Perks Of Being A Wallflower Essay

The Perks of Being a Wallflower” is about a boy named Charlie. Charlie is a freshman in high school who battles depression, and other social anxieties. He comes in contact with a new group of friends after a traumatizing event occurred in his life, and the novel follows him and his adventures with these new group of friends. His life resembles a rollercoaster; having really high highs and really low lows. The novel did a great job of depicting how mental illnesses work. I liked that the author did not portray Charlie’s illnesses in the stereotypical ways that society often shows. He really got into the mind of someone who has depression and different types of anxiety, and showed the internal battles that these people deal with each and every

The characters, and the character development of the most important three main characters (Charlie, Sam, & Patrick) were all thought out extremely well. It’s like you knew these three people your entire life, and you watched them blossom and grow into the impeccable young adults that they were always destined to become once they surpassed a few hardships they had to endure. The novel also shows a strong relationship between Charlie and his advanced english teacher, Bill. I think this is an important part of the book because a lot of students view their teachers in a bad light due to their teacherly duties they have to uphold. I like that the novel showed that a lot of teachers are not teaching solely for a paycheck, they are in the career field that they are in to help the students who enter their classrooms everyday. The stereotypical depiction of teachers being the bad guy who’s always out to get you isn’t helpful for student readers, so I’m glad that at least one book shows a strong beneficial relationship between a teacher and his student. I liked how the book didn’t have chapters, but was written like journal