The Perks Of Being A Wallflower Suffering Analysis

The last similarity between the books is the theme of suffering. The Perks of Being a Wallflower shows suffering through all the characters that are friends or family to Charlie. Charlie, the main character suffers through not understanding the world and not being able to help anyone close to him because he doesn’t understand. Charlies sister suffers through her relationship with her boyfriend, he doesn’t treat her well and abuses her. She eventually gets pregnant and suffers because she has to have an abortion. Charlies mom was beaten by her father when she was younger and she suffers because she can’t trust people because of her past. Lastly, