... people. The character of her father, Mr Grove, was shown as a patient caring man in the film; where as in the short story it portrayed him as a demanding man with no consideration for his daughter. In the story Mr Grove was only brought in when it was describing Phyllis and what he was telling her to do, but in the film he had his own leading role and a separate story along with Phyllis', and Matthaus' brother, Christophe. This makes the story not only about one person, but others. There is not only one story line, which makes the story more interesting and brings out the personalities of the characters not letting them just blend into the background. Christophe in the short story was only mentioned when Matthaus decides to run away and took Christophe with him. In the film, Christophe has his own role in which ...

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