“The perks of being a wallflower” is a great movie adapted from the book written by Stephen Chbosky who directed the movie himself in 2012. The protagonist of the story is Charlie (Logan Lerman) who is beginning his first year in high school with no friends, suffering from clinical depression. But at a football game he meets the two seniors Sam (Emma Watson) and Patrick (Ezra Miller) who will bring Charlie into their group of friends. Sam and Patrick are stepbrother and stepsister and not popular at high school, but helping Charlie to participate and having the best time of his life. But also the English teacher is helping Charlie out, giving him books to read and the two are becoming friends. Charlie is a smart, innocent and touching guy who …show more content…
But he also shows the normal problems of a high school student, we all have to face and it makes it so easy to identify yourself with the protagonist. The movie is accompanied by a great soundtrack, the taste of music from the 3 main characters we fall in love with watching this movie. It’s not a normal high school film full of stereotypes we all suspect behind it, Charlie won’t try to be popular, but only to participate to something in this life. The popularity doesn’t matter so long as they’re having fun together. But of course there are problems they have to face for that reason. Because Patrick is in love with a popular guy who can’t say that he is homosexual, they have to face reality, that life can be unfair sometimes. Sam doesn’t have a great past behind her, she was abused from guys who got her drunk and even now she is falling in love with guys not treating her right and betraying her, because she thinks that she doesn’t deserve better. They are having a group of friends with Mary Elizabeth, Alice and Bob, having parties where Charlie makes his first experiences with drugs, but with friends,
This film contains some classic examples of the kinds of real life issues adolescents deal with. Issues such as popularity, peer relationships, family/sibling relationships, sex, and struggles with identity are all addressed in this ninety-minute film.
The Perks of a Wallflower, written by Stephen Chbosky, is a captivating novel that follows the transformation of a boy referred to as Charlie throughout his freshman year of high school. During the course of the book Charlie, his sister, and friends fall in and out of relationships. Each one of them is seeking the love and attention of another person, even without directly expressing their emotions. Love is a recurring theme in this book, even though it is shown in different ways.
The first time in 2003 The Perks of Being a Wallflower was challenged was in Fairfax, Virginia school libraries by a group called Parents Against Bad Books in Schools for "profanity and descriptions of drug abuse, sexually explicit conduct and torture". In 2004 it was removed as a reading assignment at Massapequa High School in New York because of its “offensive content”. In 2005 the novel was challenged in Montgomery County Memorial Library System in Texas along with 15 other young adult books with homosexual themes by the Library of Patrons of Texas. The book was retained as an optional reading in the Arrowhead High School curriculum in Merton, Wyoming. In 2006 the novel was banned to all minors or any other students by Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction. In 2007 the book was retained on the Northwest Suburban HS District 214 reading list in Arlington Heights, Illinois along with eight other challenged titles. A newly elected school board member raised the controversy based on excerpts from the books she 'd found on the Internet. In 2008 it was challenged on the Commack High School summer reading list in New York because of its two-page rape scene. In 2009 it was removed from Portage High School classrooms in Indiana due to topics such as homosexuality, drug use and sexual behavior. In 2010 the book was removed from Portage High School classrooms
Perks of Being a Wallflower has been on a plethora of schools “What-To-Read” list for students because of the straight-forward but explosive dialogue that any student would be able to understand. The vulgar situations and obscene details that take place in the narrators experiences can easily be overlooked by any reader who pays attention to the gripping storyline that Chbosky writes in a sad but upbeat
Dakota Hoffman Changes and Choices Mrs. Srittmatter. Have you ever felt like you were socially awkward? Well in the book of the perks of being a wallflower a kid named Charlie has a hard time knowing what to do to socialize, in the movie Mean Girls a girl named Katy comes from Africa and also doesn’t know what to do socially, so they both have similar social skills, both causing them to be social outcasts. In the book Charlie starts his freshman year out friendless and he is not really sure on what he is to do to make a friend. But he meets Sam and Patrick and just goes with them because he feels comfortable around them.
