The founders of Starbucks took the name Starbucks from a character in Melville's Moby Dick, who was the captains First Mate. They added another reference to the sea; the siren - a mythical creature who it was believed lured unsuspecting sailors to their watery deaths - is depicted on the Starbucks logo.
A Passage To India
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Some screenwriters call them 'orphans'.
Keziah. Although in the Alex Haley Novel "Roots" Kizzy was inspired by the Mandingo name Keisa.
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The coffee company Starbucks is named after a character in the novel 'Moby Dick'. In the book, Starbuck is the first mate.
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The movie 30 Days of Night was inspired by the graphic novel mini-series of the same name. See the Related Link below for the Wikipedia entry.
Chetan Bhagat.
The TV show "Nineteen Eighty-Four" was inspired by the novel of the same name written by George Orwell. The novel, published in 1949, explores themes of totalitarianism, surveillance, and propaganda in a dystopian society. The TV show adaptation aimed to bring these themes to a visual medium.