Perks Of Being A Wallflower Movie And Book Comparison Essay

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The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky has been made into both a film and a novel. Although the film and novel are based on the same writing, and written and directed by the same person, Chbosky, they are similar, but also vastly different. This usually happens with film and novel adaptations because of many factors such as time. The Perks of Being a Wallflower novel is similar to the movie in ways such as Patrick and Charlie’s kiss and the Truth or Dare game are still in the movie because of their importance to the film, but are different in ways such as Charlie does not give Patrick the suicidal poem he gives him in the book, and Charlie’s sister’s abortion is taken out, most likely due to factors such as time and its PG-13 rating. …show more content…

Charlie and Patrick’s kiss was shown similar to how Charlie describes it in the book, saying, “We hugged good night, and then when I was just about to let go, he held me a little tighter [...] And he kissed me. A real kiss. Then, he pulled away real slow” (Chbosky 160). This event happens almost the same way in the movie as in the book, aside from the fact that they were not in a car. This event was most likely kept in because the occurrence was able to effectively convey to the viewer that Charlie was allowing Patrick to kiss him, showing how passive Charlie is and how he just lets events like this happen to him, likely because of what happened between Aunt Helen and him. Chbosky also includes the Truth or Dare game in the movie. This is because this event turns Charlie’s friends almost completely against him for a while. After Charlie kisses Sam instead of Mary Elizabeth, all of his friends except for Patrick turn against him. This brings Patrick and Charlie closer together, leading to events such as their

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