The movie, The Perks of Being A Wallflower, released in 2012, is based on the book written by Stephen Chbosky, which was originally published in 1999. The book is all about the main character, Charlie, as he deals with his first year in high school, after the tragic death of his Aunt Helen. The movie opens with Charlie writing in a journal, which is a part of his therapy for the mental illness he suffers from on account of his Aunt 's death. The past year or so before this, Charlie had been suffering from memories and flashbacks of the way his Aunt died in a car accident. He is hopeful that high school will bring new things for him, but after the first day, is disappointed after the bullying and neglect he finds from other students. Things
They are all middle to upper middle class Caucasian adolescents living in a suburban environment. Sam, Patrick, and the other 3 members of their clique are all seniors in high school and Charlie is only a freshman. Through the experiences of Charlie and his new friends, The Perks of Being a Wallflower provides excellent examples of cliques and crowds, dating scripts, the identity status model, externalizing problems, internalizing problems, and
The role of identity plays an important role in all adolescence which can help shape their future. In psychology, identity is the conception, qualities, beliefs, and expressions that make a person or group. The movie, “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”, illustrates how teens struggle with identity. Charlie is an anti-social freshman who is befriended by a group of high school seniors, who introduces him to the world of drugs, love, sexulatity, friendship, and lies. His friends play a huge role in his development. Throughout the movie, Charlie was able to build upon his character and develop friendships that gave him a new perspective that life needs, to live life rather than watching it.
In one scene, Mr. Anderson is asked by Charlie why people stay with others who are wrong for them, speaking of Sam and her boyfriend, and he responds with his famous quote, “We accept the love we think we deserve.” That statement is very powerful and makes a lot of sense in the world of psychology. It is shown that many of the characters in the film accepted the love they thought they deserved whether it be Sam with her boyfriend, Patrick with Brad, or even Charlie with Mary Elizabeth. However, with the ability of change, they all stood up for themselves and one another and started to embrace pure love and friendship and accepted nothing that defies that. The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a very emotional and influential movie that could easily be used for a psychological analysis. (Halfon, Malkovich, Smith & Chbosky,
The novel, “The Perks Of Being A Wallflower,” by Stephen Chbosky is an eye-opening story about a high school student named Charlie who has to overcome the horrors of his best-friend’s suicide. In doing so, he befriends two senior students named Patrick and Sam. Patrick and Sam go to parties, do drugs, and lead Charlie down a bad path. Charlie, the Martyr; Patrick, the Warrior; and Sam, the Innocent; are all unique in their own ways, and these uniquenesses form their archetypal personalities.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a coming of age film that chronicles the life of a boy named Charlie. Charlie is 15 years old and has just begun his first year of high school. He will give a detailed account of the joys and pains of his freshman year in high school. He begins by writing letters to an unknown stranger, but then, you realize that stranger is you. Through these Charlie tells his story from his perspective. He will experience many highs and lows related to the adolescence phase. The highlights of the paper will focus on the biological/physical, psychological, social, spiritual, cultural issues, as well as his strengths and challenges.
“It would be very nice to have a friend again. I would like that even more than a date,” (21) Charlie remarks when he feels lonely. In the novel, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky, the author uses the theme of friendship to help Charlie overcome obstacles. The novel is about a friendless boy named Charlie who struggles with some demons from his past. Charlie finds a group of friends, sort of misfits like himself, who take him under their wings and introduce him to experiences that are common in teens, including parties, drugs, and sex. His new group of friends gives Charlie something precious that he has never had before, a sense of belonging. After Michael 's death, Charlie is eagerly craving any sort of social interaction.
Insecurities often trouble young people making high school difficult to manage. There are many new pressures that come with being a teenager and friendships are often the key to surviving high school. At such a young age, most teenagers have not discovered themselves yet and they need the help of others to uncover their true potential. In the coming of age novel The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky, Charlie searches for his identity and finds it with the help of his friends. Charlies good friend Sam, physically and mentally influences Charlie to becomes a more mature and confident person when she teaches him how to navigate relationships and helps him rediscover his past.
Lucas thought literature changed the way he viewed things in life, throughout high school, as he was growing up. He was the son of Dan Scott and Karen Roe, the high school sweethearts. When Lucas was still a child, his father Dan Scott never cared for Lucas. And because of this Lucas found Dan’s brother Keith as a father figure. Lucas enjoyed playing the sport of basketball and because of that, the high school coach asked him to join the team that his half-brother also known to be his nemesis is also a member of, named Nathan Scott.
The perks of being a wallflowers is about Charlie, a 15 year old freshman student that is about to start his high school year. He lives with his parents and older sister. Charlie has as an older brother too, but he lives away because he is attending college. As the movie starts goes, it is implied that when Charlie was a kid he was molested by his aunt, who later dies in a car accident on Christmas Eve, (which is also Charlie’s birthday). His family seems to have a strong bond, they each follow a role, and they support each other. During some scenes in the movie, Charlie seems to be having internalizing problems. As the movie progressed, it is revealed that Charlie had a friend that committed suicide, and this event made Charlie to feel sorrowful. When he enters high school, Charlie appears to be very concern of what others may think about him, as well as