It is common in today's media-driven society to reach into the past for inspiration and ideas. A trend has developed where original works are transformed into other mediums. For example: books are turned into movies and/or plays, movies are turned into weekly sitcoms, and cartoons will spawn empires (Disney). These things happen so often that an audience rarely stops to question the level of authenticity that remains after these conversions. Perhaps it is only …showed first 75 words of 764 total…

…showed last 75 words of 764 total…and are, therefore, not able to realize the authentic character of Gulliver. To contrast one medium to another is quite challenging. What works well for authors and readers in print will probably need to be modified in television. The television movie of Gulliver's Travels is no exception. It is useful however, to compare the two versions and identify and analyze the differences between them because the changes are simply one person's interpretation of a story.