Perks Of Being A Wallflower Research Paper

Being a wallflower was beneficial to Charlie, but it also took his opportunity to have a normal high school experience. Although it helped him avoid certain problems and situations associated with high school. The book is called The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. It is about a teenaged boy name Charlie and he is in his freshman year of high school and follows his exploits with drugs, sexuality and high school drama and we also see him deal with mental health issues from his past. Being a wallflower benefitted Charlie because his personality helps him make a small but caring group of friends; Charlie was also observant but shy and kept to himself and he also did not stand out or participate when unnecessary.

Charlie lacked purpose and was mildly depressed prior to meeting Sam and Patrick who were senior that were Charlie’s first friends in high school who helped him overcome some of his problems. Charlie started the school year broken mentally and lonely, his only friends were Sam and Patrick and they made Charlie feel as if he belonged, which was evident when Charlie said “I started laughing, and at this moment I swear we were infinite.” (Chbosky, 39). Charlie felt like he belonged there at that moment with people who cared about him and as if these were his “glory days” (52) ,

Being a wallflower benefitted Charlie because he had a caring group of friends, he was observant and stayed unknown, and he did not stand out or participate unless absolutely necessary. Throughout the year he matured from his observations and overcame problems from his childhood. Charlie ended the year in a completely place then when he stated as evident though his physical and mental growth in learning to accept his past. Although being a wallflower aided Charlie he did encounter some issues with making friends who were able to see Charlie’s true self and accept him for