Balderston.) The first film version of the novel was an early German silent film,Nosferatu: A Symphony in Terror(1922), an unauthorized adaptation of Stoker""s novel directed by expressionist F.- A married acquaintance has told her, ""Whatever you do, dearie, don""t get married."" Warned as strongly by the ladies of the street against their profession.Brutalized by her father, she creeps around, doomed o having a futile and tragic existence: "In every group there is one, weaker than the rest - the butt of uncouth wit or ill-temper...Come from a big ol"" family....You went to school, of course, but you didn""t take to it much, because you was a lot smarter han everybody else, so you just up and quit one day.Norwood snapped back: "Poor-white is poor-white, and books won""t change him." Marvin burst in, interrupted the Norwood family at dinner, told Mr.Norwood hat his father was dead, and summoned him to help.The Death of Marvin""s Father, and Norwood""s Sponsorship of Marvin""s Education and Offer of a Job:Following a somber funeral service and burial ceremony for Tom Blake (in a simple pine coffin), the guilty-feeling Norwood - partially due to his daughter""s intercession for her classmate - begrudgingly but supportively assisted Marvin by sponsoring the continuation of his education.