Page to Screen: A Comparative Study of Patricia McCormick’s Sold and its Adaptation in Film

Abstract

This research work examines interrelationship between Particia McCormick‘s Sold and its cinematic adaptation. While a novel is a written work of art designed for reading, a film is a visual and aural art to watch. However, they share a number of elements like character, narrative, setting, plot, and so forth: this research work investigates why stories are broughtfrom page to screen. It examines how it preserves the peculiar properties of novel and how it is possible to convert a long novel into a short film. The novel Sold and its adaptation stand as unique works of art despite their common narrative structures. The issue of novel is girls trafficking where its cinematic adaptation also carries the same issue that is why main spirit of novel has not been distorted in the film but to make commercial, the director modified some characters, scenes, events etc. Finally, this research shows value of film adaptation, which is easy medium to deliver knowledge in society. Keywords:Adaptation, Motion picture, Art, Faithfulness, Girls trafficking