One of the most noticeable differences in the book and the movie is that everybody in the book is linked to each other whereas in the movie supposedly nobody knew anyone. In the book we as the reader get a great sense of Easy’s motivations through his narration and we also get more of a story than we do in the movie. However, there is a great deal of differences between the book and the movie. As he narrates, Easy leads us along with him in search for answers to the mystery of Daphne Monet and we experience his confusion and inability to understand what is going on around him. Also in both the book and the movie, the narrative point of view is in first person which is told by Easy Rawlins. In the movie the director chooses costumes from that time period and uses antique cars to help create the illusion for the audience whereas in the book the reader only knows the setting by Easy’s description as he says, “I was used to white people by 1948 (45).” In the book the reader can only see things through Easy Rawlins’s eyes which are a subjective view through Easy’s narration. The setting is in Los Angeles, California around the late 1940s.
The most obvious similarities between the book and the movie are the way that the story is told as well as the setting. However, in both cases Easy changes and adjusts himself to become a private detective.
Easy’s new balance though comes when he his talking to Odell and asks him, “if a man knows that his friend did something wrong but does not turn him into the police, is it wrong (263)?” Odell replies with, “All you got is your friends (263).” In the movie, the audience sees Easy go through the change where as, in the book we know that he has two years salary buried in his back yard, which gives him the nest egg and security to try a new field of work. Easy is grateful to his friend, but does not know how to deal with such meaningless brutality. Easy’s self-realization in both the book and the movie is when Mouse saves Easy’s life, but then kills Joppy in an execution style. The challenge is complicated and everyone is trying to get at Easy because of his knowledge or the lack of in regards to Daphne’s whereabouts. In the book his plan includes having a romance with Daphne however, in the movie his plan is more of a quest for truth and an attempt to clear his name with the police. As the plot unfolds, his plan becomes more involved. Albright with the alternative challenge of surviving the white man’s system.Įasy’s plan is to find the girl, Daphne Monet and collect the money from Mr. Albright tells Easy that he needs someone to find a girl for him and he is offering to pay that person. Two days later after being laid off, while at Joppy’s bar Easy ends up meeting a white man that comes in.
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