In The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, Charlie was a little overdramatic over some of the problems he faced. It seemed like he couldn't do anything on his own, and that he was not sure about anything. The littlest of things seemed to set him off. If Charlie wasn't so dramatic about everything, I think he would've been happier, able to think through his problems more clearly, and would have had an overall better life. Charlie could have been a lot happier if he didn't get so worked up over situations that didn't necessarily matter that much. In most of the letters that he wrote, there were always lines that stated "I walked home and while I walked home, I cried." "…I started to cry. It was real and panicky, and I couldn't stop it" (Chbosky 136). There were many sentences that were along those lines. He was nervous about high school too, and he started the book going into high school as a freshman. Every freshman is nervous for the first day of high school, so he was overdramatic in the way that he felt like he was the only one who was nervous for the first day of school. Crying over problems that don't deserve the salt …show more content…
makes anyone sad about themselves. Crying over unimportant problems made his mental condition a lot worse than it needed to be. Charlie would have been a lot happier and better if he would've sucked up all of his problems instead of thinking the world was ending. Thinking your decisions through clearly is important to help your overall well-being. By thinking over decisions clearly you are more likely to be happier with the outcome because you would have had time to analyze everything. If Charlie would have just slowed down and took some time to think his situation over with a clear mind he would've been better off. He thought of other people too much when he was making a decision instead of taking himself into consideration. While it's important to think of others occasionally when making decisions, they shouldn't be the prime focus of the final thought. " You can't just sit there and put everybody's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You just can't. You have to do things" (Chbosky 200). Friends are important to an individual's well-being, and considering them, and factoring them into your decisions can be important.
They are going to be the people in your life that are semi-constant, and your actions, and how you decide to respond to situations affects your friend's actions, and sometimes emotional well-being. There needs to be a balance between your friends and your personal well-being. Finding that balance is a difficult thing to find on occasions. People get so wrapped up in how their decisions will affect their friends, that they forget to think about the main person of the show, themselves. I think that was what happened with Charlie. He was so used to not having that great of friends that when he got friends, he was in a panic that they would leave him if he did not make decisions that would help them
out. Charlie could have had a better life if he would have taken the time to breathe. If he would have just taken a breath here and there, his life would have improved so much. Charlie felt stressed all the time, and I think he has himself to blame for most of it. He was worried about the most unimportant situations. It is hard to be content when you are always stressed over little problems that pop up in your life. Crying over little problems, and working yourself up over them are not worth the time and affects the mental health of a person. Charlie could have prevented some of the problems he faced if he took a quick breather about the situation he was in. "Not thinking anything. Not feeling anything. Not hearing the record. For hours" (Chbosky 137). I feel like Charlie thought he was going through everything that he was going through by himself. He didn't branch out for help to often to the people that cared for him. He just sat by himself and suffered on his own. If Charlie would have just opened up more to his friends and talked about his problems, he would have appreciated life more than he had. He would not have felt alone in the world. Charlie had friends in the book to lean on and ask for help with situations, all he had to do was reach out and vocalize his problems and feelings. Being overdramatic is not a great way to live life. Charlie getting set off over the littlest inconvenience made his situation worse. The outcome of the story would have been a lot different if Charlie would have taken a breath to think about the things that were happening in his life. Charlie being overdramatic about every little problem that he faced he would have been happier, able to think his decisions over more clearly, and would have a better life. Are you living your life overdramatically?
Almost in all sections of the book, Charlie has to display courage in some way or another. But what showed the most courage and what most people could never do, was when Charlie had to endure seeing Laura dead and hanging from the tree, and keep a secret that Laura's been murdered from everyone, including his own family. It was hard to even
In Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild, he retells the story of a young man named Chris McCandless by putting together interviews, speaking with people who knew him, and using letters he writes to his companions. Chris McCandless also known as Alexander Supertramp is a bright young man and after graduating from Emory University with all honors, he abandons most of his possessions and travels around the west, making long lasting impact on whomever he meets. He then hitchhikes to Alaska where he is found dead. In chapter 14 and 15, both named “Stikine Ice Cap”, Jon Krakauer interrupts the boy's story and shares his anecdote of going to Alaska to climb a dangerous mountain called the Devils Thumb. Krakaure’s purpose is to refute the argument that McCandless is mentally ill because many others, like Krakauer have tried to “go into the wild” but they are lucky to survive unlike McCandless. While describing his climb, Krakauer exhibits through the descriptions of and uncertainty about personal relationships.
He doesn’t lack of encourage anymore, he has overcome his fear and despair. “I have to go. I have to disobey every impulse and leave her for Jasper Jones, for Jack Lionel, for this horrible mess.” We see a different Charlie from his determination. From escape to face up, he shows us more responsible. From helpless to assertive, he comes to realize what he really wants. He knows the dark side of human nature and this unfair and cold world. His innocent, his perfect world has been destroyed by those horrible things; because of these, he knows the part of real world, he knows how the ‘dark’ actually changes this world, his friends, his family, included
Jeffrey Reiman, author of The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison, first published his book in 1979; it is now in its sixth edition, and he has continued to revise it as he keeps up on criminal justice statistics and other trends in the system. Reiman originally wrote his book after teaching for seven years at the School of Justice (formerly the Center for the Administration of Justice), which is a multidisciplinary, criminal justice education program at American University in Washington, D.C. He drew heavily from what he had learned from his colleagues at that university. Reiman is the William Fraser McDowell Professor of Philosophy at American University, where he has taught since 1970. He has written numerous books on political philosophy, criminology, and sociology.
