Poetry Response to Wallflowers by Donna Vorreyer This poem makes me think of my favorite book called The Perks Of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. It is the story of a boy named Charlie and his not-so-average life. The story is written as letters to someone he has never met‚ but heard was a good shoulder to lean on. This book is my favorite because I can really relate to Charlie. Speaking of Charlie‚ that is my puppy’s name. He is a chihuahua and dachshund mix. He is my best friend and is
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The Perks of Being A Wallflower was written in 1999 by Stephen Chbosky for the publishers of MTV Books. The particular edition I read has 256 pages and is considered an epistolary novel‚ meaning it is composed of documents such as letters. In this case the letters are written by the narrator to a friend. The story takes place in a Pittsburg suburb in the early 1990s. Charlie the protagonist is a freshman in high school and is struggling with his adolescence. He begins to write these anonymous letters
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the novel’s wallflower. Subjected to witness the hardships of those around him‚ he rarely goes out on a limb to achieve much gratification for himself‚ remaining socially dormant instead. However‚ in The Perks of Being a Wallflower‚ author Stephen Chbosky uses the outside influence of art to inspire Charlie’s transition from passivity to interaction. Because he spends almost his entire life observing others rather than interacting with them‚ it is doubtful that Charlie realizes very much about
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should use the vocabulary words that I learn in class like ‘corpulent’ and ‘jaundice’(Chbosky 16).” then a few sentences after‚ he says: “So‚ what’s the point of using words nobody else knows or can say comfortably? I just don’t understand that.” (Chbosky 16) After two pages‚ even though he still can’t find the reason behind using these words‚ he says: “And my Aunt Helen was ‘corpulent’. Hey‚ I did it!”(Chbosky 18) Here it is clear that Charlie’s behaviors changes according to people and he just
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says something like this… ‘I would die for you. But I won’t live for you’’ (Chbosky 169). This is an allusion to a conversation between two characters in The Fountainhead a novel by Ayn Rand. Simile: “It was one of those days that I didn’t mind going to school because the weather was so pretty. The sky was overcast with clouds‚ and the air felt like a warm bath. I don’t think I ever felt this clean before” (Chbosky 42). Situational Irony: “The kids started calling him Patty when his real
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to dance with or who feels shy‚ awkward‚ or excluded at a party. Charlie is a wallflower and his friends recognize that too. According to Charlie’s friend Patrick‚ “He’s a wallflower… You see things. You keep quiet about them. And you understand” (Chbosky 37). In the book The Perks of being a wallflower Charlie the main character is more of an outcast than a lot of teenagers who are in high school. He’s a individual who needs someone to tell him and show him how to ‘participate’. So what does it mean
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The Perks of being a Wallflower ‘’The Perks of being a Wallflower’’ was originally a book and it changed to a movie. It is written and directed by Stephen Chbosky with the actors Logan Lerman‚ Ezra Miller and Emma Watson. The context is set in 1991 in an American high school It is about a 15 year old boy named Charlie. He’s starting his freshman year of high school. He was never a popular person and didn’t have any friends but he meets step-siblings Sam and Patrick and they take Charlie under their
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"After thirty minutes‚ the room started to slip away from me. I was talking to one of the girls with the belly button ring‚ and she seemed like she was in a movie. I started blinking a lot and looking around‚ and the music sounded heavy like water" (Chbosky 35). This reminds me of how when my parents don’t punish me on attitude it just turns into a bigger issue. There always has to be limits in order for you to have the right behavior and
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Changing in The Perks of Being a Wallflower In The Perks of Being a Wallflower‚ by Stephen Chbosky‚ Charlie‚ a freshman in high school‚ grows from being someone who sits by and watches life to a person who fully participates in life. Charlie’s personality changes a lot throughout the book. He starts off as a person who sits back and watches all the people and situations in life around him pass him by. This continues until his teacher‚ Bill‚ convinces him that it is important to participate in
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everything that makes you wonder. You’re listening to that song on that drive with the people you love most in this world. Just in this moment‚ I swear...We are infinite.” This quote is from Charlie‚ in the movie The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. This movie is about a lonely boy who finds himself and his friends. Charlie is a freshman his friends‚ Patrick and Sam‚ who are seniors‚ take him in and show him there is much more to life than meets the eye. Throughout the movie the viewer witness
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