Pop Art Joe Hill Analysis

I would have never imagined my best friend in middle school would have been a boy with a pad around his neck and could be killed with a single puncture. Joe Hill’s short story Pop Art was exactly about that. How can two boys so different and from different worlds could build such a deep friendship. “My best friend when I was twelve was inflatable” I said. Joe Hill also turned his short story Pop Art into a short film. There are a few similarities between the short story and the film but the differences are greater in number. The differences between the two makes me enjoy the short story more than the short film. Joe Hill is an American writer who has a love for comic books, the comic books would often get turned into short stories like this.
In the short story the Dad did not like Art coming over to their house so he brought the dog, a pit bull, home to keep Art from coming over. “The bull erupted off the floor, yapping hysterically, and jumped up on Art”. After this happens in the short story we spent all of our time over at Art’s house. This allows the boy to interact with Art’s Mom. In the short story you learn the boy’s Mom left when he was very young. The ending of the short story is totally different than the film due to the dog “Happy”, which is his name in the short story. The boy’s Dad plans a dentist appointment for him so he was not home when Art came over to see him. His Dad let the pit bull, Happy, out of his pen and Happy starts after Art so he climbs in the car on a hot summer day while not being able to open the windows. “Art sat. Happy didn’t move.” the short story stated. Art is seen longer in the ending of the short story but continues to be pumped up with air several times a day and realizes nothing will change so he has the boy bring a bunch of balloons to him just like the short film