Another essence of comedy in the novel is Laura’s accent, she is a student from Russia who has trouble the vowel sound –i (25). Having high school aged characters make for an easy set up for comedy in awkward situations. One awkward situation was when Laura and Miles both did not know how oral sex was performed and had to ask Alaska for help (66).Lastly, comedies typically have so called “happy endings” where the conflict is happily resolved. In the case of Looking for Alaska, Miles “Pudge” Halter finds forgiveness after Alaska’s death (112). On page 112, Pudge comes to the realization, “So I know she forgives me, just as I forgive her.” Even though Pudge still didn’t get the girl of his dreams, he is able to find peace and can
Molly Pals University Seminar 11/27/10 The Perks of Being a Wallflower Bibliography- Chbosky, Stephen. The Perks of Being a Wallflower. 1999. Main Characters: Charlie- Genius, something from his past is affecting his life but he cannot remember what it is, reads a lot of books that are given to him by his English teacher Sam- Charlie’s crush, Brings Charlie in as a friend but also introduces him to the party scene Patrick- Sam’s stepbrother, gay, has a secret relationship with the star QB of the school Older Sister- Typical high school teenager, thinks she is in love, hit by her boyfriend, gets pregnant but has an abortion Big Brother- In College, football player, comes home twice during the school year Aunt Helen- Sexually abused Charlie when he was a young boy, died a few years before the book’s current setting Teacher- Gives Charlie extra books and assignments because he is smarter than everyone else Anonymous friend- receiver of Charlie’s thought provoking letters Summary: Unlike the other books I have read so far for this class, this has a lot of small issues that would take pages to write about. The other books just had a couple of large issues that were easy to talk about.
Alec had switched his life around whether on purpose or by the flow of how he lived. He started out as your smart, quiet, elementary school try hard. He moved on to middle school and many kids who had known him in elementary school were probably unaware of the fact he still existed. Now as high school student he is not popular but not unpopular and is well liked. He was also still very smart the only issue was how hard he wanted to try; his true dedication found in cross country.
During the year over which the letters span, this friend becomes the unwitting outlet for Charlie’s coming-of-age. Always a bit of an introvert, a “wallflower”, Charlie decides that this year will be different – and so it is, as he finally makes some connections with the likes of high school seniors; Sam and Patrick. He even finds friendship with his English teacher, Bill, who encourages him to participate in life. Charlie is silent but observant; shy but determined to please; introverted but filled with love and compassion. As well as dealing with the subject matter of a typical coming-of-age novel; Fitting in, puberty, first love etc.
Todd’s parents think that he should become a lawyer and they do not give him a lot of attentions as they send him the same desk set each year. Their new English teacher, Mr. Keating or “The Captain”, is different from the rest and some of the students find him mad. In their first class, he brings them to see pictures of some of the former students at the school. Through poems he tells them to seize the day, Carpe Diem, a term which he thinks the students should live by. Mr. Keating’s way of teaching brings out the uniqueness of the pupils, but the other teachers, bound by traditions and discipline, do not like his way of teaching.
Multiple Character Analysis Charlie and Sam are best friends in the novel, The Perks Of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chobosky. They have more in common then they both thought. Growing up Charlie was not known as the poplar kid. He was know because of his older brother and sister. His brother was the big football player and his sister was one of the prettiest girls at school.
If it was a big trouble I would go to my aunts and uncles, if it was something I did wrong and I got in trouble with my parents I would talk to my friends or cousins. I asked this 15 year old boy what he thought the value and importance of school was and he told me it was important because he had to grow up and make money one day and he had to have good education in order to do that. He learns about science, math, English and etc in
My husband was neutral about them leaving home and though I knew this was the natural progression of life I felt myself presenting him because he didn’t understand and share my feelings. It had a great effect on our marriage. I found that the transition from being a wife and mother to basically just a wife difficult to make. Instead of join us closer, a chasm develop between us that was difficult to breach. No matter what my husband tried I just cannot shake the sense of loss.
Girls see guys go for the girls that dress scantily clad, the ones that would rather wake up 2 hours earlier just to cake their faces on, the ones that rather go to a school that has hotter guys than a better education, the ones that flirt with all the boys, the girls that think about themselves and have no regards for others, we see it, we good girls see it all. We good girls are usually deemed the ugly friend, the backup, the one the guys would make their wives, but not their girlfriend at the moment. We are the ones that fall for the good boys, but the boys are blinded by the "beauty" of the bad girls. They get caught up in those girls, and what does that leave us good girls to do? Wait.
Raleigh's character seems to be very timid from the start he has just left school and in a way has almost continued on with his school days; Denis's' presence at the dugout gives Raleigh a sense of protection like when he was a school. He assumes that it will be fun because he thinks Denis will take an immediate liking to Raleigh like when they were back at school. “Yes, rather! We were at school together..." Raleigh is a family and school friend of Stanhope’s whom he glorifies as a "hero figure". This is not directly spoken out by Raleigh but is discovered in a conversation between Stanhope and Osborne, “Small boys at schools usually have their heroes.