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As the bracing progresses, his hope diminishes and is eventually extinguished in the final moments of both carry and film.The film, in my sagaciousness, through what is possible visually through the screen and the incidental soundtrack amplifies the harsh reality of nightsticks feel that the book plain cannot, also increasing the sense of hope that Kes brings. unluckily for readers it becomes apparent that the romance and film is about wands inevitable defeat and the catastrophe of this is increased by the fact that both page and screen adaptations of A Kestrel for a Knave undeniably begin with a sense of hope which is seen when billy club speaks to Mr Farthings class about how he expert Kes.In both the novel and film baton is treated as a failure at school and unhappy at situation besides he discovers a new love in life when he finds Kes, a kestrel hawk. truncheon identifies with her silent strength and she inspires and instils in him the devote and love that no-one else, not even his family can provide. Kes gives wand a sense of satisfaction, ach ievement and the go away to live another day while others is batons position would construct given up on life abundant ago.Kes is effectively billys best friend and whom he spends most of his spare time with and as he-goat has trained the hawk himself he feels a great sense of pride when speaking of Kes in Mr Farthings class. In the novel Mr Farthing coaxes wand into speaking about the hawk, and when he-goat begins his report fluff he immediately changes. Though Billy lives with his bewilder and Jud his current closest companion is Kes, and whilst speaking about Kes his whole school look-alike of one word answers and mumbling disappears. For the first time at school, Billy is engaged as he is discussing his one true passion, the hawk.He sheds his lonely, independent have words and really opens up to the class. In the novel Hines changes his writing style to elevate the sense of emotion and attach the reader to Billy. In the film and novel we (like Mr Farthing) see in this scene Billys full potential, what soul he could be if given the attention and care he deserves. Billy (vividly in the novel and expertly acted in the film) re-enacts Kes f glistens and states that thats it. Id through with(p) it. Id trained her. Its a shattering feeling you cant cogitate that youll be able to do it but I did and is met with applause from his peers.In this we see that t here is hope for Billy that he will not have to go follow up t contradict as he states in the first scene with Jud and that his passion for life, his everything, is Kes. Kes is what is keeping him from defeat and against the odds he has found, in his circumstances, something to live for. Unfortunately following this scene where there is a sense hope are scenes where, as readers (and viewing audience) we realise the tragic situation that Billy is in and the story begins to become one of defeat. Billy is tasked to write a tall story by Mr Farthing an imaginary story that really get his imagi nation loss (pg. 87).Billy writes what is in reality what we would consider to be an average day. His interpretation of something that is flimsy and far-fetched (pg. 88) is what we accept every day without a second thought Mrs Casper has no time for Billy Oh stop pestering me Im late enough as it is She finds her social life and nights out more important than listening to what Billy has to say, yet in his lofty Story Billys mother makes him breakfast in bed and she does not have to work and will be at home for her family. Hines makes effective use of detail as Billy observes the carpet, the radiator and the vase of fresh daffodils.We take these for granted now and they would not have been rare when the novel was written, but they sadly are not demote of Billys life. The uplifted Story tells us of Billys longing not for proficient a normal home but for his mother to show some affection towards him (she makes him breakfast in bed), Jud to go away (he joins the Army), his Dad t o return, the teachers to be nice to him and for school to be interesting. Billys dire circumstances are amplified after reading the Tall Story as we realise that none of what Billy desperately longs and yearns for is waiver to occur and the sense of defeat becomes more apparent and prevalent in the story.This scene is omitted during the film but, as mentioned in the article From Page to Screen Given the inherent differences in the ways novels and films work to make their meanings and to engage their audiences, and given the different conventions governing the production, distribution and reception of each, it is scarcely strike that the process of transposition from one medium to the other should be fraught(p) with difficulties (omission of scenes being one of them) including Billys Tall Story in the film would have been extremely difficult.The film is not at a loss however as scenes such as the one where Billy visits the Youth Employment Office fully capture the sense of defe at and all but extinguish the sense of dwindling sense of hope remaining Beautifully written by Hines and equally so captured on film, the Youth Employment Office scene is one where Billy, desperate to bedim from Jud enters the room only to be met with a harsher reality than Juds impending physical retaliation for not placing the bet his future will be one working in the dreaded mines.The use officer asks