Perks Of Being A Wallflower By Stephen Chbosky
The novel “Perks of Being a Wallflower” by Stephan Chbosky, describes the life of the main character Charlie. It is told through journals to which Charlie describes his day, week, or month. He describes his struggles and successes. While Chbosky develops Charlie as observant and warm hearted, he is also overwhelmed and withdrawn. Chbosky develops Charlie as observant and warm-hearted. Charlie is a very observant person and this is proven throughout the whole book. During a disagreement between his sister and father, “My dad said, “There are other people who have it a lot worse.” And my mom was quiet. And that was that, too. A month later, my sister met another boy and started playing happy records again. And my dad kept working. And my mom
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Or just not being aware that you exist. Or something like that” (Chbosky 94). After an episode of Charlie’s occurred, he began to fall back into a hole where he had tried so hard to get himself out of. The events that took place throughout his life have a huge impact on him, resulting in the way he overthinks and is easily overwhelmed. When he feels this way, he likes to withdraw himself from the world and that makes him lose friends and connections he once had. After Charlie took LSD and almost overdosed, “I feel like a big faker because I’ve been putting my life back together and nobody knows. It’s hard to sit in my bedroom and read like I always did” (Chbosky 100). Charlie struggled to build himself back up after he fell hard. He felt lonely, but as much as he felt the loneliness, he found comfort in being lonely at times. He had lost friends and family throughout the book and it made big changes in his life as well as the way he acted. Chbosky very clearly exclaimed the traits, overwhelmed and withdrawn while developing Charlie. Charlie shows lots of strengths and weaknesses throughout the book. He is very detailed and easy-spoken. The main traits Charlie displayed in this book were observant and warm-hearted, as well as overwhelmed and
Or just not being aware that you exist. Or something like that” (Chbosky 94). After an episode of Charlie’s occurred, he began to fall back into a hole where he had tried so hard to get himself out of. The events that took place throughout his life have a huge impact on him, resulting in the way he overthinks and is easily overwhelmed. When he feels this way, he likes to withdraw himself from the world and that makes him lose friends and connections he once had. After Charlie took LSD and almost overdosed, “I feel like a big faker because I’ve been putting my life back together and nobody knows. It’s hard to sit in my bedroom and read like I always did” (Chbosky 100). Charlie struggled to build himself back up after he fell hard. He felt lonely, but as much as he felt the loneliness, he found comfort in being lonely at times. He had lost friends and family throughout the book and it made big changes in his life as well as the way he acted. Chbosky very clearly exclaimed the traits, overwhelmed and withdrawn while developing Charlie. Charlie shows lots of strengths and weaknesses throughout the book. He is very detailed and easy-spoken. The main traits Charlie displayed in this book were observant and warm-hearted, as well as overwhelmed and