Post #5

The three essential scenes that  i would  keep are: when White's house is  getting shattered by ice chunks, Margaret thinking that she is dying when really she was just pregnant ,and making the shower scene more traumatic and terrifying. 

In the book, the shower scene was very important, because it's what triggered Carrie's telekinesis to progress. In both versions of the movies Carrie notices that she has blood running down her leg and she screams and thats how girls notice it in the locker room, but in the book it was a more traumatic experience for Carrie. As she walks out from shower, girls notice blood dripping down her leg and start to humiliate her. This quote clearly depicts  disgust and hate towards Carrie . "Then the laughter, disgusted, contemptuous, horrified, seemed to rise and bloom into something ugly." Whereas in the newer version this scene was soften to girls just making fun of her . So by making this scene more emotionally disturbing, one can perceive what Carrie is going through . Sympathy is also developed towards Carrie in this scene, as she is being ostracized by everyone. 

Telekinesis developed in Carrie at young age. Awakening of it was provoked by Carrie's religious fanatic mother, Margaret. She went insane when she saw Carrie at the Horan's place, when she forbade her daughter to go over there. As a result Carrie summoned ice chunks to fall on their house. This scene was left out in both versions of the movies as well. It's crucial to include it, because of its foreshadowing effect. 

Another traumatic scene that should be kept is Margaret giving birth to Carrie. Margaret concluded that she is dying of cancer and this deepens her character as you understand that there is something wrong with her. You start wrestling with your thoughts whether she is in the right mind or how can she be so ignorant and not know what is happening to her. It also adds intensity to the plot. 

In the newer version of Carrie , i thought it was irrelevant to change from girls playing volleyball to water polo and the scene where Sue and Chris meet at the restaurant.