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Jumanji - College Term Paper

Jumanji

A novelisation by Todd Strasser
Based on the screenplay by Jonathan Hensleigh
and Greg Taylor & Jim Strain
Based on a screen story by Greg Taylor &
Jim Strain and Chris Van Allsburg
Based on the book by Chris Van Allsburg.

Type of Story: Adventure

The story is set in Brantford, New Hampshire, 1969.

Main Theme:

One day, twelve year old Alan Parrish was riding down the main street when
he hears “Prepare to die, Parrish!”, he starts riding much faster, as Billy
Jessup and four of his friends chase after him. Alan heads for his fathers
shoe factory. He jumped of his bike and ran inside. Where he meets his
friend, Carl Bentley, a twenty-year old man with dark skin. He ...

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Alan and took
off, with his bike. He heard a drumming sound, Brummm-tum-tum! Brummm-tum-
tum!. He followed it to his fathers construction site where they were
building new offices. Finally he found where it was coming from. He dug
out a big trunk and smashed open the padlock with a spade. Inside the
trunk was a game called JUMANJI buried in sand. When Alan returned home
his parents were getting ready to go to a presentation. Alan's parents
announced that he would go to the Cliffside Academy for Boys, they handed
Alan a brochure and congratulated him. Inside the brochure was a picture
of the main dormitory which was named Parrish Hall after Alan's grandfather.
Alan rolled his eyes, “great, I get picked on here because my name is
Parrish, what is it going to be like when I have to live at a place named
after me” Alan said. His parents were shocked with his attitude towards
the school and left for the presentation. Alan packed some clothes, food
and the Jumanji game ...

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Added: 5/19/2004 07:55:01 PM
Category: Book Reports
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