When people finish stories, they are often curious about the film that’s based on the story that they had read. However, most people would be disappointed if the filmmakers had changed some part of the story. In the story “Flowers For Algernon,” and the film “Charly,” Charlie is one example that the filmmakers departed from the story. But, why do filmmakers change stories? What’s the difference between the story and the film, and what would be the opinion toward these changes? The first and the major difference between the story and the film would be the progress report. In the story, Charlie was asked to write a progress report to summarize the events that he had done each day. However, in the film, Charlie wasn’t asked to write any progress reports or do any writing based on his daily life. The filmmakers made this change probably because they wanted to create more time for the significant events since writing and reading the progress report wastes time. On the other hand, the filmmakers might have thought that the progress report would bore the audiences. …show more content…
In the story, Charlie was told before the operation that the results might be temporary, yet Charlie still wanted to try it since he wanted to become smart. However, in the film, Charlie wasn’t told that the operation might be temporary before he start the operation which caused a huge embarrassment for Dr. Strauss and Dr. Nemur during their presentation. The filmmakers might have made this change to the story because every film need a climax that is dramatic or a part that’s emotional and