What's the Difference between The Thorn Birds the Book and The Thorn Birds the TV Show?
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The Thorn Birds Book vs TV Show
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The story begins in 1915. |
It is 1920 when the story starts. |
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The begins with the family in New Zealand. |
They are in Australia.
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Meggie Cleary's hair is red. |
It is dark brown. |
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The Cleary's have 8 children. |
There are only 5 children. The twins and Hugie do not appear.
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Frank is imprisioned for 30 years and the released. |
He dies in jail. |
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None of Frank's siblings visits him while he is in jail. |
Meggie and Stuart go to visit him.
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Ralph is angry at Fee because Meggie is unaware of what to do when she gets her period. |
He thinks it is funny. |
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Meggie has no idea of how babies are made or anything to do with sex. |
She at least knows that animals have sex.
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Justine stays in London while Dane goes to Greece. |
She goes with him. |
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Anne attends Dane's funeral alone because Luddie is already dead. |
He is alive and goes with Anne to the funeral.
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Ralph dies in Meggie's arms right after Dane's funeral. |
Sometime after the funeral, Ralph is sitting in a chair and Meggie has her head in his lap when he dies. |
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After Ralph dies, the story continues with Justine and Ranier's eventual marriage. |
The story ends with Ralph's death.
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The characters continually visit the Drogheda graveyard. |
They do not. |