Name______# ______Hour_____
The Hitchhiker: Compare and Contrast
Use the chart below to take notes as you read the radio play and watch the television version of “The Hitchhiker.” Try to note any similarities and differences between the two as you watch the television version. You will need these notes to complete a compare/contrast paragraph, so pay attention to details, including the elements of drama. Bullet points are acceptable.
Other things to note include:
- Music and sound effects
- Plot points
- Suspenseful moments
Radio Play / Both / Television Episode
Now that you have listened to the radio version of “The Hitchhiker” and watched the Twilight Zone television adaptation, write a paragraph comparing and contrasting the two. Use evidence from both pieces to describe at least two similarities and two differences. In addition, explain which version is more engaging and why.
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Name____KEY______# ______Hour_____
The Hitchhiker: Compare and Contrast
Use the chart below to take notes as you read the radio play and watch the television version of “The Hitchhiker.” Try to note any similarities and differences between the two as you watch the television version. You will need these notes to complete a compare/contrast paragraph, so pay attention to details, including the elements of drama. Bullet points are acceptable.
Other things to note include:
- Music and sound effects
- Plot points
- Suspenseful moments
Radio Play / Both / Television Episode
- The main character is Robert Adams, a male
- Robert dies on the Brookland Bridge
- Robert stops at a filling station looking for coffee and a sandwich
- Robert picks up a girl hitchhiker to keep him company and to protect him from “The Hitchhiker”
- Both see “the hitchhiker” following them and are spooked by him.
- Both are traveling across country to California on a turnpike
- Robert & Nan are both told that hitchhikers are a rarity on the turnpike.
- Both Robert & Nan tell “the hitchhiker” that they are not traveling west.
- Both Robert & Nan get stuck on the train tracks with “the hitchhiker” near. They escape just in time.
- Both Robert & Nan try to run over and kill “the hitchhiker” scaring their riders causing them to flee the car.
- Both Robert and Nan try to puzzle our how “the hitchhiker” keep s ending up ahead of them on the road.
- Both Robert & Nan find out about their death when they call home to talk to their mothers. Both mothers are in the hospital, having a nervous breakdown, due to the death of their child.
- The main character is Nan Adams, a female
- Nan dies in car accident when her tire blows out
- Nan stops at a filling station looking for gas.
- Nan picks up a sailor hitchhiker to keep her company and protect her from “The Hitchhiker”