The Perks Of Being A Wallflower

Pipher gives some compelling stories about the behaviors of some pre-adolescent girls she has encountered. Her cousin, Polly, was an energetic and opinionated girl when she was young. Upon puberty, Polly felt unable to connect to boys and girls her age until she became stylish and more subdued in her language. This gives the reader the feeling that Polly was not accepted until she changed her personality to fit that of her surroundings. It is possible that Polly’s friends no longer enjoyed being around a girl who was opinionated or who would insult those with whom she did not agree. This story does not qualify as a valid, concrete premise to show the connection between changes an adolescent girl and her ability to connect with others.

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.

The average American teenager has grown up in a world of labels and stereotypes: from movies depicting high school as an environment where exclusive friend groups command the school to magazines portraying flawless people and rendering them the paragon of beauty, American teenagers are constantly under pressure to conform to a certain label. The book The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky follows a boy named Charlie as he enters high school. His mental illness is apparent throughout the text, but it is never acknowledged until the very end of the book. The novel is a series of letters that he writes to an unknown recipient. His impartiality and honesty in his letters create an objective view of the events that unravel throughout the story. The Alan Review even describes the story as “one of the most honest literary portrayals of teenage life within the last decades” (Glenn). The high schoolers in The Perks of Being a Wallflower are submerged in a society where labels are prevalent: if one does not belong to a certain social group, they are deemed outcasts and ostracized by their peers. Charlie is lucky enough to have found friends in high school who accept him for who he is. Others are not so lucky, and are forced to change who they are in order to appease the societal pressures to conform. These individuals are left wondering who they really are, after years of pretending. The pressure students in high school face to fit a certain label and conform to the

“Thirteen-year-old boy throws a brick at a city man” read the white, black, and newly printed newspaper. And this boy’s name is Arthur Owens or Artie. This book is called The Seventh Most Important Thing by Shelley Pearsall. One positive influence that he taught me was, to be honest, and have courage. Also, he has taught me to always help others.

‘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.

The character I’m writing about is Charlie from The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. When you look at Charlie’s health triangle it would be very unbalanced. The book doesn’t touch much on his physical health and his social health is not horrible, but his mental health is very poor. His mental health is bad because of all kinds of reasons, for example past abuse from his childhood, the use of drugs, and his best friend committing suicide the year before.

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

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In the Book “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” the cast of characters are constantly dealing with change in their lives. The main character Charlie and his 2 best friends Sam and Patrick are in high school and are learning how to deal with change. Different people deal with change in different ways it all depends on how you like to deal with things and the type of people that you have in your life. People might like to deal with change by venting their feelings about the change out to other people.

Steven Chobosky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a coming of age epistolary novel that follows the life of Charlie, an intro-verted, modest, and sweet character. Charlie writes about his story threw a series of letters that contain his accomplishments, defeats, and personal issues to an anonymous friend whose identity is an enigma. Dealing with the suicide of his best-friend Michael, he meets Sam and Patrick who introduce him to their group of misfit friends; people to live life to its fullest potential. He also meets Bill, his english teacher and moral advisor who assigns him books to read and essays to write that benefits his personal growth. Throughout the story, Charlie deals and overcomes many obstacles that include abortion, sexual

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.

Having adults to provide and care for children is essential for them to grow up and become good people. Those who grow up without structure may find it is hard to build a successful life on their own. Children who are on their own without rules may become only concerned with themselves and their own interests. Some authors explore these ideas in order to show the importance of actively involved adults in children’s lives. Such novels show how people can be self-absorbed and even vicious when there are no guidelines or rules to follow.

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.

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.

As teens or young adults you are still trying to figure out who you are and what you have to offer the world. There is so much pressure around teen’s every day of their lives. They do not know what is the right or the wrong choice, but certain influences and relationships help determine the choices they make. They need guidance and someone they can talk to, like a non-parental adult. This is an adult who wants to make a difference in the life of teens, and is someone they can rely on for support. Non-parental adults can come from many different socially-defined contexts: Teachers, coaches, or extended family. These adults play a tremendous role in teens lives’, which is exemplified well in Bill, a male