The And The Perks Of Being A Wallflower J. K. Rowling And Stephen Chbosky

Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian and J.K Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows are both fantasy adventure novels set in modern times. Cultural, literary, and historic references are found throughout both novels which create appeal for older readers, however, both novels are more targeted towards adolescents’ due to the inclusion of adolescent protagonists, pop culture references, and easily understood modern language. Both authors convey very similar ideas, in that, the fear of death can lead to a desire to defeat it, but this is always a fruitless goal. In both texts, Riordan and Rowling convey the idea that their characters as in real life are more complex than they originally appear and their behaviour throughout the texts can often be explained by their past experiences. Additionally, another idea which is depicted is that a key struggle faced in life is the choice between acting in one’s self-interest or for the interest of others and for the greater good. The authors in their texts both use varying techniques, such as characters, dialogue, and symbolism to establish these ideas and shape their audience’s response.

In Harry Potter and the sorcerer’s stone, the author J.K. Rowling introduces to the reader several characters.

In Stephen Chobosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Chbosky wrote a coming of age story; about a fifteen year old boy named “Charlie,” and his strife to find his place in high school, and all the while trying to handle the suicide of his best friend. While learning many important lessons of life, and of its important relationships. Stephen Chbosky's purpose is to share with us, these common themes of isolationism, harsh society, participating, conflicting with emotions, and finally people treat themselves as they think they need be treated.

I have never been as comfortable with people made of flesh and bone than I have been with those made of words. Whatever information I lose in the contours of the human face, I have no trouble locating in the unchanging, permanent text of a book. There is something about literature that felt safe to me; the worlds created within far more welcoming to little girls with problems fitting in than the one outside the pages. For this reason, fiction, from Harry Potter to The Book Thief, has remained my greatest passion ever since I learned to read.

Unlike the critics brought up by Sturm, Alison Monaghan and Mike Cook praise Chbosky’s dive into adolescents’ mental issues as well as how he touches on a multitude of other issues. Monaghan provides the most These types of novels exist because of the demand for them, which means teens are searching for themselves and their problems to be put in a novel. Critics who bemoan the innumerable amount of problems in novels such as The Perks should be kept in mind while moving on to what makes this a problem novel and what is unique about it.

J.K. Rowling is a good writer because she uses good word choice. The first example on page 159 of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, she says, “… He squeaked.” This shows us how someone says something rather than just saying said. The second example on page 188 it says, “… come with me an’ see the Great Hall, looks the treat.” This shows us how good the Great Hall, looks rather than just saying that it looks good. The third and final piece of evidence on page 280 says, “ At once, a needle-sharp pain seared across Harry’s scar…” This shows what it felt like instead of just saying that it hurt. In conclusion, I think J.K. Rowling is a great writer because of her good word choice.

The Twentieth century was fraught with many tragic moments. The two main tragedies of this century were the two world wars. Many lives were lost due to these wars and many nations grieved these losses, especially Britain. The world, after the two wars, turned to despair and all faith and trust in God in a movement of modernism. Through this movement of modernism people rejected the idea of the antiques and lost faith in religion. With the world wars, leading to the postmodern period, this only got worse. People believed that God left them as they all asked the question, not so new to us, why has an all-good God allowed all of these horrible things to happen? When people have placed their trust in an all-good, all-powerful God and He does

Chapter 1: The Boy Who Lived. Little 8 year old me sat curled up on the library floor with my nose in “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”. I was fascinated by witches who turned into cats, flying broomsticks and quidditch, secret passageways and three-headed dogs, and most of all by these three kids about my age having these wonderful adventures. I was inspired by their courage and intelligence. It would be my favorite book from then, until now as I am sitting here writing this letter wearing a ravenclaw sweater, and for many years to come. These were the books that made me like reading. One reason that these are important is because in a time where young girls are given barbie dolls and makeup and told they should look pretty, Hermione provides an excellent and encouraging

As a professional reviewer, Mike Furches reviews Harry Potter in his blog, “Reviews with Mike Furches: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1” on blogspot.com. Mike’s concern for the dark, scary aspects of the Harry Potter books led him to research the subject more thoroughly, hoping to point out the reasons children should not be reading them. Because of the social, political, and cultural aspects of this work, he felt it was important to inform readers and parents of this questionable side of Harry Potter.

