“Be strong enough to stand alone, smart enough to know when you need support, and brave enough to ask for it.” Those are the words that best describe Alan Breck. The fearless, cunning, and inspiring figure was a huge part of the success of Kidnapped. The character that captured many hearts in a thriller book, was now just a shell of what he used to be in the movie. “Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated,” Confucius once preached, that is true to life, and that is true in Kidnapped.
There has been an never ending debate on what makes a good character. Some authors prefer one that inspires people, or one that makes readers cry. However, some of the most spectacular characters ever created do not fall under those catagory…show more content… A perfect example of this is during the Battle of the Roundhouse. In the book, the heroes are victorious by persevering through the hardest troubles. However, in the movie, Alan and Davie are trapped. But without even giving an effort to fight back, they blow up the covenant. This shows that Davie and Alan do not care about their own lives, or anyone else’s around them. Another example of this is at the end of the book. Alan and Davie desperately needed to cross a large river to arrive in Queen’s Ferry. However, they had no boat. But this conundrum is overcome by an act of true friendship. Alan pretends Davie is in critical condition to a sympathetic little girl. The girl helps them by lending them a boat. This important scene vanished in the movie. A final example of this lack of virtuous traits are highlighted in the denouement of the movie. James was about to be lynched. The only possibility of parole was if Alan stepped up. However, Alan was reluctant to take his own life for his friend’s. However, he was finally convinced to do it by Davie and Lawyer John Rankeleer. This was not an event in the book, and would never have happened in the book. The book highlighted the amazing friendship between the two companions. Alan called James, “his own brother.” Not everything is
