The Curious Case of Benjamin Button-movie version

Plot

     Benjamin's life was the storyline of the movie.  It told how his life began, what happened during it, and how it ended.  The events that happened during his life were different than the movie.  Benjamin drank and had sex before he was 21.  During his life he never lived with his real parents or lived with his child when he was growing into a baby.  His many adventures were different as well.  The army and work life were not the same.  He only fought once and not try for a second time.  He worked on a tugboat not in his father's shop.

Point of View

     This was the opposite of the book.  The book was mainly told in third person.  The movie was told in first person with Benjamin telling the story.  There were a few times where it was in third person.  His daughter started telling the story that lead into Benjamin finishing the story.  The story came from Benjamin's diary entries.  Benjamin was never telling the story in the book.  He was always being talked about.

Characterization

     Benjamin always talked about himself.  He described how he looked and the events that happened in his life.  His girl referred to herself as looking too old.  Every time Benjamin came back looking younger, she tried to make an excuse that she was too old for him.  He reminded her that they were just about the same age.  He was always mistaken because of his age.  People believed that many things had happened to him when he looked old.  For example, his captain.  When Benjamin first met him, he believed that Benjamin had a woman at one point.

Setting

      This was the same.  The setting was based upon Benjamin's life.  The details about his life were different though.  He began and ended as a baby that knew nothing.  He began looking like an old man and ended looking like a newborn baby.  Benjamin joined the war differently and never tried to rejoin.  He never got married in the movie, but his child was a girl and not a boy.  He never lived with his family or knew them until later in his life.

Theme

     The theme stayed the same as well.  Everyone ages, grows old, and dies.  For Benjamin that was a little bit of the opposite.  He started out looking like an old person in baby form.  When he grew older, he finally looked like a newborn baby when he died.  Regular people look like a newborn when they are born and look old when they are soon going to die.