The Perks Of Being A Wallflower Essay

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.

For me, that series was the Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Parks. Not only was the book funny, but also full of life lessons to learn from. Appreciating the “little things” in life is one of the ways this book has impacted me. Sometimes we constantly are looking at the larger picture of life and not taking the time to appreciate the small deeds people do for others. Junie B. Jones has also impacted me by always staying true to myself. No matter how many times she acted different or stood out in a crowd, she embraced herself, therefore; she was not going to change for anyone and that is a great quality to have in

The book and the movie for The Perks of Being a Wallflower are extremely different, and I believe that the movie is much better than the book. The book is written much differently than the movie. There are lots of scenes that are in the book but not in the movie and that are in the movie not the book. The movie focuses less on the bigger, depressing topics than the book does. The characters in the movie are also much different than they are in the book. Their personalities are very different in the movie than the author described them as in the book.

Sociology is the scientific study of being behavior in human groups (Schaefer). There are very many examples of sociology in the movie The Perks of Being a Wallflower, but I view alienation, deviance, and gender roles to be the most prominent. This movie is about the struggles of a teenage boy named Charlie’s freshman year of high school. Charlie is seen as a social outcast and he just barely makes it through the year with the help of his best friends Sam and Patrick. Throughout the movie Charlie experiences most of the basic struggles of starting high school and some. This movie is very relateable since it gives a more realistic view of high school for some people. Charlie , and the audience, learns the importance of love and friendship in growing up in today’s society.

My favorite book is The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton. I really liked that book because it gave me goosebumps. For example, when Ponyboy was reciting the poem to Johnny, I had epiphanies of what it could mean. I also like the drama such as all the rumbles and Johnny dieing. The other thing I liked about The Outsiders was, I could feel the emotion of what everyone was feeling. For instance, when Ponyboy was feeling sad, I could feel it through how the author described it. The characters in The Outsiders are some of my favorite characters.

Why favorite book in elementary school was Captain Underpants and the Revolting Revenge of the Radioactive Robo-Boxers because I thought it was hilarious as a kid that 2 kids and an hypnotized principal was able to outsmart a evil genius with a mech suit. I also liked the friendship of George and Harold because it reminded me of the friendships that I had at that time.

The first heartbreak I ever had was not even one of my own. I let words and sentences from a love story run through my blood, and to my heart, where it then cracked, fell apart, and possibly stopped beating for a while. I laid in bed for days. Perks of Being a Wallflower, why did you do this to me? I realized everyone has their own personality when it comes to reading. My reading disposition holds a deep sense of empathy. Because of this, in every story I read, I transform into any character I (sometimes) choose to be. I then experience the story more heavily since I am apart of it. I have learned that the trait of empathy can send you down a tunnel of agonizing pain that does not even belong to you, or it can put you on someone else’s

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

Throughout the teenage years, children are becoming adults and experience things that may have seemed unfathomable just years before. In Stephen Chbosky’s book The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Charlie experiences some terrible things that most people will not experience in their life time. He is just starting high school, he lost his best friend and his aunt. He is trying to understand who he is while trying to overcome trauma from his past. The Perks of Being a Wallflower displays Charlie’s experience in his grade nine year, and his change in personality from scared to brave and from shy to outgoing.

Have you ever lost someone in your life and didn’t know how to cope with the pain? In The Perks Of Being a Wallflower written by Stephen Chbosky there are two families that have to cope with the pain of losing a loved one. Charlie’s family has to deal with the loss of Aunt Helen. She died in a car crash while going to get Charlie’s christmas present. The novel takes you through the hardship that Charlie goes through when he’s trying to cope with the pain of losing his Aunt. Then there is Michael’s death that took place when Charlie was in middle school. Michael had committed suicide by shooting himself. He didn’t even leave a not for Charlie as to why he decided to do this. Both Charlie and Michael’s family had to try and cope with this loss.

I especially loved the book One For The Murphys! I really connected with it, because I have always felt sorry for foster children and orphans. I would recommend this book to anyone who has a heart for kids. I think this book can really have an impact on the way you think about others who are less fortunate, like orphan children who have it tough with no family. My favorite part in the book was when Carly Conners helps her “brothers” with a bully that has been picking on them for a while. This book has comedy and a passion for love. I feel the book ties to children whose parents have left them or gotten into trouble and is trying to put an awareness out for people to help them. I personally loved this book and it's one of my favorites. I will

Sarah J Maas is my favorite author, who also wrote my favorite book, because she manages to do all of these things and more. My other books that I read this quarter also have these qualities which is why I enjoyed reading them all. In Court of Fives the story always leaves you guessing and it has so many plot twists, you learn to never trust anything. It also leaves you on a big cliff hanger for the next book which always makes you want more, while still being frustrated. In Beautiful Creatures, the whole story is based on a forbidden love and has a major twist at the end which are my favorite things in a

While I can’t pick my favorite book I can recall the books that ignited that passion. Barbara Parks’s “Junie B Jones” was the first book series I read on my own, and I promptly fell in love with reading. The books made me laugh and I related profoundly to Junie B.’s plight. Ever since I’ve been an avid reader, leaning toward books with protagonists with whom I can relate.

“The Perk of Being a Wallflower” follows an awkward 15 year old; Charlie who is writing letters to one of his friends about his experiences and his thoughts. These letters are focused on Charlie’s first year of high school and his coping of the deaths of  his best friend michael and his aunt Helen. While trying to adjust to high school he became close to his english teacher who gives Charlie extra assignments not for marks but because charlie is advance in literature. After a few weeks of beginning school Charlie approached Patrick and Sam who later becomes his closest friends. Patrick and Sam took Charlie under their wing and helped him through the school year.

As American poet Maya Angelou once said, “Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.” A book that I have read this year that is “good” and stayed with me is The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. This novel is good because it has inspired me and taught me lessons about life in general. The values that these characters brought to my life will continue to stay with me because they are so valuable and so inspirational.