It is the year 1980 Jimmy Carter is president; he just passed the Mental Health System Act. This grants community mental health centers. This was the landmark to legislation in the Mental Health Policy. The novel The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chobosky is about a boy named Charlie. Going through his freshman year of high school. We follow Charlie through a series of journal entries as complicated relationships with the author of The Perks of Being a...
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We as humans are creatures of the culture that we create; as a 19-year-old girl living in the stereotypical ‘I’m lost in life and nobody can understand me’ point of my life, I’ve become fairly acquainted with the side effects of today’s complex culture. Whether it be books or movies, it is very common to see portrayals of different people wanting to be represented more accurately. Though more times than not, Hollywood gets everything wrong. The romanticization of mental illness...
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The book is about a quirky fifteen year old called Charlie and his first year of high school. Something traumatic occurs to Charlie and he becomes anxious about starting high school. When Charlie starts high school, he begins to write letters to a person he refers to as a friend. He thinks that the person will understand and listen to what he has to write. While writing the letters, he keeps people like his family anonymous so that the person...
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Two characters that have endured similar things in life; losing someone very close and also being devoted to someone else. However, comprehending their emotions very differently. This essay will analogize the characters sort of interactions with other people; however, in order to do that, we have to understand the beginning. In the novel by Stephen Chbosky The Perks of Being a Wallflower, we follow a character named Charlie. Charlie is a people pleaser and very much of a wallflower. Instead...
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The perks of being a wallflower also called “Wallflower” first was released in 1999 but since then been very popular and grown as a book. The perks of being a wallflower is a truly moving story about Charlie, a freshman in highschool whos shy, intelligent and socially awkward, but that all comes down to a mental issue that occured from some old trauma and family issues. He’s a wallflower stuck between trying to live at the fullest and running from...
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This paper aims to use mise-en-scène while looking at film adaptation in an attempt to try and understand the difference between author and auteur and how it affects the end product. It also attempts to look at music and sound in the films and the impact music has on these films. Sound and music play a very important role in the film. The end-product, after the process of editing and piecing together all the mise-en-scène elements to creatively put together...
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“We accept the love we think we deserve” Dear friend, being a wallflower does help gain the trust of other people but, does being a wallflower allow those to participate in life completely? “We accept the love we think we deserve” but how do we know if we deserve any better. Steven Chbosky explores the themes of acceptance, tolerance and the effects of being inclusive of others and he also explores the importance of participating in life and not isolating...
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Being a teenager is challenging on many levels, from fitting in, to passing school, to fighting with your parents, these years are a struggle but they have a large impact on who you grow up to be. As a teen these hardships can cause many emotions, and without an outlet to share and express their feelings, they often end up taking a toll on a teens mental health. This dangerous accumulation of troubles leads to emotional instability. In the stories,...
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Both “A Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger and the film “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” based on the novel of the same name by Stephen Chbosky, deliver an excellent deep dive into the psyche of a mentally ill teenager as they face everyday life. The main characters in both the book and film, Holden Caulfield and Charlie Kelmeckis, share almost identical character traits at points in their stories. Both characters are easily comparable and similar when you...
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Young teenagers suffer from isolation and remoteness causing them to have a feeling of anxiety and depression. J.D Salinger and his novel The Catcher in the Rye reflects on Holden and how Holden is affected by the death of his younger brother Alie, it makes Holden feel isolated and lonely. Stephan Chobosky and his novel The Perks of Being a Wallflower reflection Charlie as he was affected by the loss of his best friend Micheal, Charlie is affected by Micheal’s...
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This book is about a teenager named Charlie who is about to start his first day of high school after dealing with the suicide of his only and closest friend. To deal with the anxiety, Charlie begins to write letters to a stranger his heard is nice and can trust. He meets two friends named Patrick and Sam who later become his best friends. Throughout his high school year, he has been taken under the wing of a great senior...
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Stephen Chbosky, the director of the film The Perks of Being a Wallflower, and Becky Albertalli, the author of Love Simon teaches the audience the process of coming of age. Chbosky’s film follows Charlie’s journey as he enters his first year of high school and encounters his first experiences with relationships, drugs and alcohol, bullying, and love while also discovering his sexuality. In a similar way, Albert al li’s novel follows sixteen-year-old Simon through all his high school struggles, particularly...
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