Why is it that some movies fail to create a ``faithful adaptation of books? The same question can be asked for the book and the movie of The Perks of Being a Wallflower, written and directed by Stephen Chbosky. The book was a New York times bestseller and USA today calls it, “a coming-of-age tale.” The movie was nominated for Best Motion Picture, Best Actor in a Leading Role, and Best Adapted Screenplay. As the book was adapted for the movie, and despite being directed be the same person that wrote the book, there were changes that were made to the story of the movie. Three differences between the book and the movies that negatively affected the story was the lack of Helen’s backstory, the removal if Charlie’s smoking addiction, and the near removal of “Bill” because it reduces the character development of key characters.
In both the book and movie, the story revolves around a boy named Charlie and his first two years of high school after the suicide of his best friend. Charlie starts out as a loner in high school, but he then meets Patrick and his step-sister Sam at a football game.
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Helen’s backstory being removed negative affects the story because it removes a key character to the development of the plot and to the character development of Charlie. The removal of Charlie’s addiction negatively affected the story by harming the character development of Charlie and it weakens the theme that the book is conveying. The last change that negatively affects the story is “Bill” is not important in the movie. This change negatively affects the movie because it once again weakens Charlie’s character development by subtracting one more character for him to interact with and it creates missed opportunities for the story to develop him as a character. The removal of “Bill” also causes some of the events from the book to become non-existent and impossible in the
Jack is the biggest character in this book. Jack is a 12-year-old boy that is very good at baseball and very passionate about it as well. He lives in a fairly big city in New York called, Walton. His family has lived there his whole life and the baseball tradition kept on. His father played for the same baseball team that jack is playing for when he was a young kid. Jack was described in the book as big tall, average build, blonde hair, and a good head on his shoulders. Jack’s personality wasn’t really noticeable until later in the book. At the beginning of the book he was just an average kid that loved to play baseball. He had his normal friends that he hung out with every day and an older brother that he really looked up to. Jack loved his friends and his family just as much as he loved baseball. Then one day when jack got home his mother and father were crying and when he asked why they were crying they said that his brother had died is a tragic motorcycle accident. This tore Jack up inside more than anyone would have ever thought. As a result of his brother’s death he quit baseball and shunned some of his friends. When he did this he come to get really close to a girl that he started hanging out with. Her name was Cassie and she was the reason he was able to hold it all
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Ideas- The main idea in this book changes all throughout it. There is one idea that goes throughout the whole story which has a protagonist and an antagonist. Charlie is the protagonist. The antagonist… high school. This develops miraculously throughout the book. Starting off with his first day, to the homecoming game where he meets Sam and Patrick, to his last days of being a freshman. “And I’m Patrick. And this is Sam” pg-19. At first Charlie is worried about high school and his english teacher Bill fixes that quickly. He meets his two new best friends Sam and Patrick at a football game. He then went from there going through tough times. All though ...
The novel begins with the protagonist, April Wheeler, portraying Gabrielle in an amateur-theatre production of the play, The Petrified Forest. The play ends up being a total disaster and leaves April devastated, leaving her disconnected from Frank, her husband, and her neighbors, Milly and Shep Campbell afterwards. The play, The Petrified Forest, is a disastrous love story of a man who decides to have himself die to keep the women he loves out of a life of misery. In the end of The Petrified Forest, Gabrielle is able to escape from her horrible lifestyle and fulfill her dreams; April was never able to do that.
Stephen Chbosky, the main character, Charlie goes through the death of the person dearest to
As the case with most “Novel to Movie” adaptations, screenwriters for films will make minor, and sometimes drastic, adjustments to the original text in order to increase drama and to reach modern audiences. Baz Luhrmann’s 2013 film interpretation of The Great Gatsby followed the 1925 classic great plot quite accurately, with minor deviations. However, Luhrmann made some notable differences to the characters and settings of The Great Gatsby in order for the story to relate to the current generation and to intensity the plot
What does it mean to ban a book? A banned book is one that has been removed from the shelves of a library, bookstore, or classroom because of its controversial content. (About.com) Before banning, a book must be challenged. A challenge is an attempt to remove or restrict materials, based upon the objections of a person or group. (About Banned And Challenged Books) A book is challenged when a person or group dislikes some of its content, and wishes to have it removed. Often times, it is banned for obscenities and is considered unsuited for the set age group, or any age group.
... reader. Throughout the book, Charlie unfolds secrets and truths about the world and the society that he lives in; secrets and truths that cause him to grow up and transition into adulthood. He also makes a life changing decision and rebelled against was he thought was the right thing. This reflects his maturity and bravery throughout the journey he travels that summer. Charlie eyes suddenly become open to the injustice that the town of Corrigan demonstrates. He also comes to face the issue of racism; not only shown towards his best friend Jeffrey and the Lu family but to Jasper Jones as well. He realises the town of Corrigan is unwilling to accept outsiders. Charlie not only finds out things that summer about the people that surround him, but he also finds out who he is personally.
The only real way to truly understand a story is to understand all aspects of a story and their meanings. The same goes for movies, as they are all just stories being acted out. In Thomas Foster's book, “How to Read Literature Like a Professor”, Foster explains in detail the numerous ingredients of a story. He discusses almost everything that can be found in any given piece of literature. The devices discussed in Foster's book can be found in most movies as well, including in Quentin Tarantino’s cult classic, “Pulp Fiction”. This movie is a complicated tale that follows numerous characters involved in intertwining stories. Tarantino utilizes many devices to make “Pulp Fiction” into an excellent film. In this essay, I will demonstrate how several literary devices described in Foster's book are put to use in Tarantino’s film, “Pulp Fiction”, including quests, archetypes, food, and violence.
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The film chronicles the histories of three fathers, and manages to relates and link their events and situations. First is Mitchell Stephens and his relationship with his drug-addict daughter. Second is Sam, and the secret affair he is having with his young daughter Nicole. He is somewhat of a narcissistic character because of his preoccupation with himself and pleasing himself, and his lack of empathy throughout the film for the others in the town. Third is Billy, who loves his two children so much that he follows behind the school bus every day waving at them. Billy is also having an affair with a married woman who owns the town’s only motel. On the exterior the town is an average place with good people just living their lives. But, beneath all the small town simplicity is a web of lies and secrets, some which must be dealt with in the face of this tragedy.
The story follows Griffin Jennings whose ex-boyfriend, Theo dies in a drowning accident. He’s broken and grieving and he turns to the person everyone least expected, Jackson. He’s the guy Theo was dating before he died. They are two guys who should hate each other, but instead they found resemblance that calls them to each own. It was grief. It was Theo.
...pposed to kiss Mary Elizabeth but he didn't so she broke up with Charlie) leaving him back at the start, with no friends. This was a bad time because Charlie begins to start going “bad” again which means he starts to have flashbacks, and he gets really depressed. He saves Patrick from a fight at school which is kind of like a forgiveness from his friends to let him hang out and talk to them again. Charlie helps Sam get into a college and soon all of his friends leave to go to college. He gets bad again and ends up going to the hospital. When Sam and Patrick come over to Charlie's house, this is like closure to Charlie and they drive through the tunnel for the closing page. I think that the author did a very good job in choosing when the events in the book would happen. It seemed like a teenagers life and he changed it up some so that the reader wouldn't get so bored.