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Dear Producer, My sixth grade class recently read the novel Island of the Blue Dolphins, which is a novel about a girl named Karana who is forced to survive on an island for about twenty years by herself. In the book, Karana proves to herself that she is capable of surviving without any help. I saw the movie that was made in 1964; it unfortunately was not as good as the book. It may surprise you that this movie was made by the same studios that you are working at, Universal Studios. I believe that you should do a remake of Island of the Blue Dolphins because survival is a popular theme, you can use modern technology, and major action scenes from the book were missing in the movie.

Survival is a very popular theme! Tons of popular TV shows are about survival like Man vs Wild, The Biggest Loser, and Total Drama Revenge of the Island. Also, a lot of liked movies are about survival such as the Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Life of Pie. In Island of the Blue Dolphins, Karana has to survive on an island in the Pacific Ocean for about twenty years by herself. If you do a remake this movie that has all of this, it will surely sell well and you will earn a lot of money for it.

Modern technology has made recent films very good. First of all, If you make this movie, you could use modern technology to create a tsunami and an earthquake. The author states that, “The sand shuddered under my feet as the first wave struck.” Next, you could also make the ghosts of the dead men with it. Finally, you digitally create animals that are in the book and that are hard to tame or show with modern technology. Island of the Blue Dolphins would be a action packed and terrific movie if you make it using modern technology.

In the film, Island of the Blue Dolphins, there were major scenes from the book that were missing in the movie. First of all, the tsunami and earthquake that occurred in the novel never happened in the film. Next, there was no scene where Karana was struggling to capture the huge devil fish. Finally, the storms that happened every winter never occurred in the movie. If you create a remake of this film, be sure to have these scenes in it to make it action packed!

Even though Island of the Blue Dolphins is an old and probably well forgotten biography, I personally believe that you should do a remake of the movie. Many people think it is a dull story because it features only one human for most of the time. But, because it features one human being for most of the time, it shows that courage and determination can make almost anything you set your mind to possible. That’s what Karana has when she survives on her own for a long time. You should do a remake of Island of the Blue Dolphins because survival is a popular theme, you can use modern technology, and major action scenes from the novel where missing in the film.

 Sincerely,  Emily C.