Imagine a young nobody, who is enveloped within a group of loving people with ease. This story is about a young lad named Charlie who happens to be this “young nobody”. Charlie is a wallflower. This means that Charlie is a very passive, observant person, and doesn’t say much if he sees anything. He is this way, until he is invited to party shortly after the beginning of school. At this party, he makes many new friends who are very welcoming towards him. He becomes a real hit with his new group when he obliviously wolfs down a weed brownie. Charlie’s life has completely turned around until one day, at another party, he makes a regretful choice. Charlie’s life turns back in the wrong direction and he turns to drugs such as marijuana, as a coping method. He continues to go downhill and has an extreme mental breakdown. Fortunately he lets us, the readers, know that everything will be okay. One of the main ways my perspective was altered by reading this book, was by learning the power of literature. This novel helped me greatly grasp some of the ways literature can be so powerful and moving. This is even represented within the novel, with our main character, Charlie: “It's strange because sometimes, I read a book, and I think I am the people in the book” (Chbosky). This quote from The Perks of Being a Wallflower is very ironic to me because not only is the main character moved by a piece of literature he read, but I as well, thought this was a very poignant novel. After reading this novel, I have personally learned to be more considerate of others. We never know what someone walking past us with a smile or frown on their face is truly going through. By being more considerate, I can help change other people's lives for the better. Being more considerate means as much as not saying a smart remark to showing empathy to someone and helping them with a stressful situation. Being more considerate towards each other is all it takes to resolve a lot of unneeded distress and conflict. By Owen B.
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