The movie remake of Alice Munro’s “short story” Boys and Girls fails to represent the author’s intention; in comparison to the short story. The movie eliminates crucial events, which enables the audience to have impression of what the girl is feeling and show sympathy for her. As a result of eliminating the scene in which the horse is getting killed; the audience is unaware of how the girl copes and is affected by …showed first 75 words of 316 total…

…showed last 75 words of 316 total…They’ll never catch me.” This is in reference to how the caught Flora and killed The movie does not give the audience very closure because it can be interpreted in very many different ways; where as in the story the ending is very abrupt and concise. There are many different interpretations taken by both versions of the story boys and girls. Unfortunately the movie seems to shy away from the author’s original objective.