The Perks Of Being A Wallflower Argumentative Essay

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American track and field athlete as well as a four-time Olympic gold-medalist, Jesse Owens, said “We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort”. Stephen Chobosky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower displays the life of a socially awkward teen who struggles to get through life. The author has such a way of presenting Charlie’s, main focal character, amazingly talented writing skills, as well as the new challenges he takes on with his best friends. Of Mice and Men is a fable about what it’s like to endure hardships in life. John Steinbeck’s story of George and Lennie’s vast determination to have a ranch of their own, along with all the complications …show more content…

Going back to the dream of working on their own ranch shared by George and Lennie brings me to the thought that dreams don’t die unless you stop working for them. The image of “George raising the gun and steading it, as he brought the muzzle of it close to the back of Lennie’s head. As his hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger” (Steinbeck Page 104). When George tells Lennie to look across the river and imagine their farm, he lets Lennie die with hope that they will reach their dream, and attain it soon. George, who must kill Lennie, is not allowed such comfort. He must go on living knowing the letdown of the dream, as well as deal with the guilt of having killed his only best friend. Football jocks, nerds, goths, hippies, junkies. These are all stereotypes heard around school that “classify” one group of people from the other. “You ever think, Charlie, that our group is the same as any other group like the football team? And the only real difference between us is what we wear and why we wear it?” (Chbosky Page 155). This is one of the most beautiful parts in the entire novel, The Perks of Being a Wallflower. People from very different backgrounds and age groups can relate to its story. Even though it addresses very specific sets of matters, this novel is able to strike a chord with a massive group of readers.

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