The Perks of Being a Wallflower John A******* Mrs. Sisk 7th May 10‚ 2013 I loved my book‚ “Perks of Being a Wallflower”‚ for the following reasons‚ because of the characters. I love the main character Charlie and his friends. I love the setting. And I love how they ended the book in the hospital. I love the characters because I can relate a lot to Charlie‚ since he’s a freshman in high school‚ like me. And how he was scared of High School. In the beginning of the book it said he was very
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower; a Timeless Movie with the Use of Symbolizing Time The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a timeless movie directed by Stephen Chbosky. There are so many little and precise detailing that goes into the movie to make it well done on so many scales. There are lots of forms of film elements used and shown throughout the movie‚ but one particular symbol focuses on is the use of clocks and how it helps shape the movie and the idea Chbosky is trying to get across. The scenes
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The Perks of Being A Wallflower is a novel by Stephen Chbosky about a teenage boy trying to make it through his first year of high school. Charlie is an emotionally unstable freshman. A few weeks into the school year‚ Charlie attends a home football game at his school‚ where he meets Patrick and Sam- a brother and sister (who are seniors) who will become Charlie’s best friends through the entire year. Through the novel‚ Charlie makes mistakes and faces difficult times. Throughout the book‚ Stephen
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower is the symbol of the average teenager and their struggles to be accepted amongst others and amongst themselves. Author Stephen Chbosky exemplifies this teen struggle by depicting an introverted and self-deteriorating character named Charlie explains his experiences by writing a series of journal entries to an anonymous source. He begins to write shortly after the tragic suicide of his best friend Michael and explains that he anticipates his first year of Highschool
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Changing in The Perks of Being a Wallflower In The Perks of Being a Wallflower‚ by Stephen Chbosky‚ Charlie‚ a freshman in high school‚ grows from being someone who sits by and watches life to a person who fully participates in life. Charlie’s personality changes a lot throughout the book. He starts off as a person who sits back and watches all the people and situations in life around him pass him by. This continues until his teacher‚ Bill‚ convinces him that it is important to participate in
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Stephen Chbosky’s book the Perks of being a Wallflower showcases a young boy Charlie as an outcast that watches everything surrounding him. Charlie goes through many personality changes during his freshmen year. He starts the year out as a shy observer who rarely talks‚ but later on is more active and outgoing. By the end of the book Charlie is no longer a "wallflower" and is participating in his life. The book starts off with the suicide of Charlie’s good friend Michael at the end of
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topics which is a reason that makes Queer Studies an interesting discipline. When reading the Queer Studies chapter of Robert Parker’s text‚ How to Interpret Literature‚ I could not help but think of the novel and film of The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. I find Perks to be groundbreaking in terms of representing the homophobic cultures that are found in America’s high schools. There are several instances where subject material can be applied to situations within the film‚ but I found
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In The Perks of Being A Wallflower‚ we are introduced to the introverted and diffident character of Charlie-- a teenager who spent the summer at a psychiatric hospital due to the suicide of his best friend. Throughout the movie‚ Charlie seems to constantly idolize his Aunt Helen-- having consistent flashbacks from his childhood with his Aunt. Yet‚ as the movie goes on‚ those flashbacks of Aunt Helen causes his mental state to rapidly deteriorate. According to the DSM-5‚ symptoms of a patient with
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morals of society. Throughout Perks of Being a Wallflower‚ many characters can be seen conforming
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Perks Deconstruction and Quotes QUOTE TECHNIQUE BELONGING/EFFECT “Dear friend…” “…Love always‚ Charlie.” Epistolary Directly addressing the responder First person Emotive language Ritual and routine creates belonging Emotive belonging with no physical connection “I just need to know that someone out there listens and understands… I need to know that these people exist” Repetition of “I need to know” Cumulative detail Isolation Emotional impact of isolation and connection Sense of
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