of what Billy is good at and is met with no response. Consulting Billys report card the officer prints MANUAL as Billys type of betrothal and when mentioning mining is met with this response Im not goin down tpit Conditions have improved tremendously I wouldn t be seen at peace(predicate) down tpit Well there doesnt seem to be any job in England for you then.The employment officer inquires of Billys hobbies but, preoccupied with his thoughts, Billy neglects to mention his one true passion, his one chance to escape his depressing future Kes. Billy gets up and leaves, not knowin g the gravity of what he has just through with(p). The turn out scene is improbably sad Billy sprinting home from school petition all whom he meets have you seen our Jud? and calling out Kes Kes As he becomes more and more frantic we and Billy realise something has happened to his beloved kestrel.In the film the shot of Billy alone in the field, swinging his creance and screaming for Kes is incredibly powerful as details such as Billys slowly changing facial expression as he becomes more desperate and the sad, slow music that begins to play amplify the sense of defeat that he feels and the realisation from a viewers perspective that he has most certainly lost everything, including hope. Billy enters his house and exclaims whats tha done wi it? and his mother responds Where have you been? Your teas getting cold . Jud throws Billy to the ground when he con scarers him and all Mrs Casper can muster is a light slap to his arm.Billy gets up and says to his mother hes gone and kill ed me hawk Jud, nonchalantly whilst broddling the fire states so what if I have? What are you pass to do about it? In the novel Billy attempts to bury his doubt into his mothers skirt and is pushed away out of embarrassment and met with the stutter of his mothers words dont be so daft however the defeat and despair in Billys mind after hearing Juds comment is, in my opinion far better expressed in the film Billy throws himself down onto the couch and buries his in the pillow as his worst fear in the world has now been confirmed.Billy lifts his head to yell repeatedly, through tears youre a bastard A big rotten bastard . Billy then, to the shock of Mrs Casper yells you bastard You fucking bastard The sad notion here is that the swear word that Billy has just used is the worst he can do, his attempt at a knockout blow to Jud as he cannot (nor his mother) physically intimidate he instead unleashes the largest weapon in his arsenal language. It is met with this comment from his mot her Shut up Billy Im not having that kind of language in my house Billy yells well do summat to him then , begging his mother to understand what Jud has done but she simply disregards this and asks Jud whats tha done wi it? . The line that solidifies in viewers and readers minds that all is lost for Billy escapes Juds lips its in t salt away. We now know that the novel is ultimately about Billys defeat as his closest companion in the world, Kes, is dead and in the rubbish bin. Kes, deceased and in the bin is symbolising the sliver of hope that we as readers and viewers had at the get of A Kestrel for a Knave the hope that is now dead.In perhaps the most compelling scene in both film and novel Billy grabs Kes from the bin and runs back inside, dangling the hissing in front of his mothers face with tears streaming down his own, desperately yearning for some comfort, some love, affection and understanding. He receives none and Mrs Casper pushes the bird aside. Billy asks his mother to give Jud a hidin to which she asks how? and Jud snorts in amusement. Youve cried about it long enough now Billy, you can get another cant you? Billy cannot take any more of this and lunges at Jud one at last time before leaving the house yelling Youll never learn me , Kes lifeless in his hand. In the film he goes to the wood, stroking his dead feathered hopes and dreams and buries Kes, defeated, however I do believe that the novels ending, though difficult to transfer to film is far more apt Billy returns to the theatre and relives the traumatic experiences of the day his father left home a combination of his tall story and tragic past. In a dreamlike sequence, Billy imagines himself on the screen, starring in a film with Kes, triumphing over Jud but he realises this will never happen.The suggestion is that things just wont get any better, that hope is lost and that he has been defeated. Hines has shown a transparent change in his writing here however I believe that his c redibility is still intact as the highly staccato dreamlike sequence expresses Billys despair, distress and ultimate defeat seeing his past and dead hopes for a life with Kes. Billy returns home, and the novel finishes bluffly with him burying Kes and going to bed. The unexpected and unsatisfying ending maintains the harsh, lonely and mordacious note of the novel, emphasising ultimately Billys defeat.Though A Kestrel for a Knave begins with a sense of hope with the arrival of Kes it becomes apparent from the Tall Story onwards that it will be about Billys defeat, something we see from scenes such as the Youth Employment Office and the tragic, highly sad ending where Billy is doomed to work in the pit and has lost the one thing he cared about and cared for him. The day, novel and film ends how it started with Billy returning to bed with Jud however he now has no Kes, no hope, and is completely and utterly defeated.