Original sentence: As a local man and friend of the family had warned, the water level gets high and the new settlement is also destroyed.He lies, saying the U.On the way home, travelling downstream by boat, he is paralyzed and dying.Suffering from mental anguish, Allie sets the church on fire, after which the missionary with whom he had come into conflict earlier shoots him.The book is written from the viewpoint of the eldest son, Charlie, played in the film by River Phoenix.The family lies, telling him that they are going upstream, as he wants.Under Allie's authoritarian leadership the family, the Zambus and the Maywits build a settlement in the jungle
Edited sentence: As a local man and friend of the family had warned, the water level gets high, and the new settlement is also destroyed.He lies saying the U.On the way home, travelling downstream by boat, he is paralyzed and dying, while the family lies, telling him that they are going upstream, as he wants.Suffering from mental anguish, Allie sets the church on fire, after which the missionary with whom he had come into conflict earlier in the film shoots him.The film also explores aspects of modern life and issues of consumerism; it also presents a contrast between what some consider a communist society (Jeronimo) and a capitalist one (the USA which they left behind).The film is written from the viewpoint of the eldest son, Charlie, played in the film by River Phoenix.The relationship between father (Harrison Ford) and son (River Phoenix) is an important part of the film, at the conclusion Charlie finally comments on how he has outgrown his childhood attachment to the infallibility of his father.Under Allie's authoritarian leadership the family, the Zambus and the Maywits, build a settlement in the jungle