Viloria‚ Kuhlyn B. BSMT2B There is no frigate like a book There is no frigate like a book To take us lands away‚ Nor any coursers like a page Of prancing poetry. This traverse may the poorest take Without oppress of toll; How frugal is the chariot That bears a human soul! Emily Dickinson Explanations: Lines 1-2 There is no Frigate like a Book To take us Lands away * To start us off‚ the speaker compares a book to a frigate‚ or a big ship. * What to ships do? They take us
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower Rough Draft School can seem like a blood bath‚ and jumping in from the coziness of middle school to the dog eat dog world of high school can seem terrifying. It definitely is for the introverted and socially awkward Charlie‚ who must navigate through his freshman year of high school. Yet he gets help from his amazing new best friends Patrick and Sam. Charlie experiences many of his firsts‚ facing head-on the struggles and effects of drug abuse‚ teen pregnancy‚ suicide
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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
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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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During the time of these theories‚ they were also influenced by society and politics. The predominant view in western cultures‚ up until Darwin’s theory‚ was creationism: the diversity of living things was created for their environments at the same time by God in six days; the organisms have not changed and are not related. From the 1600s‚ other fields of biology‚ such as anatomy‚ had advanced because more scientific approaches were being undertaken. For example‚ William Harvey applied physical
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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. The first perk of being a wallflower displayed by Charlie is the ability to observe. Since Charlie was more of an outsider‚ he was able to stand back and pay attention to his surroundings. When a person is not bothered by distractions‚ that person is able to notice considerably more than
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considered a private subject‚ but Queer Studies includes studying sensitive topics which is a reason that makes Queer Studies an interesting discipline. When reading the Queer Studies chapter of Robert Parker’s text‚ How to Interpret Literature‚ I could not help but think of the novel and film of The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. I find Perks to be groundbreaking in terms of representing the homophobic cultures that are found in America’s high schools. There are several instances where
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower The concept of high school popularity has been prevalent through many coming of age movies since the concept was created. Perks to Being a Wallflower (Chbosky‚ 2009) by Stephen Chbosky challenges the concept of high school popularity with finding oneself through the means of true friendship‚ personal goals‚ and most importantly finding what is important in life. Chbosky shows the audience the life of Charlie Kelmeckis and how he confronts being a troubled teenager
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In high school‚ many teenagers change and develop throughout the 4 years. The novel‚ The Perks of Being a Wallflower‚ shows examples of change and development through the main character‚ Charlie. “The Perks of Being a Wallflower is persistently regarded as a coming-of-age story‚ largely due to the changes that occur in Charlie in the course of his freshman year of high school.” (Dominic) In the beginning of the novel‚ Charlie enters high school with no friends and feeling like he can’t fit in with
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The Perks Of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky Stephen Chbosky was born in 1970. He wrote the screenplay for the film Rent. As a teenager Stephen loved reading classics such as “The Catcher in the Rye” and other books of the horror & fantasy blend. Tennessee Williams was his favorite author. In 1992 he graduated from the University of Southern California’s screenwriting program. Stephen currently lives in California & is an active gay rights supporter. This teenage boy who calls himself
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