Discovery In Stephen Chbosky's 'Perks Of Being A Wallflower'

The term “literary canon” refers to “a body of books, narratives and other texts considered to be the most important and influential of a particular time period or place.” What books fall into the canon has, in the past, been determined by older, rich, religious, white men; this heavily restricted what books were deemed a socially acceptable influence. Books from authors like Shakespeare and Jane Austen were widely accepted, while more modern readings were not. Today, there is a lot of debate about what sorts of books are appropriate for the literary canon. Generally books in the Young Adult Category are not seen as adequate for the canon, but “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” by Stephen Chbosky belongs in the literary canon, despite its

Can Discovery truly allows us to view life in a new and fresh way? Due to the complex and abstract nature of the concept of discovery, a true sense of discovery harbour's the ability to incite individuals in many differentiating ways as it can be provoked through their different past experiences. The concept of discovery has evidently evoked curiosity and inquisitiveness through the protagonists of both the indigenous play “Rainbows end” composed by Jane Harrison, and also through the novel “The fault in our stars” authored by John Green.

     The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky is a poignant coming of age story about a teenage boy named Charlie who is entering into his freshman year of high school and trying to cope with death, life, friends, and sexuality. Chobosky does a remarkable job at describing all of these issues through the eyes of a shy, introvert teen. The reader will be shocked, amazed, and grateful to join Charlie in his walk down the road of realization and growing up.

“To discover is to gain sight or knowledge of something.” How have ideas about discovery been shown in Away and The Book Thief

The Age of Discovery, also known by others as the “Age of Exploration”, was a period starting in the 15th century, lasting for over 200 years, and was conceived by the pioneer Portuguese and Spanish explorers in their search for precious metals and very costly spices, such as saffron and cardamom. Although the expansion of knowledge about the world was a good intention, it ultimately turned out be have extremely severe consequences, which its effects are still being suffered to this day!

The term ‘discovery’ can be explored and interpreted in many different ways, the meaning is created by an individual’s perception, opinion and experiences of discovery. In the book Swallow the Air by Tara June Winch and the film, Titanic by James Cameron explores the concept of discovery as an idea that discoveries can be challenging as they allow for the transformation of an individual’s perspective, and they allow for an individual to discover their true identity and the identity of others around them.

People always make great discoveries, but they are sometimes caused by mistakes. Mistakes can’t help find discoveries. The real way to make discoveries is through lots of research and years of work. Although mistakes can help find discoveries they often do more damage than helping and can make people lose the trail to artifacts.

A discovery encompasses the experiences made by an individual who explores and questions what is known and understood about the world. These types of discoveries can lead to significant ramifications such as transformative perspectives and connect with the universality of specific concepts. The Australian play by Michael Gow, ‘Away’ and short film ‘Time’ express these ideas through their different forms and representations of themes such as the influence of nature and the cyclical nature of different discoveries. Thus opportunities to discover are offered to individuals throughout their lives, allowing their desires to discover to be achieved.

The process of discovery occurs when individual encounter challenges or problems and through the experiences of adversity they acquire their real identity. Jane Harrison’s play, Rainbow’s End, June Winch’s novel, Swallow the air, and the carton Seashell, by Michael Leunig are the three texts exemplifies how the process of discovery can be confronting and provocative and leads to transformation.

S.E Hilton’s inspirational book, Outsiders, is about a boy named Ponyboy and his best friends as they go on an adventure that will change them forever. I compared Ponyboy to myself and noticed many similarities and differences between the two of us. We are similar when it comes to social character, sports, grades, and even courage. Even though we have some similarities, we also have our differences when it comes to time period, freedom, generosity, and organization. I enjoyed comparing and contrasting Ponyboy to myself because he taught me that even though life can be tough, if you look on the bright side of things, you can find happiness once again.

Discovery could be experienced through the process of discovering something new or rediscovering a past time that has been erased or buried deep in our minds. Good morning/afternoon teachers and today, I will take you through the journey of Raye Colbey, Adam Hartup, and Raquel Moore from the confronting documentary, ‘Go Back To Where You Came From’. Accompanying them on this adventure of discovery are the fictional characters, Mr. Kapasi and Mrs. Mina Das from the short story, ‘Interpreter of Maladies’. Through our observation of their progress, we are able to see them discovering new understandings about themselves, or rediscovering a previous, abandoned feeling.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a novel about coming of age that is seen through the perspective of Charlie, a young ‘wallflower’ that is starting high school and experiences the troublesome teenage life filled with drugs, sexuality and love. Charlie writes this book in a series of letters to an anonymous person. Charlie is the main protagonist of the story who is apprehensive and a kind-hearted boy however he has many problems happening in his life that he doesn’t like to concern others with “I just don’t want you to worry about me, or think you’ve met me, or waste your time anymore”. I admire Charlie because he is very considerate of others and although he is shy he overcomes this fear when he tries to find friends and step out of his comfort zone” Normally I am very shy, but (Patrick) seemed like the kind of guy you could just walk up to at a football game even though you were three years younger and not popular”. In return Charlie is rewarded with his first real friend at high school. I also admire Charlie for his mature attitude towards finding new friends and moving on from the death of his friend Michael. Charlie really needed to start interacting more with people, during the story we find out that Charlie misses having a friend and that being alone can be difficult and cause negative effects “It would be very nice to have a friend again. I would like that even more than a date”. I think

The nature of discovery entails a journey that is transformative. Motivated by curiosity and wonder, discoveries have the ability to inform and amend an individual’s perceptions. This transformative process is fundamental to an individuals' understanding of their own humanity, often compelling them to admit new values, dynamically challenging and changing their own perspectives. Both William Shakespeare’s The Tempest and Garry Ross’s 1998 film Pleasantville accurately elucidates how interest and speculation can be a facilitator in the discoveries of fresh understandings which lead to newfound awareness of humanity, heightened acceptance and forgiveness and renewed perceptions of reality.

For some, making a new discovery is a feat reserved for great scientists and leaders. For others, making a discovery lies in their own mind's eye; It is something that might not be monumental to the world, but it is something that opens up new perspectives for one's self.

Discovery is the act or process of being discovered. It is an universal aspect of life which is a fundamental need and a critical component of one’s being. It is powerfully influenced by an individual’s interactions with others and the world around them, which stem from social and personal circumstances, additionally ramifications are a logical process or end result from discovery. Because when we discover new things we learn to see the world differently and it is how we see the world that changes what we do or that sows our actions in the world, these ramifications may be emotional, physical, creative or spiritual. This notion is explored in both "Go back to where you came from" by Ivan O'Mahoney and "The lost thing" by Shaun Tan.