What Is The Message Of The Perks Of Being A Wallflower

This book is one of the most talked about in our generation. The Perks of Being a Wallflower had a great message that many twisted it around. The author's name is Stephen Chbosky he was born and raised in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania on january 25, 1970. Stephen Chbosky is an amazing novelist as he is screenwriter and film director. Chbosky had a small family growing up his father being Fred and his mother Lea Chbosky, he had one brother and his name was Stacy Chbosky. Chbosky not only wrote The Perks of Being a Wallflower he also wrote Atskalinno, and Charlie, But the book that got everyone talking and was his most famous book was The Perks of Being a Wallflower. The main character charlie was socially awkward known to be a wallflower, just watching

Chbosky understands the hype around his book and that people don't want his book to be known. He makes a great point in saying “ this moment will just be another story someday” this means that he knows people are making a big deal because how big the book is becoming. When the book dies down no one will care what the book even talked about because it was the past. The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a book you know will never fail you. From the first lines it has your attention to the last word. The book helps you pass the hard times how I had mentioned. As a reader going through a hard time then you read the following line “I was very grateful to have heard it again. Because I guess we all forget sometimes. And I think everyone is special in their own way. I really do”(chbosky). This will catch your attention and you will feel better about yourself because he directly connects with the reader. As their is good others believe this is a bad thing. They believe that the book will cause you trauma while reading about something you went through. A voice concerned “ that the passages depicting drug and sexual abuse would trigger trauma in young readers who had undergone similar