In the screen version of A Cap for Steve, there are a few differences from the original written version of the short story written by Morley Callaghan. The first difference is that the setting of the story takes place in the early 1980’s instead of in the 1940’s like the written version. This can be noticed by looking back into the history of when the baseball players were famous. In the written version, the baseball player who gave the cap to Steve was named Eddie Condon which was famous around the 1940’s whereas in the screen version the baseball player who gave the cap to Steve was named Andre Dawson and the time in which he was famous was in the early 1980’s. Also instead of Mr. Hudson giving Dave $20 for the cap, he gave him $100 which shows that the story was later on in history instead of the 1940’s. As well as the setting, the ways in which the characters are portrayed are also different from the two versions of the story. In the screen version Steve’s father, Dave Diamond, comes back from being away and is unemployed. In the written version he was previously living with the family and was employed. To contrast this instead of Dave’s wife, Anna, being sick, she is a strong woman and has a stable job in which to pay the household expenses. Including those mentioned, the way in which the plot develops is also different in the screen version. When Steve got his cap in the written version, it had fallen of the baseball player’s head while he was trying to run away from the crowd of children fans. However, in the screen version Steve got his cap by one of the other baseball player’s knocking off the cap from the player’s head. Also, the screen version was more focused on the kids when Mr. Hudson and Dave were discussing on how to handle the problem with the cap. Although the original idea of the story is still maintained in the screen version, there are many differences from the original written version....