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    The document provides an analysis comparing the short story "A Passion in the Desert" by Honore de Balzac and a film adaptation of the story. Some key differences are noted: in the story, the panther is named Mignonne, while in the film she is named Simoom. The story portrayed the relationship between the man and panther as more mutual, while the film showed it as more animalistic. The film also included elements not in the story, like physical intimacy between the characters and a catalyst for the panther attacking being jealousy over another panther. However, the core theme of the relationship between man and nature in the desert is still conveyed in both the story and film.

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    The document provides an analysis comparing the short story "A Passion in the Desert" by Honore de Balzac and a film adaptation of the story. Some key differences are noted: in the story, the panther is named Mignonne, while in the film she is named Simoom. The story portrayed the relationship between the man and panther as more mutual, while the film showed it as more animalistic. The film also included elements not in the story, like physical intimacy between the characters and a catalyst for the panther attacking being jealousy over another panther. However, the core theme of the relationship between man and nature in the desert is still conveyed in both the story and film.

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    The document provides an analysis comparing the short story "A Passion in the Desert" by Honore de Balzac and a film adaptation of the story. Some key differences are noted: in the story, the panther is named Mignonne, while in the film she is named Simoom. The story portrayed the relationship between the man and panther as more mutual, while the film showed it as more animalistic. The film also included elements not in the story, like physical intimacy between the characters and a catalyst for the panther attacking being jealousy over another panther. However, the core theme of the relationship between man and nature in the desert is still conveyed in both the story and film.

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    The document provides an analysis comparing the short story "A Passion in the Desert" by Honore de Balzac and a film adaptation of the story. Some key differences are noted: in the story, the panther is named Mignonne, while in the film she is named Simoom. The story portrayed the relationship between the man and panther as more mutual, while the film showed it as more animalistic. The film also included elements not in the story, like physical intimacy between the characters and a catalyst for the panther attacking being jealousy over another panther. However, the core theme of the relationship between man and nature in the desert is still conveyed in both the story and film.

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    Jared Formalejo

    4-F

    English IV

    September 28, 2010


    Mrs. Rachel De Guzman

    A Passion in the Desert


    A Passion in the Desert as portrayed in the video still doesnt venture away into totally
    different ideas from its original form in the short story by Honore de Balzac. Both still show a
    French Provencal lost in the deserts of Egypt deprived of any human interaction forced to find
    shelter and does so inside a dark moist cave. And each piece is centered on the intimate
    relationship between a man and a panther. In the video though it is not mentioned how the
    Provencal gained the respect of the panther what the video portrayed though was how he became
    almost exactly like the panther in order to gain its acceptance. One very evident difference
    though is the name of the panther. In the short story, the Provencal named her Mignonne while in
    the movie she was named Simoom. The movie portrayed the man with almost pure animal
    instincts and an animalistic relationship with the panther. The short story showed otherwise. The
    original text reiterated time and time again that the panther was as if a woman; so the Provencal
    believed he was in a relationship that wasnt between man and beast but in a more mutual sense,
    man to man or beast to beast. The film though showed several exaggerations to the idea that
    Balzac was trying to convey in the original text. Within the text there is no show of physical
    intimacy between the Provencal and the panther nor are there any clear signs of definite jealousy
    on the Provencals part nor is there a second panther which Simoom/Mignonne mated with.
    Although it was stated in the text that there always was a tinge of jealousy which the Provencal
    believed to have caused a misunderstanding between he and Simoom/Mignonne; the text only
    stated that out of nowhere the panther went ballistic and bit the Provencals right leg and he had
    to plunge his dagger right through the beasts throat which had caused his melancholy. In the film
    though, they showed the idea of jealousy crystal clear between both parties, the Provencal with

    the woman and Mignonne with the male panther. The Provencals reaction to this jealousy was to
    chain the beast as punishment which had caused the beast to attack viciously, forcing the
    Provencal to fight back ending the panthers life.

    The original text only showed the relationship between Mignonne and the Provencal as a
    simple love affair BUT as owner and pet would define it. Not as animalistic lovers ready to
    procreate. It was clearly stated that in the text, he never strayed from his reality and he never did
    truly turn beast. He was still sane and still was aware of the surroundings and still observed
    human interventions in the desert. He would only turn to the Panther on times he got bored or
    times he felt hopeless. The panther had found a friend in the Provencal and the Provencal thought
    likewise. Even with these radical changes from the original text to the film the very theme of the
    story was still shown in both that the desert is God without mankind, that spirit is united with the
    physical/human form in a place such as the desert.

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