MEMORABLE BOOK SCENESThe first scene I found very memorable was at the first football game. Charlie went there by himself in hopes of ‘participating’ as Bill had said. He saw Patrick from his shop class and approaches him. Patrick is extremely welcoming and asks him to sit down. Sam comes back from the bathroom and meets Charlie. When the game ends Patrick invites Charlie to go to King’s (diner). After weeks of being alone at school Charlie finally makes some friends! It was so pleasing to see someone being kind to Charlie and how happy it made him.
The second scene I found most memorable was when the gang were playing truth or dare. Charlie and Mary Elizabeth had been going out for weeks and Charlie got dared by Patrick to kiss the prettiest girl in the room. Charlie leaned over and kissed Sam. Everyone was completely speechless except Patrick, who said “Ohhh that’s f*cked up.” Mary Elizabeth got up and left, followed by Alice and then Sam, who said “What the hell is wrong with you?” I found this scene memorable because Charlie was so mad at himself for what he had done and I felt so sorry for him because no matter how hard anyone else tried he would always love Sam. The last scene I found most memorable was at the homecoming dance when Charlie saw Candace in a heated conversation while dancing with Ponytail Derek, moments later Candace runs out of the room. Charlie tries to follow her but she tells him to leave her alone. Later on Candace tells Charlie that she is pregnant and Ponytail Derek dumped her when he found out. This scene was memorable because after years of Charlie reaching out to Candace she finally trusts him and opens up to him. She even asks him to help her get an abortion.
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Memorable Film scenesThe first scene I found memorable in the film was at the prom. It was the second time Charlie had spoken to Patrick and Sam. Charlie was standing against the wall by himself, he wasn’t even going to go to the prom but he was trying to “participate.” “Come on Eileen” came on and Sam got extremely excited that they were playing “good music,” so she and Patrick performed their “living room routine,” which involved them dancing like crazy people in the center of the dance floor. Charlie saw them across the floor, took a deep breath, and walked up to them. Sam and Patrick were so happy to see Charlie and they all started spinning in a circle holding hands. I found this scene memorable because it just showed what outrageous, unashamed, kind people Patrick and Sam are. They were willing to include Charlie so closely even though they had had only one conversation with him. The main difference between this scene and the ones from the book was that in this scene the song came on and straight away there was a great vibe from listening to the music and being able to watch Sam and Patrick completely embarrass themselves without caring.
The second scene that I though was very important and memorable was the night before Sam left for college. Everyone had gone home and Sam and Charlie were alone in Sam’s room. They were both being very open and honest and Sam reveals to Charlie that her first kiss was with her father’s boss when she was seven. Charlie and Sam begin to get intimate and all of a sudden Charlie remembers and realises that his beloved aunt Helen molested him as a child. He had always thought of his aunt as his favourite person in the world and now being touched the same way by Sam, he recollects all these horrible memories that he didn’t understand at the time. The scene continues to flash back to when he was a child with his aunt. This scene was important because Charlie has suffered from PTSD for the majority of his life and now he is conscious of the cause and can make sense of what triggered him to act and feel this way. The main difference between this scene and the book’s is that here you can see the flashbacks to his childhood and put two-and-two together fairly quickly. In the book there is one explicit sentence that states the event, the rest of the time the book talks about “what happened,” without giving much away.
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