margret laurence probably do not intend on have any of her novel adopt for film and let alone the stone angel . hagar and a a character and be one who constantly challenge the social norm ( gainsay who dare and anyone . ) and and end up nearly sacrifice her humanity in the process . the symbol in the book ( the stone angel and silver thread and etc and etc . ) be constant reminder of this struggle of the old and new and and the carnage ( so to speak ) along the way . while the film be reasonably faithful to the plot of the book ( but it isn not really a plot kind of storytelling and be it . ) and i think it miss the point on capture the spirit of the film . hagar defiance ( for the sake of defiance ) be not there . bram could have be a lot more crude than portray and and hagar father could have be play more traditionally and so to speak . if the filmmaker would insist on strong portrayal and the film would drive the point straight to home . along the same vein and why should we see cell phone and organic produce and and other modernization . be we try make some point for the sake of make some point ( e. g. and the muslim girlfriend and the native people ) . hagar and co. be everything but politically correct in the book and so why should we see that in the film version . modernization may be an excuse for a low budget operation and but use that a an excuse to send subliminal politically correct message that be totally irrelevant to the novel ( and the film ) seem like throw punch below the intellect . there be also the audience . it seem that we have be condition to see bitter old people a cute and lovable . why should be laugh every time hagar be at her tantrum . i doubt magaret laurence want her reader to laugh at and or with and hagar . these people be frustrate and be full of angst and and all we do be to laugh at them . i do not think it do hagar and other folk in her situation any justice .