In this essay I will cover the main differences between the book and the film giving my opinion on why these changes were necessary in the making of this movie. I will discuss the purpose for Mowat writing this book and explain how the film gets the point across. Mowat's feelings and mine regarding the lines of the film will be shared at the end of the document. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an Original Essay At the beginning of the film we don't know where Tyler comes from, who he is, and why he's going to this place. The film is not that specific with the studies it has done. The radio that is given to Mowat reaches a non-Spanish music station in Peru. He also doesn't do much with his studies; photograph the plants with a camera instead of using the Raunkiaers Circle. This is because if the film went into detail, viewers would lose interest; Other changes were made to make the story more interesting and eventful. In the film, Tyler falls into an arctic lake without knowing that it wasn't completely frozen. He then warms himself and dries his clothes by the fire. This incident shows how he entered this barren place without knowing what he was getting into. It also adds action and adventure to the film. In the film Mike tells Mowat how he kills wolves for money. In the book the Inuit respect and admire the wolves, they also share the main food source and listen to the wolves to find out where the caribou are. I think this is because the film sends a different message and this is part of showing how man does not respect and understand the importance of wolves. At the end of the film the parents of Tyler's wolf family, George and Angeline, are massacred. by the pilot. Tyler gets angry and shoots the plane after seeing the tail hanging off the plane and seeing the cubs alone in the den. After observing the cubs for a while, the pack came to take them since there are no orphans among the wolves. This was put into the film to add a dramatic ending and leave the viewer affected by the film and greatly disturbed by this event. When disturbed, they will remember what happened and will walk away feeling that man had no place there and should not have killed these animals. The message that Mowat tries to communicate to the reader is that of how man has stereotyped wolves into this large horrible creature. who has no mercy, kills for the taste of blood and is culling the deer population. This we obviously know is not true because of this book. We find that we humans have hunted caribou to the point of scarcity. Because of our lack of knowledge, we have taken our few encounters with wolves and based our entire perception of them on our few encounters with rabies-infected wolves. I think the book, Never Cry Wolf, was better than the movie. This was because the book had more detail and I could use my imagination to create a mental image and understand what Mowat was trying to communicate to the reader. Additionally, I learned more facts about wolves and their environment. The book had more character development, because of this I was able to enjoy the story and was interested in what happened to him. I think this movie gets the point across quite well, but it takes a different spin by focusing more on man's ignorance and how we kill things we know nothing about because of our selfish desires. In the book Mowat shows us that we stereotype wolves as horrible creatures and that this is not the case. Mowat hears many rumors about how this creature is monstrous, but he interacts with them and employs them.