Radical Translation: which reshapes the book in extreme and revolutionary ways both as a means of interpreting the literature and of making the film a more fully independent work.
Charlie is a freshman in high school struggling to make friends because he is not like the other students in his class. It starts out with Charlie writing to an unknown reader about his life. He remembers how his friend in middle school kills himself. Charlie is a loner. One day he meets a senior named Patrick and his stepsister Sam. Patrick is gay and is secretly dating a football player. Charlie is secretly attractive Sam, but doesn’t act on his feelings. As he becomes friends with them and their friends, his flashbacks of his aunt Helen dying is less. He dates Mary Elizabeth, but doesn’t like her as much as she loves him. During a game of truth or dare, he ruins their relationship by kissing Sam. It causes the group to exclude him and Patrick tells him to stay away. His flashbacks return. During lunch one day, Patrick is attacked by a group of football players all because he talked to his boyfriend who called him horrible names. Charlie saves him by fighting them back. His old friends let him back in the group, and everything goes back to normal. Except all of Charlie’s friends are seniors and the year is coming close to an end. His anxiety rises. Sam gets accepted in her preferred university and Charlie comes over to help her pack. While packing, Charlie tells her that he likes her. Sam is angry that he didn’t say anything. They kiss and she makes a move, but Charlie isn’t ready for that kind of relationship. The next day, Charlie experiences emotions and has flashbacks of his Aunt Helen touching him inappropriately. In the end, it comes out that Charlie was sexually molested him when he was little, but since loved his aunt he didn’t tell. He is admitted into a mental hospital. When he is released, Sam and Charlie visit him. He comes to terms with his past and decides to participate in life instead of writing letters about his life.
Was this your radical translation? I haven't seen the movie so I'm not sure what elements are vastly different? All?
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