The Perks Of Being A Wallflower

Stephen Chbosky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower, includes the topic of adolescent development, the book forces itself to thrive in conflict, and the idea of loving submission is present throughout the story as the discussion of modern issues becomes apparent. As expressed In the Perks of Being a Wallflower, “I am very interested and fascinated how everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each other”(Chbosky.)

Charlie is very far from what most people call normal: he is shy, introverted, awkward, independent, paranoid, confused, respectable and kind; showing many examples of this throughout the book. He keeps to himself for the most part and is constantly in his own head. Aside from the many negative traits he also has many attributes: he is a loyal friend and listens to the people he talks to, he is a caring person and comforts those in need. However he has his flaws as well: Charlie can get very angry and upset at others which causes him to lash out with violence or sadness, he is extremely sensitive, crying frequently and constantly questioning himself. Several of his peers labeled him as nerd or a weirdo, which damaged

The Perks of being a Wildflower movie is a great demonstration on adolescence and childhood development as it portrays how much we as humans are effected by our early childhood years and how we struggle to make sense of life while navigating through adolescence. We are molded by our environment, but also shaped by the neglect or abuse we suffer as children. The traumatic experiences are life altering and if not dealt with can have dramatic outcomes for our future. The movie has a great story line and walks the audience through the character and identity development of an adolescence. Dissecting Charlies character will be helpful in understanding that part of a human’s life and development.

For my paper, I am diagnosing Charlie from the film, Perks of Being a Wallflower. Before I delve into Charlie’s diagnosis, I will provide some background information about his character. In the film, Charlie is a 15 year old boy who has recently started high school as a freshman. He lives with both parents, and his sister who is a couple years older than him. Charlie also has a brother who has gone away to college. In school, Charlie is seen to be good with academics, particularly in English, since he has an interest in writing. However, Charlie does not have any friends and his best friend had kill himself in the last year. Furthermore, Charlie is seen to be quite socially awkward around his peers and usually keeps to himself.

‘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.

When I first started reading The Perks of Being a Wallflower, I did not like it. The boring, childish writing style made me lost my interest and I was sure that this book is going to be another "waste of time". However, the moment I fished this novel I felt strongly embarrassed because it proved me how wrong I was. This is one of the best books I have ever read in this year. Even though it does not have fancy words or dramatic describing style, it still touched the softest part of my heart.

In the Perks of being a Wallflower the main character Charlie struggles with not only his sexuality, but also the complications of sexuality of those around him. The movie portrays Charlie, Patrick, and Charlie’s love interest Sam, going through one long mischievous bonding trip, while exploring their own sexualities .It opens up with Charlie writing to a friend about his daily struggle in trying to find people to accept him for who he is. Charlie, like many people in society, is uncomfortable in his skin, and he feels judged by those around him. According to Sara Ahmed in “Queer Feelings”, homosexuals always feel uncomfortable because they cannot fit in. Charlie may not particularly be gay, but Charlie meets a man named Patrick who is in fact gay, and they become quick friends. Throughout the movie, introverted Charlie encounters the bad side of sexuality through molestation, bullying, fornication, and domestic violence. For example, Patrick’s lover in the movie, Brad, is a popular football quarterback, who desperately tries to suppress his sexual feelings for Patrick out of fear of what his father, and friends, might think of him. In the past, Linda Garnets states in “ Sexual Orientations in Perspective” that sexual orientation was understood as an old paradigm, so in Brad’s case people would label him as gay, simply because of what he does with his reproductive organs. But, Garnets believes that the new paradigm would say that people can act differently than they

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

High school is filled with fake people and stress. Students in high school often do not know what they are doing in relationships or how bad they can hurt another person. Lying, cheating, little communication, getting used for sex, drugs, or alcohol and what people continue to believe is real love. It is even harder while trying to make the people around you ecstatic and please your boyfriend/girlfriend. Navigating through the paroles of adolescents with someone that is guaranteed to break your heart in some way, shape, or form is laborious. In Stephen Chbosky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower, the main character Charlie has to navigate all of this while trying to maintain new friendships, try new things, and find new relationships. As presented in the book Charlie is a wallflower. A wallflower is typically an introverted person. They might attend social gatherings, but will continue to remain silent. They see and understand. They feel lonely or shy all the time. As if no one ever see’s them. Also only have a few friends, just like Charlie. His 2 friends are Sam and Patrick. Patrick’s a senior, introducing Charlie to new people, new relationships, and giving him the whole high school experience. They all have something in common, they’re all involved foul relationships. Charlie and Mary Elizabeth, Brad and Patrick, and Sam and Craig. Chbosky displays insolent relationships throughout the book using young adolescent relationships in Perks that are unfair because the people in

In the complete circle of life for all humans, this natural transition comes into existence with the formation of the one cell zygote to begin life from the initial stage of conception that goes through the various eight stages of psychoanalytic theory described by Erik Erikson how humans go through these stages of life by negotiating his or her biological forces and social cultures challenges until to our final stage of our lives that ends with death. In which, these challenges biological and social that we all face at some point in our lives have conflict between them and that has a dramatic effect upon us with whom we become in society. These human developmental stages has been debated by many scientists and psychologist over the years at what point in these stages in our life is the most important stage

Love is often perceived as a lustful emotion, one that can cause irrational behavior. However, it can also be a force for good, helping individuals “find themselves” while maturing and forging new relationships. Both types of love are demonstrated in Stephen Chbosky’s novel The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

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.

We chose to write about Patrick. Patrick is played by Ezra Matthew Miller at the age of 20. Patrick is a senior at the same high school Charlie goes to and shares wood class with him. He jokes a lot and doesn’t take things seriously and therefore he isn’t a very good student. In the beginning of the movie Patrick is joking around and leads him to getting the nickname nothing and soon everyone at school start calling him that. He has a stepsister named Sam who’s one of the main characters and they share their love with music. Patrick is homosexual and has a boyfriend named Brad. He doesn’t struggle with being gay but his boyfriend does so they keep their relationship a secret. When Brad’s dad

I used to keep lists of every movie I've ever seen. I started to keep track when I was around fourteen, maybe thirteen. It was a strange, uncomfortable time in my life. I was in middle high school when my superiority complex disguising my insecurities were being shattered to bits by my peers who seemed much cooler, and much more knowledgeable than I was at the time. People loved them for that. Discovering no one likes the snobby, pseudo-underground intellectual was a difficult lesson to learn, but instead of accepting these people and figuring out what they were about, I just rejected it. I even denied some of the things I actually did like. I read The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky that Spring, but when a girl whom my crush

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