Game of Thrones

The adaption from the Game of Throne book to television show was done very well. The show did not veer from the book and followed it very specifically. However there was one part that was very different, the age of the children. I believe more specifically the age of Dany. If there was an actual 13 year old girl getting raped on television there would have been a public outcry. There is no way the show would have been able to go on. The age of Dany in the television show looks to be around 20 maybe older. They do not address this but there is no way she is 13 like the book says. I understand why they made her older, yet I believe it takes away a little bit from the story. There is more sympathy to a girl getting sold than a woman. A woman getting sold to a man is a terrible thing, however, it seems much worse if it is a little girl, especially because the man buying her is in his 30's. All of the characters look older, including Sansa. I think that in most cases it makes sense to have them look older than what the book says they are. The characters deal with adult issues and it would be weird to see children that are 12 or 13 being apart of it. I know that they are younger in the books because in medieval times people did not live as long so the development for a child was much faster. I think the television show makes them older just for the audience they are reaching, a 21st century audience.