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Perks Of Being A Wallflower Essay

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My group had interesting observation about Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. Perks which includes a series of letter written by the main character Charlie as he tries to negotiate being a teenager, friend and family. As we have all gone through our teenage years wherein in we had to negotiate friendship and family, we could relate the main character from the stand point of development. We all had or experience development during that period differently. A member of my group was a cheerleader, another a socialite, one was peer pressured, and me, a moderate wallflower in new situations. Although every member of my group had a different experience compare to Charlie during the beginning of high school. We all sympathies with some of his experience he had during his life. Particularly concerning was our interpretation of Love and how his aunt has damage his future relationships. On the developmental level, we could answer the impact on his psychological health, but we couldn't understand his long term interpretation of love, as this definition will be …show more content…

Due to peer pressure directly or indirectly Charlie has ended up using drug like tobacco and cocaine. I think I have negotiate with peer pressure successful, and although I have never gotten the things which peer pressure give to people my age. I can say I have not turn all that anti social. During my mid teenage years, I had to confront similar peer pressure event that I had to choose between having a fun experience wherein I will feel accept as oppose to a plain life wherein friendships is non existence ad I couldn't find people I share similar experience with. But this all change the older one get, when people start to face the consequence of their action, and when people started to realize that we don't have to share similar experiences to come closer, but rather similar future

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