The Light and Dark of Young Raphie's Life

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This paper examines the differences between the book "In God We Trust" by Jean Shepherd together with its movie adaptation "A Christmas Story". Both stories are endearing and engaging comedic works centered on the main character Raphie. It shows how "A Christmas Story" seems to have been filmed for a younger audience, or at least an audience not willing to deal with the complexities of the dark side of young Ralphie's life whereas "In God We Trust", deals with much darker, more complex fare and explores the drabness of Raphie's life and more adult topics than the movie.

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"In God We Trust also explores much more of the adult Ralph's life than does the movie. The book contains a passage about the young Ralph's experiences trying to pick up girls as a New York Art Museum, for example. An entire chapter "Ludlow Kisser and the Dago Bomb that Stuck Back" describes an account of a man who purchased too many fireworks for Independence Day. The book also describes Ralph's service in the war, a subject not addressed in the movie."

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