Comparative Analysis of Novel and Film 'Once Were Warriors'

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Comparative Analysis of Novel and Film “Once Were Warriors’
The film and the novel represent the life of Maori family in urban ghettos and the tribulation these families face. Beth had left her small town and married Jake though her parents disapproved the marriage. The family lived in the slums and had six children. The interpretation of once were warriors in both the film and the novel the life and belonging to Maori being tested. Beth is more tied to the Maori tradition and she relates to the old ways of life while her husband Jake is an interpretation of what some of Maori people has become (Thompson). Beth is seen trying to reform herself and her family as she has forgone drinking to save money she would spent on alcohol. She finds it difficult to restore this principle and lapses back to drinking irresponsibly. The family is disconnected to the western culture and learning, as no one who attends school apart from Grace, who is interested in learning as depicted from both the film and the novel.
Jake is unemployed and most of the time is spent in a pub drinking with his friends buying drinks and beating patrons who stepped out of line. He also invited huge crowds to his home parties portraying himself as an easy going man and vicious temper while drunk and his wife decides to get cheeky where she is savagely beaten in front of their friends.
The film has made some changes which are significantly transformative such as in the novel; the rape case is repeated and is perpetrated by her father and grace is silent as stated that everyone has the right to realize their potential (Duff, 113). The film portrays gra...