Perks Of Being A Wallflower Reflection

Teenagers today face a number of problems, ranging from peer pressure and alcohol, to depression and rape. These severe topics can have an intense effect on a growing child, now, and in the future. Many modern teenagers face the daily struggles of harmful situations, and the good and bad in them. In The Perks of Being a Wall Flower, Charlie faces almost every bad situation imaginable, in a heart breaking and realistic coming of age story. Charlie does not have the grandest high school experience, but the book represents the harsh and cruel reality of what so many students face today. Charlie, also being on the unclear side of what he was experiencing, was also hit hard with the outcomes of his actions. Drugs, alcohol, and sexual interaction contributed to the difficult standards that are held to growing students, in their fight to fit in. Every teen has faced the harsh reality of peer pressure and abuse, which takes a harsh effect on its victims. In the beginning of the story, Charlie faces the death of one of his friend Michael, to suicide. Starting the beginning of Charlie?s coming of age story, also known as a freshman in high school. Throughout the book, peer pressure, substance abuse, the fight to be normal, and the hope to have friends in the first place pushed Charlie to take the wrong path in some situations. Charlie?s coming of age story represents the teenage life today

I absolutely adored Stephen Chbosky's (Beauty and the Beast, Allegiant) ‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower’ for its captivating and emotionally driven storyline that will intensely connect with all. The movie is filled with teen angst and struggles we can all relate to and discusses topics our society shuns from. This is captivating to an audience and makes them think about mental health and trauma in a way they haven’t before.

As the movie continues and the characters begin to break down their walls and get to know each other, both them and those watching see that they really are not all that different, despite their very different stereotypes.

Have you ever felt that you don’t get the respect that you deserve? David Greenberg was a 6th grader at Harman Middle school. Just like all 6th graders, the start of middle school can be really tough. Especially when you lose your best friend right before school starts. David became kind of famous online, but at school no one really acknowledges him for it. In the meantime, David has to deal with bullies and loneliness. When David is happy, he is with friends and family but while he is unhappy, he is alone. At the end, things do work out and David has friends but he isn’t always untroubled. I think David isn’t always happy but has a lot of fun at Harman Middle School.

Walking into Booth Middle School on the first day of seventh grade, all I wanted was a friend. I cared little about whether they would make an impact on my life; as a newcomer to Peachtree City, I was open to befriend anyone. Within the first week, I met Annabelle. I was so preoccupied with the excitement of having a new friend that I was unaware of how greatly she would impact not only my first day, first week, or first year of middle school, but how vastly she would affect my future.

This movie opened my eyes and help me to gain a sociological perspective into the high schools in America. I was able to notice all of the different norms, values, and types of cultures that make up high school. While teenagers in high school have their own type of culture there are also many subcultures that make up the school. An example of a time in which the audience sees these subcultures is when the

Overall, the movie The Perks of Being a Wallflower tells the story of a teen with significant trauma and depression. It shows how his friends help him through tough times and give him a good high school experience. He finds himself and receives help from his friends, family, and doctors. It shows how mental illness is normal in teens and that it is okay to seek

Tom Blaine is a student at Brookdale studying film and communication. His interest in film and literature all started when he was a kid with his father. Tom described his father as a “move buff”, having collected a wide variety of old films, like Star Wars. They would lie on the couch, watching the

After analyzing the classic movie, The Breakfast Club it is safe to say that the characters in the movie got a little more out of detention than they were thinking. When the five characters, who are very much different from each other, all found out they were going to be forced to spend their Saturday together writing an 1000 word essay on “who [they] think they are”, you can imagine their initial reaction. Little did they know that spending the day all together would allow them to better understand their identity and sense of self as well as further understand the importance of adolescence; the time between childhood and adulthood.

The message that I got from it was that a person should be proud of their sexual orientation or who they are in general even if the ones around them aren't. Another message I took from this movie is to never let anyone even their parents try to make you change to fit in. Something that stuck out most to me was a quote from a poem Alike had wrote. “I am not running, I am choosing. Running is not a choice from the breaking.

Now let’s quickly close this protracted (slide rule scaled) essay by skipping over the gaping and barren caldera that is my Public School education, where I studiously avoided the pre-med Math and Science track - since I don’t plan on becoming a doctor or a mathematician, in favor of Castle’s (almost but not quite) nationally recognized Media Arts Program - since I do plan on pursuing the Arts, diving deep into the (Liberal) Arts and Languages - Pidgin, Spanish, French, English & Writing classes, to emulate the trail-blazing trajectory of my older (and similarly math-phobic) sister Maria, so like her I too might procure a Kenyon Film degree and secure my fame and fortune and everything that goes with it - I thank you all (and one day The Academy)

Originating all the way back to the 12th century of England, “gay” meant happy, carefree or joyful. Fast forward to the 21th century and the definition was altered to mean homosexuals and dumb

Negative topics such as bestiality, drug use, homesexuality, sexual abuse, suicide, domestic abuse, and depression are all found with the pages of The Perks of Being a Wallflower and outrage parents across the country(Outrich). Parents see the praise of this book as the glorification of rape, drugs, and more-when, in reality, the book does not glorify these horrific topics, but rather provides knowledge on them that educates readers about their impact on human beings(Reed). Concerning curious parents, The Perks of Being a Wallflower has been banned from multiple schools since 2003 and continues to be due to complaints and concerns from adults that have found out about it through their child reading it(Titus). While this is a major concern to certain parents, these parents should not to try to ban the book from teenagers who could actually benefit with the information from said

Although this film is disadvantaging to many people, it is also very beneficial. I think people that come from the lower class or an abusive household can really benefit from this film. The main point of this film is to show people that you can achieve anything you want to do no matter what background you come from, and although it might be hard because of economical/ personal issues you are not less of a person than anyone and you can still be successful. I love the idea of success because it doesn’t really have a set definition. You don’t necessarily need money to be/feel successful. You can work at Subway and still be successful while a twelve time Oscar winning actor can be successful. You sort of carve out your own success and make your own definition for it. This movie will also teach people that they are not on their own. Although you might think nobody is there for you, when you enter a room you don’t know what everyone is thinking or how everyone feels; you might now even know everyone. It is kind of like when you’re putting together a puzzle, you put certain pieces together and you get closer to finishing and you just need to keep trying to solve the puzzle because if you give up you just wasted your money on a puzzle

In the 2012 film The Perks of Being a Wallflower the audience is immersed into the life of Charlie Kelmeckis, a socially awkward teenage boy undergoing his first year of high school. Charlie’s troubled past, consisting of multiple trips to the mental hospital and the death of his best friend, is a prominent factor that continues creating challenges for him throughout the film. When comparing Charlie’s development to that of research, such as Erikson’s Theory of Psychosocial Development and Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development, it is evident that his cognitive development, the relationship he has with his family, and the relationship he has with his peers are all major factors contributing to his psychological development.