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Comparing the short story “Killings” by Andre Dubois and the movie “In the Bedroom”, there are many differences, and some similarities. Overall the whole plot of the two stories were the same, they were just gone about in being portrayed in different ways. Perhaps the biggest difference I saw between the two was the structure. The story started right in the middle of where the movie started. The movie showed so much more of the background and loving bond between not only Matt and Frank, but between Frank and Mary Ann. Although the story did show more of Matt’s inner thoughts and feelings on a much deeper level then the movie was able to portray, it did not show much interaction between him and his son while he was alive. The movie also made it more personal by cutting out the older brother character that the original story had at the funeral. This made the connection between the father and