the term wallflower is used to describe a person who because of shyness, unpopularity or the lack of a partner, remains on the side of an event. The word also portrays any person that stays on or has been forced to the sidelines of any social activity. These interpretations deeply conjure up the protagonist's personality. Therefore, I will discuss the term in this essay today. More specifically, elucidate the perks of Charlie Kelmeckis being a wallflower. The perks of being a wallflower is a coming-of-age
meeting that a new world is born.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower displays Charlie’s various encounters with amazing people who accept him for who he is. Through his interactions with them, Charlie discovers his true identity and abilities. He seeks the support of his friends for their positive energy and takes advantage of it to his fullest. Charlie’s friends teach him many life lessons and tips for him to become a better individual. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky emphasizes that
many people face and how to get involved. My American literature class allowed me to grow through my “Perks of Being A Wallflower” essay and my civil rights project. The essay and the civil rights project allowed me to take action,learn a new perspective, and Improve on my reading analysis skill. For my Perks essay I had to analyze a scene and the protagonist Charlie. My main goal for the essay was to figure out if charlie suffers from a mental disorder by using evidence from the scene. I was able
meeting that a new world is born.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower displays Charlie’s various encounters with amazing people who accept him for who he is. Through his interactions with them, Charlie discovers his true identity and abilities. He seeks the support of his friends for their positive energy and takes advantage of it to his fullest. Charlie’s friends teach him many life lessons and tips for him to become a better individual. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky emphasizes that
characters come to life, I couldn’t help but relate to some the struggle they faced as life goes on. Some the struggles I share with the characters are: Loneliness, Depression, and finding personal meaning to life. The themes I will mention is this essay show some the darker moments of my life I personally called: The Dark Abyss. Loneliness is something that everyone goes through at some point in their life. Whether you have no friends or
In Stephen Chbosky’s coming-of-age novel, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, socially awkward, 15 year old Charlie, copes and deals with the angst of high school and what it truly means to be a teenager. Chbosky’s novel tackles and gives insight on major life elements such as relationships, wellness, and acceptance, allowing readers off all ages to find relation in the protagonist 's character. “The reason I wrote this letter is because I start high school tomorrow and I am really afraid of going
The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a book written by Stephen Chbosky wrote a book that many people can relate to when it comes to the sayings of the characters. Sam said, “I’m going to do what I want to do. I’m going to be who I really am. And I’m going to figure out what that is.” Later in the book, the main character Charlie says a quote that has so much meaning when it comes to identity and figuring out who we really are. Charlies says, “I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe
making it even more special to me. After reading The Little Prince it made me want to stay in touch with my imagination and childhood wonder as I get older. For, “All grown-ups were once children... but only few of them remember it.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower is my favorite book of all time. I read it the summer before freshman year when I was having trouble with coming to terms with how everyone was breaking up into cliques and trying to find where I belonged. This book was one of the most realistic
movie that helped them through a specific time in their life. Either they watched it over and over again, or it was related to what they are going through. Perks of Being a Wallflower is the movie that influences me the most. This movie is continuing to help me deal with my journey of being in high school. I relate to Perks of Being a Wallflower because I was a scared freshman, watched my senior friends graduate, and now I am the older sister to a freshman. My freshman year was an insane year, but
Imagine that you could only see life in a dull grey. The world that is full of life and somehow dead because of an overcast view that only you can see, and everyone else can see every saturation and detailed shade of color. This can be just a slight piece of what depression is actually like, but it’s not the same for everyone. I believe that this disorder can be perceived as different for everyone for the reasons of the different lives people have lived, how every person varies in their perspective