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Of books and Movies

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Water for Elephants, 2 States, The Hobbit and Life of Pi (I could think of these only for the time being). What are the similarities between these four? That they are all in my goodreads list. Yes. That they are all great books. Yes. What else? Oh, yes, they are all going to be or have been chosen for film adaptation.  I have already discussed about Water for Elephants, (sadly, I have yet to watch the movie.) *Soon, I will do it* The Hobbit was a fantastic book. An absolute thrill. A small book and yet so full of adventures. The trailer looks fine but I hope the movie has more to show. I cannot wait till December 14, 2012. The Official Trailer of The Hobbit Life of Pi is going good till now. The film adaptation is supposed to come out on 21st November this year. The book very expressive, of everything, from a simple feeling of the narrator, to the religions' significance to the simple purr of a tiger. The movie will have a hard time bringing it all into t...

Hyena: Doglike, but like no dog anyone would want as a pet.

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I am in the middle of reading "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel. And I have come across this very intriguing description of this predator we all love to hate: hyena. Frankly speaking, I could not even begin to give a description close to what Mr. Martel has here, although it's obvious that I am not a writer of his caliber. I was impressed by the description he gave earlier in the book for three toed sloths, reminding me of my sister (who broke out to laughing at the similarity; we were in joking terms anyways) but sloths haven't had much influence in my life as much as hyenas have. I'm not saying I am drawn to the animals myself. My dad watches too much of National Geographic and Animal Planet to let us the snippets off of the wildlife in MasaiMara. Of course we hate hyenas; my mom top on the list. So here it is: the spotted hyena. I am not one to hold a prejudice against any animal, but it is a plain fact that the spotted hyena  is not well served by its...