The school story is an important, recurring sub-genre of children’s literature, and is specifically rooted in British culture, where boarding school are more common and provide an enclosed, secular setting to the characters’ adventures, often becoming a character in its own right, and acting as a stage for the protagonists to grow, learn, fit in or stand out, deal with and challenge authority. The hero is rarely alone; surrounded by the opposing and balancing forces of responsible adults and mischievous peers. From Tyke Tyler’s Danny Price to Harry Potter’s Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, friends in the school story are the centre of the protagonist’s world, providers of balance, perspective, conflict and support. For the young reader, these friendships suggest the need for company and intimacy in order to succeed at school and in life, and can even be seen as guidelines showing children how to fit in and strike their own friendships. While this effect on the reader’s life can be seen as positive, providing them with positive role models and examples of kindness and sharing, literary friendships often reveal, upon closer analysis, some darker and somewhat unhealthy dynamics.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince the book written by JK Rowling is a darn amazing book, full of more twist and turns and secrets than a whole school year. Since I know that you’ve only seen the movies, but I have to say the books are way better, especially the book I said in the first sentence of this paragraph. So many secrets are revealed and the atmosphere is darker than your room at night. The book leaves you wanting more, and you wanting to know how the terrible atrocities can be solved (in which they are if you keep going onto the final book Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows). But this book sticks out so much to me and will always have a place in my bookshelf because of the creativity unmatched by any other books and the terrible

The first book introduces Harry as a young boy whose parents were killed by Voldemort, he then goes onto Hogwarts, a wizarding school. There he meets Hermione and Weastly and the become best friends. It relates to how kids go to school for the first time and they don’t know anybody but make new friends over time, the first book reflects on that. The first book addresses Harry’s first adventure and having fun, it correlates to when kids do something for the first time and having lots of fun. And as the original readers continue on with the story, they still relate to Harry no matter what age they are.

Life is about overcoming challenges, taking risks, and accepting your flaws; a journey every individual endures.’The Perks of Being a Wallflower’ follows a boy, Charlie, who undergoes this exploration of life throughout his freshman year in high school. The greatest aspect of why readers are captivated by literature is because they discover themselves in this journey; the conflicts, emotions, and achievements of the stories they read. It is fascinating to know that characters mirror the struggles and success that the readers do. A quote by F. Scott Fitzgerald , “That-is-the-part-of-the-beauty-of-literature. You discover that your longings are universal longing, that you’re not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong,” illustrates that literature is the inquiry of the human experience. It doubtlessly applies a message that novels aren’t superficial, but a binding object. In ‘The Perks of being a Wallflower’; Stephen Chbosky binds readers and Charlie, the protagonist together by tying in a unique narrative style, character development, and universal longings of love and acceptance to emphasize that you are never alone in literature.

Although the series Harry potter is about a Magical place Rowling puts many aspects of her own life in the Harry Potter series. One of the main characters in the series Hermione Granger is a strong female character who thrives on being right and who is extremely smart. J.K. Rowling did not intend to base Hermione on her childhood persona she describes her childhood self as "I did not set out

J.K rowling a british author that wrote the big hit series of harry potter. But she didn 't start out famous and her idea for the book wasn 't instantly accepted by publishers. Before Harry Potter Rowling was poor Rowling had to go to several different publishers before she found one that would publish her book. Now she became a known author and eventually the first person to become a billionaire from writing books J.K. rowling is a person worthy of praise because she overcame britain adversed to attain unparalleled literacy success.