The Perks of Being a Wallflower‚ written by american novelist Stephen Chbosky‚ is a truly moving coming-of-age story delving into the underground dynamics of a suburban Pittsburgh society during the early 90’s. The Perks of Being a Wallflower illustrates the unchartered world of sex‚ drugs‚ first dates and mix tapes and gives a truly honest insight into the vast spectrum of tees; from sugar and spice to saucy and suicidal. Main character‚ Charlie Kelmeckis‚ who is starting his first year as a high
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Amanda Prado -- Summer Reading Journal "The Perks of being a Wallflower"‚ by Stephen Chobsky In "The Perks..." there are a variety of personalities portrayed through the book. Charlie being the "wallflower" of the title‚ was different from most of the other students at his high school. He understood what most didn ’t and didn ’t judge anyone for who they are or what they were like; on the contrary‚ he actually thought about and sometimes asked why they decided to be that way‚ and there was
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Jingyi Jenny Tan Period 2 12.3.12 Book Report Essay: The Perks of Being a Wallflower For my book report‚ I read The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Eloquently written by Stephen Chbosky‚ it is narrated by Charlie as he describes the highs and lows of being a teenager. Other major characters include Sam and Patrick‚ two teenagers he meets at a football game‚ and Charlie’s sister. The story takes place in a suburban area of Pittsburgh during the early 1990’s. Charlie is a freshman in high
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scrutiny of Ivan Sen’s film ‘Beneath Clouds’ and Stephen Chbosky’s ‘Perks of Being a Wallflower’ we begin to see aspects of the affiliation between the internal journey and alternate journeys. Today‚ ladies and gentlemen I argue that the inner journey is the central and pinnacle of all conceived journeys‚ that all other journeys‚ work to shape and determine the fundamental and paramount internal journey. The idea of the inner journey being moulded by other journeys is immediately noticeable through the
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friends leave. And life doesn’t stop for anybody.” (Chbosky 145) I will never forget the moment I read those words. That one quote‚ that one line‚ had so much significance in my life and still does to this day. The quote is from the novel‚ The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. And from that moment‚ I knew it was okay to not be okay and that I was not alone. A wallflower is a person who would rather pay attention to what goes on around them‚ rather than participate in life. And
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1.) Love - In ’The Perks of Being a Wallflower’ love is shown in many different ways: the love between friends‚ between family members and between a teenager and his first big crush. Feelings‚ and how to express them‚ are confusing for anyone‚ but Charlie has an exceptionally difficult time with it. 2.) Friendship - I really liked how friendship plays an important part of Charlie’s life. His only friend Michael had committed suicide and Charlie was still coping with the loss of his friend‚ but when
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Is The Perks of Being a Wallflower a Tragedy? To begin‚ the quote “The World is full of suffering‚ but it is also full of the overcoming of it” (itsworthquoting.com‚ 2013) by Hellen Keller has a strong meaning to encourage individuals to stand strong when a tragedy appears in life. In the novel‚ “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” by Stephen Chbosky the main character Charlie faces many tragedies in his developing years of life such as the self-inflicted death of his best friend Michael‚ the death
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‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower’ is told in a series of letters that were addressed from the main character‚ Charlie‚ to an anonymous reader as an outlet for his fears. Charlie is a freshman in high school and is just starting to learn to accept and identify who he really is. After loosing his best friend to suicide‚ Charlie is left to experience high school on his own. Throughout this novel‚ Charlie begins to develop and mature as his character is faced with a handful of unfamiliar situations.
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keep it? The Perks of Being a Wallflower‚ at its core‚ is a book about friendship and the underrated importance of platonic love. It shows how a few good friends can make nothing else matter. If you do not have someone to share life with‚ it sometimes might seem like it is not worth living. From the point of view of someone who has always been on the outside‚ watching instead of doing‚ this book asks and tries to answer the age-old question of how to fit in. In The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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Effect of the Past in the Present in Stephen Chbosky’s The Perks of being a Wallflower L.Lakshmi M.Phil. Research Scholar Department of English Alagappa University Karaikudi Literature is an amalgam of social issues which always highlight the problem of identity crisis‚ gender discrimination‚ child sexual abuse‚ familial struggles‚ alienation and so on. The prevailing crisis in contemporary period is the problems of adolescence which affect the progress of adults and humankind. It is a preventable
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