A question I think is incredibly thought-provoking is would Wuthering Heights make a better movie or book. Honestly, I think I'd prefer it as a movie. Some of the parts in this book can drag a little, and a movie would easily edit those parts out. In addition, I think having visuals would help people to be able to better picture the story. The story is very insightful into human character and nature and deserves to have people fully understand it. For example, there would be the little details in elements such as body language and tone of voice between characters (specifically Heathcliff and Catherine) that aren't mentioned in the book--it's up for the reader to infer. But maybe the reader doesn't realize that they need to make these inferences? I believe that human interactions with other humans are very interesting to see unfold, and I want everyone to be able to witness that. Other subtleties include that under analysis, Nelly Dean's character can be seen as willing to tell white lies in order to not cause people excess grief. (She tells Edgar that young Catherine is happily married when he is near death instead of how she was forced into marriage.) She also manipulates facts and puts a biased spin on them in an attempt to help others. She did this when she tells Mr. Lockwood about young Catherine. She made Catherine seem beautiful, adventurous, and independent in the hopes that Mr. Lockwood might want to marry Catherine and save her from life at Wuthering Heights. If this book was a movie it would also be interesting to start off seeing things through the eyes of Mr. Lockwood and then change to seeing them through the eyes of Nelly Dean. A movie may also enable readers to be able to better interpret how time is passing. I know at the end it got a little confusing for me and at times difficult to understand how recently what was happening in Nelly's point of view related to Mr. Lockwood's.
Although some may see Catherine and Heathcliff as selfish and spiteful, I prefer to see them and souls tortured by love. They were meant for each other but society was skeptical. Ultimately, Catherine ends up marrying someone who society thinks is better for her. This in turn leads to Heathcliff getting eloped just as a way to express how hurt he is by Catherine's actions. Hence, through this evidence--as well many more examples I don't want to say because I don't want to give away too much--I've found two messages/themes in this story:
1. When people are in love, the do irrational, thoughtless, unhealthy things that can only be explained through one conclusion: they are in love.
2. Unfortunately, people are affected by society in ways that can be destructive. We shouldn't contribute to this negative force that affects people and can be life and fate altering.
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