200265 “Perks of Being a Wallflower” is book that has been highly debated within the Dubuque Area especially at Hempstead High School. It is said that this book contains graphic sex scenes and pornographic literary images that high school students shouldn’t be exposed to. The other side of the argument is that this book showcases a light within mental health disorders and being an outcasts in schools. This book is based within a high school setting‚ so educators were thinking this would be
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spinning. You stop. You realise there is no end. You can’t escape your own mind. That‚ ladies and gentlemen‚ is exactly how 1 in 4 depressed teenagers in Australia feel every single day. *emphasise last words* For the original trailer of Perks of Being a Wallflower‚ we focused on the theme of finding belonging‚ friendship and hope. All these things that are‚ to
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we react to new understandings. The Tempest by Shakespeare and The Perks of being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky both show discoveries through acts of love and emotional self-discoveries which can be ‘fresh and meaningful’ for the individual and also the ones around them. In The Tempest‚ we see the main characters go through a notion of the power of love and also emotional discoveries. Likewise‚ in The Perks of being a Wallflower‚ the main character Charlie‚ goes through a journey of discovery that
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Throughout the movie‚ The Perks of Being a Wallflower‚ Charlie and the rest of the characters display many examples of cognitive transitions. Most of the characters portrayed in this film are in their formal operations stage of cognitive development‚ as these characters range from early adolescence to young adults (Steinberg‚ 2017‚ p. 61). On Charlie’s first day of high school he believes his fellow students are an imaginary audience that are watching and evaluating his actions (p. 58). Charlie tries
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the book. In The Catcher In The Rye‚ Holden mainly talks about how people are phony‚ how they become phony and how this affects their education‚ desire of learning‚ approach next to the girls and behavior next to people. However‚ in The Perks of Being a Wallflower Charlie becomes an example for the message of The Catcher in The Rye with the change in his educational thoughts and behaviors. “An inferiority complex is a lack of self-worth‚ a doubt and uncertainty‚ and feelings of not measuring up to
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overlooks his morals and ethics and does whatever it takes to become king. He is obviously thinking only of himself and isn’t afraid to hurt people that get in his way. In contrast‚ another character that had big ambitions was Charlie in Perks of Being a Wallflower. One of his desire throughout a lot of the book was to make sure his friends were happy. For example‚ during Christmas Charlie cuts himself off from the group‚ his only support system‚ because he kissed Sam rather than Mary Elizabeth.When
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“Once on a yellow piece of paper with green lines he wrote a poem And he called it "Chops" because that was the name of his dog And that’s what it was all about And his teacher gave him an A and a gold star And his mother hung it on the kitchen door and read it to his aunts That was the year Father Tracy took all the kids to the zoo And he let them sing on the bus And his little sister was born with tiny toenails and no hair And his mother and father kissed a lot And the girl
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The two books I chose to read this marking period were Paper Towns by John Greene and Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. I’m happy to say that I was very pleased with the books I had chosen‚ each novel was unique in its own way which kept me reading rather than putting the book down. Both Paper Towns and Perks of being a wallflower deal with the trials of “coming of age”‚ social Issues in growing up and finding out what kind of person you are inside. In the novel Paper Towns by John
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The Perks of being a wallflower The coming of age theme in The Perks of being a Wallflower is that he is overcoming his first love. It explores in the mind of Charlie all his emotion and drama. Dealing with all the things that happen in Charlie’s life. He had to grow up and learn to let go of the things that had happened in the past. Charlie is new and he wasn’t used to having attention from people at school‚ he’s a wallflower‚ meaning he just sits and watches from the sidelines‚ doesn’t
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heartbreaking realization. However‚ in the novel‚ some readers found it very unclear that Charlie was actually molested by his aunt (“The Perks Of Being A Wallflower - Charlie’s Sexual Abuse”). The author gave subtle hints as the novel progressed‚ but if a reader did not know signs to look out for‚ they would not notice that Charlie showed all the symptoms of being a victim of abuse. This intimate detail
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