Preview

Perks Of Being A Wallflower Analysis

Good Essays
Open Document
Open Document
799 Words
Grammar
Grammar
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Writing
Writing
Score
Score
Perks Of Being A Wallflower Analysis
In the Novel Perks of Being a Wallflower and the anime series Watamote both the main characters share similar struggles as they enter high school. Tomoko, from Watamote, and Charlie from Perks, both struggle with socially interactions and making conversation. Similarly, Tomoko and Charlie struggle to have meaningful relationships with their siblings. In the Perks of Being a Wallflower and the anime Watamote Charlie and tomoko both start to develop sexual interest and start doings things that adults would do. Charlies start to masturbate in the thoughts of Sam and Tomoko tries to sleep on her stomach to increase her erotic dreams.

-find a 3rd similarity between the 2 to state

In the anime Watamote, Tomoko wants to be popular and sometimes
…show more content…
Charlie is usually alone when he eats lunch always and always is very quiet and doesn’t talk to anyone. When he does try to talk to people they call him a freak and try to stay clear of him. Tomoko usually stays inside and plays her video games but she is slowly trying to improve her life more and be more social but that’s usually doesn’t work out for her because of the social anxiety that she has developed and she freezes up when she talks to other people especially boys. In the Perks of Being a Wallflower and the anime Watamote, Charlie does friend friends that he does get close with only to screw it up after he dates Mary Elizabeth and then kisses Sam when they play truth or dare. Tomoko has a best friends but she is very jealous of her because her best friend does have a boyfriend and large breast and Tomoko has tiny breast but most girls are usually delouse of that …show more content…
Tomoko on the other hand just stays in her room but her family is quiet worried about her and the way she has become. Tomoko tries to talk to her brother but that doesn’t go so well for her for an example tomoko tried to ask her brother for advice on how to talk to boys but he didn’t like that question very much so he kicked her out and when I mean kicked her out I actually mean he “kicked” her out. When tomoko’s brother got sick she attempted to try to nurture him and make him feel better but her being the awkward sister she is, she is most likely to end up killing him than making him feel

You May Also Find These Documents Helpful

  • Better Essays

    The Breakfast Club is such an interesting movie to use with this topic. The wide range of characters allows for a variety of different interactions. The way we are going to approach this, is to look at each character and examine the different interactions between.…

    • 1296 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Good Essays

    The film “Perks of Being a Wallflower” released in 2012 is directed by Stephen Chbosky and is based on the novel which was also written by Stephen Chbosky. The movie portrays the theme of coming of age and is based on three friends, living their teenage years, along with the challenges of high school and growing up to become mature men and woman. This essay will describe and explain the impact of drugs and alcohol on their lives in particular Charlie Kelmeckis and the process of making lifelong friends and discovering some dark secrets within himself.…

    • 964 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Connie is a beautiful, self indulgent 15 year old girl. Her mother is very overbearing and praises her 24 year old sister, June, more than her. June is everything that Connie isn’t. She works hard to make money on her own, helps her parents around the house, and is mature and independent. Connie strives to receive attention and praise that her family never gives her, which is why she secretly hangs out with older boys without her parents knowing. Her insecurities and rebellion puts her in an extremely vulnerable place to be taken advantage of.…

    • 433 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Better Essays

    Charlie is a wallflower and he is befriended by a senior named Patrick. Patrick is gay and is dating a football player secretly. Patrick introduces Charlie to Sam, Patrick's step-sister. Charlie is attracted to Sam, but says nothing for a while. He is absorbed into their group of friends and can begin to control flashbacks he has had about his aunt Helen dying on his birthday.…

    • 1015 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Good Essays

    A “quintessential 80’s movie,” The Breakfast Club is a film rich with psychological principles. This movie is about a group of high school teenagers filled with personal angst who spend a Saturday serving their detention sentences in the school library. Each teenager from a different clique, they didn’t expect to relate as much to each other as they thought. As they begin to get to know each other, the vengeful assistant principal Vernon starts to single out Bender, the rebel of the group of teenagers. Initially, none of the other teenagers help Bender. This demonstrates the bystander effect because they don’t help Bender; this effect can be explained by the absence of group membership and cohesiveness because the 5 strangers don’t really know each other yet. But when assistant principal Vernon locks Bender in a closet, the group has already established trustworthy relationships among its members, so they decide to help Bender escape. Also, assistant principal Vernon debatably exhibited deindividuation when he proceeded to threaten Bender and to lock him inside a closet. Normally, an assistant principal of a high school wouldn’t speak cruelly or do such things to a student, but because of the situation (their history together and how Bender always seemed to have won), Vernon acts this way. Finally, each teenager demonstrated conformity in his/her own way. Bender covered up his scars from the abuse he received from his dad so that he wouldn’t be judged as weak for them; Andy, the jock, covered up his hatred for his father because he didn’t want to be seen as abnormal; Brian, the geek, contemplated suicide but never told anyone because he didn’t want to be perceived as depressed; Allison, the outcast, lies compulsively because she has to keep up a reputation she has created; and Claire, the popular girl, hides the fact that she is still a virgin because all of her friends are not virgins and she doesn’t want to be considered…

    • 328 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Education is a crucial part of the decision making process that we use every day, whether it be something as simple as choosing what to wear or as complex as making life altering choices, one of which is date rape. If someone goes on a date that does not mean that they want to have sex with you, being on a date does not give you consent to have sex with the other individual. Because a person must give their verbal consent and they should have the choice whether or not they want to proceed with any act under their own will.…

    • 1519 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    1. Dating: In The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Charlie deals with the conflict of having a crush on Sam, and trying to figure out how to deal with his crush. Charlie deals with the conflict of his emotions, but does not just want to fall in love with someone. This is evident in the novel when Charlie states, “It’s just that I don’t want to be somebody’s crush.”…

