. ▁The ▁film ▁does ▁not ▁dep ict ▁the ▁ending ▁of ▁the ▁novel , ▁in ▁which ▁Jakob ▁travel s ▁to ▁a ▁nearby ▁city ▁and ▁meets ▁his ▁brother . ▁The ▁film ▁remains ▁almost ▁exclus ively ▁focused ▁on ▁the ▁inst itute ▁once ▁Jakob ▁arriv es ▁there . ▁ ▁The ▁Qu ays ▁have ▁character ized ▁the ▁film ▁as ▁a ▁parallel ▁universe ▁of ▁the ▁novel . ▁The ▁film ▁sometimes ▁makes ▁figur ative ▁aspects ▁of ▁the ▁novel ▁into ▁literal ▁objects ▁in ▁the ▁film . ▁One ▁re occ urr ing ▁theme ▁in ▁the ▁film ▁is ▁that ▁many ▁objects ▁are ▁seen ▁v ibr ating , ▁such ▁as ▁for ks ▁or ▁b ells . ▁Par alle ls ▁have ▁been ▁drawn ▁between ▁these ▁v ibr ations ▁and ▁the ▁frequent ▁theme ▁of ▁music ▁in ▁Wal ser ' s ▁writing . ▁Also , ▁in ▁one ▁passage ▁of ▁the ▁book ▁Jakob ▁describes ▁a ▁staff ▁member ▁at ▁the ▁school ▁as ▁like ▁a ▁mon key , ▁but ▁in ▁the ▁film ▁a ▁literal ▁mon key ▁takes ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁that ▁staff ▁member . ▁In ▁addition , ▁while ▁Jakob ▁w onders ▁about ▁the ▁activities ▁of ▁Herr ▁and ▁Lisa ▁Ben j ament a ▁in ▁the ▁novel , ▁the ▁film ▁clearly ▁displays ▁an ▁inc est uous ▁relationship . ▁The ▁conclusion ▁of ▁the ▁film , ▁however , ▁diff ers ▁from ▁the ▁book ▁in ▁a ▁different ▁manner . ▁It ▁shows ▁Herr ▁and ▁Jakob ' s ▁departure ▁from ▁the ▁inst itute ▁in ▁sur real ▁scene ▁of ▁the ▁two ▁in ▁a ▁fish ▁bow l ▁rather ▁than ▁Jakob ' s ▁literal ▁journey ▁back ▁to ▁town ▁in ▁the