Sinclair Ross - Once A Heifer - 1926 Words

Often when a story is read followed by the viewing of the live adaptation, the live version pales in comparison. This is mainly because the imagination can create a far more detailed and vivid picture than will ever be created on screen. In the case of Wheelers teleplay versus the original short story of Rosss Ones a Heifer, it is no different than any other, Rosss work is superior in its plot, characters, and theme. It is clearly evident that the plot of the short story by Ross is a superior version compared to Wheelers, however there are similarities in both the teleplay and the short story. A boy goes searching for two lost cows and after searching the whole day he finally spots them. He watches them as they go into a mans†¦show more content†¦It challenges the reader to the point that they are part of the story. Wheelers non-provocative simple plot is definitely inferior to the complicity and imaginative plot of Rosss. Characters are just one more way that Rosss work is superior to Wheelers. In both versions of the story, it evolves around a young boy and an old man. In both versions the boys character is the same as he caries out his search the same way in both versions and also has the same actions and reactions, however, its the character of the old man Vickers that makes Rosss work superior. Wheelers version of Arthur Vickers is once again not nearly as well created as Rosss, as are so many other aspects of her version. Her version of Vickers is a simple one; he is a lonely heartbroken alcoholic. When speaking about women with the boy he says,  ¦ you cant win no matter what you do ¦ watch for women like her ¦ The complicity of the character is diminished by the fact that his actions were based on the fact that he is drunk. Arthur demonstrates his loneliness when he says, Never trust a woman ¦ she ran off ¦ Vickers is clearly an emotionally lonely man. He is alone in his isolation and in his words he seems to be longing for a woman to share his life with, not the simple-minded woman he has working for him in the barn. He is presented as an obvious alcoholic as he drunkenly attacks the chair in the middle of the night and the fact that he has a still in his barn. He isShow MoreRelatedOnes a Heifer by Sinclair Ross759 Words   |  3 PagesSinclair Ross`s Ones a Heifer demonstrates the conflict between appearance and reality of the protagonist and his quest to find his aunt and uncles missing calves. The main character, Peter is on a quest to finding some missing calves when he stumbles upon Arthur Vickers, a mysterious and suspicious man during his journey. One major conflict found is that Peter continues on suspecting Vickers for stealing the calves, where in reality he had no proof for accusing him nor where their evidence in