight scene at the end where it's prevented from being released. The movie adds a whole past relationship between Robert Langdon and the WHO director which is completely absent in the book. In the book, they're total strangers, and the only potential love interest for Langdon is Sienna. This love interest between Langdon and Sienna makes the book more controversial by introducing, or just leaving to the reader’s imagination, any of the numerous possibilities, obstacles, and/or circumstances that can affect their combined efforts to stop world destruction by introducing the personal relationship. One also realizes that the book keeps the reader fooled for much longer. The Consortium is portrayed as a sinister spy organization for a very long time, and it's only at the end that it's revealed to be an acting troupe. In the movie, the acting troupe revelation is a minor plot twist. The movie reveals right in the beginning that the agents chasing Langdon work for the World Health Organization, whereas in the book, they're portrayed as mysterious agents wearing green medallions and their true identity is only revealed when they capture Langdon. In the book, it is

only at the very end that it has revealed that Ferris works for the Consortium, thus making the book more controversial by this added surprise. Overall, the book gives a more thorough description of all the different locations and historical art pieces, which serve as clues than the movie. The book also tries to make people think about population problem in depth and gives much more and explanation than the movie. The book provides for the reader to work through a puzzle and clue-solving story, whereas the movie offers the viewer a thriller-chase and suspense story.

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