The Bourne Identity

Robert Ludlum's “The Bourne Identity” is renowned as one of the best thriller stories that have been told in the form of a movie and a novel. Both the movie adaptation and the novel have received identical positive feedbacks and acceptance from most book readers and movie enthusiasts, including numerous critics from both fields. Given that both the film and the novel have done a great job in presenting a great thriller story, some would still argue that the book is better, while some may say that the film is indeed greater than that of the novel. From a personal point of view, it is certain that the novel is superior in comparison to that of the film based on characteristics of expression, appeal to imagination, and length.

    First of all, given that the novel entails and represents the genuine thoughts of Ludlum, it is superior to the film mainly because it embodies the real essence of the story and that it directly depicts the ideas and impeccable thinking of the Ludlum. Second, the novel also presents a comprehensive storytelling of Ludlum's masterpiece and has shown more accuracy in terms of the progress of events in the main story. Third, given that the novel has the luxury of time and means, it is considered as superior than the film, because it presents a more detailed story. Lastly, the ability to depict a long and through story without skipping a certain part of the novel's main narrative, because of limited time and resources, is one of the considerable reasons that made the novel superior than that of the movie. Likewise, the novel is considered to be more expressive as it has no evident limitations in terms of presenting scripts and dialogues of the characters.