I see Charlie attempting desperately to act out of character. Adept at business he has shown ability, humility and perseverance. However, he seems to be out of touch with the manifested feelings of others his path has crossed.
The novel “Into the Wild” by Jon Krakauer goes into great detail to describe the main character, Chris McCandless, who died traveling alone into the Alaskan wilderness. McCandless, whom in the novel renamed himself Alex, left his home and family to travel to Alaska in 1992. In Alaska McCandless planned to live an isolated life in the desolate wilderness, but unfortunately he did not survive. This non-fiction novel portrays his life leading up to his departure and it captures the true essence of what it means to be “in the wild”.
At the end of “Into the Wild” by John Krakauer epilogue, my view towards McCandless’s journey and death is emotionally similar to McCandless’s parents as they accept Chris’s death. Chris’s parents weren’t really involved in his life so they never really knew why he cut everyone off. My initial guess is that Chris got tired of his parents controlling his life and just wanted to get away. Throughout “Into The Wild” Chris’s parents seemed like they didn’t support or care about Chris, or they didn’t know how to show it, however my opinion about Chris’s parents did change because the author shined light on his parents and how they came to senses with their son’s death and that they actually really did care about their son Chris McCandless.
For Charlie, Ignorance is bliss. He realizes that his so called ? friends? were just using him to entertain their perverse humor. Also, he was also fired from the job that he loved so much because his new intelligence made those around him feel inferior and scared.
A growing problem of Charlie’s is his extremely mixed emotions toward the opposite sex. He starts a serious relationship with Alice Kinnian, his former teacher. Charlie begins to learn of how society treats the mentally retarded. He realizes his old friends at the bakery just make fun of him. After watching the audience laugh at video of him before the operation, Charlie runs away from a mental health conference with Algernon after learning that his operation went wrong. Charlie does research on himself and learns that intelligence without the ability to give and receive affection leads to mental and moral breakdown.
he doesn't he even own one. This where you can see how he is different
Albert Camus has his own toolbox of literary devices when it comes to accentuating the theme of The Stranger, one of them being his unique sense and use of secondary characters. Whether major or minor, every character in the book serves a purpose, and corroborates the theme in some form of fashion. Camus describes his secondary characters as foiling Meursault in one aspect or another, and thus, shining light on Meursault’s characteristics. Whether through close connections like familial relationships (Maman) and friendships (Salamano, Raymond, and Marie), or through bonds as distant as people he briefly converses with (Chaplain), or even so much as complete strangers (Perez and unidentified lady at the restaurant), characters that Meursault encounters foil and therefore, emphasize many aspects of his nature. Furthermore, because Meursault aptly embodies Camus’s ideology of Absurdism, emphasizing Meursault through secondary characteristics simply highlights Camus’ doctrine and theme of the book.
... mistakes. Charlie is not ready, to change himself, since he repeats his past misdeeds. It seems like he will never be able to change or be happy about what he has or had in his past. There is no money in the world, which can help him. The story "babylon revisited" has anticlimax end, and Charlie left empty handed. In life any person, who tries change has to put a lot of efforts and time, to do it. If a person wishes to change himself, the first step he has to take is to remember his past mistakes and stay away from them. A past of a person will be always a part of him. He can never escape or ignore it, but he can learn from it and change himself. Every person has to learn how to use his/her unpleasant experience of the past as an advantage, to stay away from his past misdeeds, to build a bright future.
Charlie struggles with apparent mental illness throughout his letters, but he never explicitly addresses this problem. His friends make him realize that he is different and it is okay to be different from everyone else. This change in perspective gives Charlie new opportunities to experience life from a side he was unfamiliar with. Without these new friends, Charlie would have never dared to try on the things he has. His friends have helped him develop from an antisocial wallflower to an adventurous young man who is both brave and loyal. Transitioning shapes how the individual enters into the workforce, live independently and gain some control over their future
The book that I read was called The Stranger written by Albert Camus. The book is globally famous and was translated to many different languages and texts. The original was called L’Étranger which was written in French in 1942. The plot of this story involved a man in his late twenties or early thirties. The man's name is Meursault. In the beginning of the novel, Meursault is notified that his mother had passed away in the nursing home that he occupied her to. Meursault’s income could not afford to take care of his mother any longer; therefore, he put her in a nursing home. Meursault took off of work and went to the nursing home where she passed away to pay his respects and attend the funeral ceremonies. When he arrived at the nursing home, the funeral director brought Meursault to his mother’s coffin. The director asked if he wanted to see her and he quickly replied to keep the coffin shut. Meursault sat in the room and nearly went through an entire pack of cigarettes while blankly watching his mother’s coffin. At the actual funeral, Meursault shows no signs of normal emotion which would normally be induced at such an event.
Because of the parties he attends with his new friends he has tried using some drugs. These new friends help Charlie see things with a positive perspective, and to be confident in himself. When his friends move away, Charlie experience isolation and has a mental crisis that leads him to be internalized in a clinic.