Three Stories

I think that the main way the books and the movie are similar, is that they are both rebelling against something.
In Across The Universe, they are rebelling against the war that is going on. In Johnny Tremain they are rebelling against the British, as they were in Ishi.
I think that watching the movie Across The Universe was a good idea. It gave a good picture of what it was like during that time period, how far people were willing to go in order to get what they wanted, and it was nice to just be watching a movie during WASL.

Reading the two books also helped. Because it shows how things worked back during that time period from different points of view. There were some pretty brutal things going on back then. I think that watching the movie was better though.