The Perks of Being a Wallflower‚ Part I - The book opens in 1991‚ when Charlie writes a letter to some unknown person who "didn’t try to sleep with that person at that party" even though they could have. He tells us that he will call people by different names‚ so as to reserve his anonymity. I like that he opens the book like this because it gives us a hint as to the moral center of Charlie. I also‚ personally‚ believe that he is writing to another male‚ which is interesting in itself. - One
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like Charlie’s sister believed when she was slapped across the face by her boyfriend‚ even saying “but I love him!.”(25) to her parents when they found out. I can relate to this personally‚ not by being in love with a boy‚ and hurt physically‚ but having love for friends‚ in a sister kind of way and being abused mentally and verbally. I don’t like the fact that I thought it was okay‚ to be put down or talked about behind my back. I often thought that’s just what girl’s do‚ right? I have let it happen
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To Kill a Mockingbird and The Perks of Being a Wallflower both are great at showing coming of age. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ the protagonist was Scout while in The Perks of Being a Wallflower the protagonist was Charlie. During the 1960s coming of age was different compared to the late 1990s because there was a large gap in time and the world wasn´t as developed as it is today. A reason being is Scout came of age by learning valuable life lessons and learning from her mistakes. She also came of
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Overview of The Perks of Being a Wallflower and the main Character‚ Charlie. Anthony Cortes Overview of Main Character The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a story about a freshman in high school‚ named Charlie. Charlie was bullied in middle school for being a bookworm. He wants to change this since he is now entering high school. Charlie is the typical shy new kid at high school and he misses his best friend‚ who had committed suicide. Charlie’s freshman year does not start out great because the
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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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Kitschy and Brilliant: Relationship Dynamics in The Perks of Being a Wallflower April 29‚ 2013 Kitschy and Brilliant Portrayal of Relationship Dynamics “My life is an afterschool special.” These words‚ spoken by the character‚ Patrick‚ summarize the dynamics of the relationships portrayed in the movie‚ The Perks of Being a Wallflower. The movie is a coming-of-age story about Charlie‚ a boy without any friends‚ as he enters his first year of high school. While the movie
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In middle school‚ I dreaded high school. It was a whole new world full of challenges that I only had a glimpse of from reading Perks of Being a Wallflower and Catcher in the Rye. I spent much of my time worrying about what high school would be like. But I never imagined that I would become a person that would not only conquer the challenges but also help others face theirs. My first step into my high school was followed by four others. These four other people were my Big Sibs‚ the people who welcome
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower and its inclusion in a history of childhood in literature. First and foremost‚ The Perks of Being a Wallflower (1999) is a ‘coming of age’ novel focusing on a young high-school freshman‚ Charlie‚ and his friends. Published in 1999‚ Stephen Chbosky received critical acclaim for writing a novel dealing with the sensitive issues some teenagers face during their time at high school. Exploring homosexuality‚ sex‚ drugs‚ violence and love‚ our protagonist Charlie goes
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MLCP asks me to study banned books. The books I decided to study is The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky and The Handmaid’s Tale ‚ Margaret Atwood ‚ which are some of the most popularly controversial books in the U.S. I studied the cities in which the banned books took place. In Glen Ellyn‚ Illinois The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chobsky was brought up as an issue in Hadley Junior High School for being too obscene and explicit. The book is a coming of age story about a boy
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of being under a lot of pressure‚ having a huge burden on your shoulders. Everyone handles and thinks of stress differently in many ways with different kinds of remedies and solutions. Some people tend to let the stress get to them and can get very emotional about it. Others can handle it very well and stay calm and work well with it. All in all‚ everyone has different ways of dealing with stress‚ including Pat Tillman from Where Men Win Glory and Charlie from The Perks of Being a Wallflower‚ in
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