When a reader is fortunate, an author is able to construct a character in such a way that the reader is led through the events befalling a character, both positive and negative. A director can bring a character to life and give a character a personality that everyone is able to disguise. In the case of Stephen King's "Carrie" terror is brought to the readers mind as they experience years of built up rage released through her telekinetic powers. Being able to construct a complex series of events and extreme detail in a novel then to have it transferred over to a film is rarely completed with accuracy. The film's interpretation of Carrie is kept consistent with fine detail, along with an accurate series of events befalling the characters.

In the opening of a movie or a novel, a mood is created and attention is taken from a subconscious level to a conscious level of interest and attraction. The opening of Carrie is unusual, and therefore it is interesting. Carrie is in the girl's shower room when she gets her period for the first time. The words used in the novel are mirrored by the very graphic scene created in the movie. There is much action as Carrie realizes that sh

The story takes place in a small town, Westover, at Chamberlain High School in the 1970's. A mood is created, one of inner tension, from the moment that Carrie is introduced and described. All the ridicule and words written on doors "Carrie White eats shit" p.4 create disbelief and hope. Hope that Carrie will one day be rid of all the laughter and suppression that surrounds her. Suppression is all around Carrie when she enters her house. The bright light disappears and is replaced by dark brown shadows, coolness, and the oppressive smell of talcum powder. It is very gloom and depressing. At night, only candles light the house, and every room is covered in religious pictures and figures. The spring ball creates a new atmosphere and setting that Carrie has never once entered - belonging and freedom. With a slight tension of knowing something will go wrong. The atmosphere created is one of disbelief, tension, hope, and suppression.

A plot is a memory that will one day be recalled on. Plots should be intense, and keep a person wanting more. The novel's plot is intense and suspenseful. The movie holds the plot with extreme accuracy, carrying us through a series of events. At the beginning of the novel, Carrie is showering in the girl's locker room following gym class. The movie carries you through the locker room events all the way to Carries encounter with her mother after she has gotten her period. "Why didn't you tell me," She cried. "Oh momma, I was so scared! And the girls all made fun and threw things." There are no sex scenes in the movie as they are in the novel, although the main conversation is still present. Sue Snell makes love to Tommy before she asks him to take Carrie to the prom/spring ball. Chris Hagensen also makes love to Billy Nolan before she asks him to get the pigs blood to play a trick on Carrie. The movie lacks sexual detail yet the main point is well stated. During the prom/spring ball, sarcasm is well used, as people are overly kind to Carrie, as if they know something will happen. The movie executes this quite well by showing girls giggling behind Carries back as she walks by. At the closing, when Carrie and Tommy Ross are crowned king and q

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