    • 596 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Connie is fifteen years old and obviously self-conscious because of the love that she never receives at home. Her whole life revolves around attention from boys since she does not feel loved at home. Her sister June appears to be the favorite in the family, as she receives all of the positive attention. Connie's mother doesn’t speak kindly to Connie or about Connie, and Connie doesn't think well of her mother either. Her father does whatever he can to please Connie but doesn’t seek for a good father-daughter relationship. They never talk about what is happening in their lives and act as if they are only acquaintances. Connie wants to appear older and wiser than she actually is and her head is always full of meaningless daydreams to help her cope. Her promiscuity leads to attraction from boys and older men where she becomes terrified and realizes that she is not as grown up as she thought. Connie comes face to face with the harshreality of being forced into adulthood at the age of fifteen because of the special attention of Arnold Friend.…

    • 889 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    The Breakfast Club

    • 629 Words
    • 3 Pages

    The Breakfast Club relates to social health and mental health, by the characters personalities. In the Breakfast Club, five teenagers have to spend a full day in detention. Claire is the princess; the pretty, popular girl with parents that fight all the time. John is the criminal; the bad influence, and the pothead that gets beaten. Brian is the brain or nerd; he is the smart one of the group, that is pressured to do good by his parents. Allison is the basket case; a crazy goth, that makes things up. Andrew is the typical high school athlete; pushed to the max by his father and coach to be the best. People can come from all walks of life but still have common social and mental struggles.…

    • 629 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    The Breakfast Club

    • 1118 Words
    • 5 Pages

    Cliques are something that can be found at every highschool. They are groups of people, with common interests and goals, who spend a large amount of time socializing with each other, and a minimal amount of time with others. The Breakfast Club is a movie that brings together 5 students, all belonging to 5 cliques that can be found in any school, the Jocks, the Brains, the Criminals, The Princesses (the girls who own the school) and the Basket-cases. At the beginning of the movie, these 5 seemingly very different people had nothing to say to each other, but throughout the movie the sanctions of each clique become less and less relevant and they find that they themselves have formed their own clique (the Breakfast Club) with new norms and sanctions. In this paper I will be describing 3 very stereotypical cliques through the description of 3 characters from this movie, John Bender, the criminal, Brian Johnson, the brain, and Andrew Clarke, the jock. I'll also be describing Claire, the princess, and why I identify with her.…

    • 1118 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    The character is fifteen years old and she is in the age where her behavior changes. She has dark blonde hair and feels old enough and she thinks that she knows everything. She is naïve and does not like to help in the house with any of the chores or anything. Connie also feels like she is not as smart or as good her sister because her mother is always comparing them. Her mother also gets mad when she stares at the mirror, “Stop gawking at yourself, who are you? You think you’re so pretty” (389). She does not say anything because she really knows she is beautiful. Connie and her friend like to go “across the highway, ducking fast across the busy road, to a drive-in restaurant where older kids hung out” (389). In this place she meets Eddie a boy from her school, who invites her to eat. Furthermore, she also sees a boy with shaggy hair in a convertible car, who was watching her. He shakes his finger and says, “Gonna get you, baby.” (390). After she sees this boy her life starts to change. Connie needs attention from a different source to understand what is happening and why she should not try to appear older than she is.…

    • 1051 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Child Observation Paper

    • 2095 Words
    • 9 Pages

    It is evident from the conversation that she had with her older sister that she is in arguments often and there is a lot of drama in her friend group. She bonds with her siblings well, although she does not spend her time with them consistently. This may be due to the fact that she is much older than the younger kids, and still a bit younger than her older sister, or in layman terms, she is at an awkward age. She seems to have a more outgoing personality, excluding the fact that she did not spend time being heavily active with her siblings, she mentioned many friends in the stories she told about school. This leads me to believe that she is more outgoing with people of her age…

    • 2095 Words
    • 9 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    In accord with the condition, the freshman displays symptoms from all four types of PTSD symptoms. Due to the huge impact of his aunt’s sexual abuse and her death, he experiences multiple flashbacks of such scenes, which is an intrusive symptom. Another interesting symptom was the time when Charlie and Sam were kissing. When Sam’s hand was placed on his lap, Charlie had a flashback of his aunt’s similar action. This is another example of his intrusive symptoms; this moment served as a physical reminder of the traumatic event he experienced. Charlie’s social-awkwardness and repressed memory of his aunt’s abuse are signs of avoidance. The changes in emotional reactions are seen from him when Charlie stands up for Patrick. Seeing that Patrick was hit for fighting with Patrick’s boyfriend Brad, Charlie quickly beats Patrick’s abusers and successfully stops the fight. This incident showcased his aggressive behavior. Notably, his flashbacks of the pain that his friends and family suffered seem to be traumatic scenes that he had witnessed, as well. Since he was also brought to a psychiatrist, Charlie’s post traumatic stress disorder was apparent as he was being treated. Overall, The Perks of Being a Wallflower demonstrated the symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder wonderfully, albeit the condition was not explicitly…

    • 853 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    As human beings, we all have unique characteristics and personalities that make us individuals. These characteristics and personalities influence our actions and thoughts about situations we encounter in everyday life. Whether it be a simple decision on what article of clothing to wear, or what to do if having witnessed a crime, the outcomes we chose are based upon our own personalities. All personality types have positive and negative aspects, which are specific to that personality. In the novel The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, Charlie is able to demonstrate the advantage of being a wallflower.…

    • 563 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    “I just need to know that someone out there listens and understands… I need to know that these people exist”…

    • 605 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays