huanim1-4, Exercise 1: Adapting the novel

Model answer:

The film takes Fekete's novel, in which a fox cub loses his family and learns to survive through the seasons, and compresses its episodes into a single feature with a clear arc from cub to adult fox.

A film must cut and combine: a longer book has more episodes, characters and inner thoughts than a feature can hold, so scenes are dropped or merged and thoughts are shown through action, images and music. Details of what was cut should be checked against the novel.