Perks Of Wallflower

The Perks of Being a Wallflower is the story of a unique high school student named Charlie and his journey of self-discovery throughout his freshman year. Charlie’s personality changes drastically from the beginning of the book to the end of it; and this is what I want to focus on. First I am going to detail Charlie’s personality at the beginning of the book and then use Erik Erikson’s theory of Psychosocial Development, Kohlberg’s theory of Moral Development, Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development and an article about adolescent bulling to analyze them. I will then use examples from the book and film to illustrate his growth in the respected areas. Through these major theories of psychology I will show Charlie’s evolution from a wallflower to a human being.

In The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky there are many literary devices used to convey a point. Devices that are used are simile, allusion, imagery, tone, hyperbole, and metaphor. The author uses these to show that when you are alone and don’t really ever talk to people you start to see who you are. If you plan everything out in your life you will look like a fool because no one has complete control of their path and just try to stay on for the ride. When the author says “what it would be like on the last day of my senior year” the person doesn’t know what to expect and they are comparing what they think about themselves now to what they think they will be in the future..

I’m a firm believer that movies should always have at least one character that can be considered relatable to the viewer. While most movies do the bare minimum to fulfill this requirement, Perks of Being a Wallflower goes above and beyond. This movie somehow manages to make every single character relatable, no matter your age, gender, sexual orientation or level of academic achievement. At first, I wasn’t sure if the subject matter was appropriate for a teen, feel good movie, however, I now understand why this movie is adored by so many people.

Charlie begins to hang out with Sam and Patrick and is getting in the routine of going to football games and then going out afterwards to celebrate. Afterwhile he catches feelings for Sam and the way he expresses them further deepens our understanding of his depression. Instead of going with the flow and not telling her about the dreams he had about her, he professes his love for her in the form of sharing his dreams and telling her just how he feels. Perhaps, this isn’t all his fault because when Sam tells him that she’s too old for him, he becomes obsessed with his love for her and can’t stop thinking about how perfect she is in his eyes. The only thing this confession has done for him is make his feelings grow and send him in a downward spiral of

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 think that The Perks of Being a Wallflower is exceptional in its class of literary works mainly because Chbosky chose to push the limits of teen fiction. Most young adult writers are afraid to further explore the world of drugs, sexuality, and depression in too much detail. What most writers fail to realize is that high school vividly explains all those things. Young readers are ready for a book that seems to understand that too. Chobosky did a wonderful job at developing and defining each character. He made them seem real, which helps readers relate. Although many may think that the number of controversial issues discussed in the book makes it negative, the book is really about finding yourself in the midst of chaos and peer pressure. Charlie eventually

The Perks of Being A Wallflower is a book about the changes teens go through as they mature and the obstacles they face during this time. Charlie comes across changes in his relationships, his own stance in his family, school, and friends, and how he thinks of himself. He learns about his past and makes changes towards how he thinks about himself and why he is who he is.

‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower’ follows shy and kind-natured Charlie Kelmeckis (Logan Lerman- Percy Jackson, The Butterfly Effect) as he enters high school alone, after the recent loss of his middle school best friend to suicide. Charlie gets befriended by seniors Sam (Emma Watson- Harry Potter-Beauty and the Beast) and Patrick (Ezra Miller- Justice League, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them) and finally feels accepted.

A few days ago, I was finally able to watch the long-awaited movie adaptation of Stephan Chbosky’s epistolary novel The Perks of Being a Wallflower. The movie follows awkward introvert Charlie Kelmeckis as he copes with the suicide of his best friend, starting high school, his first love, and his raging mental illness while struggling to find a group of friends with which he belongs.

Throughout the duration of The Perks of Being a Wallflower, the disease that plagues many high school aged students, affects Charlie in ways that many people would never imagine. The depression that Charlie is suffering from also characterizes him while helping him grow. The growth does not start out as positive or healthy in any way but by the end of the book, the crash that Charlie had experienced, helped him come back stronger than before. After receiving help from trusted adults and medical staff, Charlie is ready to jump back into his life and participate in high school and relationships

The novel with the title "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" continues and ends with a grand finale, sending a meaningful moral through a youthful roller coaster ride. The implied definition of a wallflower can be inferred throughout the course of Charlie's behaviour, conveyed in the journal entries. Seeing his past self hanging out with only Michael and his dialogue with Sam from page 201,'... I don't think you would have acted different...if you did like Mary Elizabeth...

This story provides some valuable life lessons that everyone can learn from, especially teens. The movie provides different perspectives about facing countless issues in life. Charlie is beginning freshman year, giving him a clean slate which means he can redefine himself; nobody needs to know his past mental problems and anxiety. However, his plans to go unnoticed don’t work out.

If you were to look up the definition of the word perfection in the dictionary it would say The Perks of Being a Wallflower. You laugh, hurt, cry and fall in love in one movie. Stephen Chbosky writer and director of the book and movie is truly extraordinary. Charlie (Logan Lerman), a 15-year-old freshman, has just joined high school where he copes with: being an outsider, his first love and the suicide of his best friend. To combat his mental illness Charlie writes letters to his imaginary friend until he meets a group of people with whom he belongs.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a coming-of-age epistolary novel written by American novelist Stephen Chbosky set in the suburbs of Pittsburgh in the 1990's (Wikipedia, 2012). It follows the life of a teenage boy named Charlie.

Stephen Chbosky’s The Perks of being a Wallflower is an explicit coming of age novel that gives teenagers a sense of relation with the 16 year old protagonist, Charlie. This book was a bestseller in the year 1999. This book definitely has a more mature content and is very straight to the point, it includes drug usage from parties, sex, and violence. Although this book has explicit content, definitely do not let that distract you from the story.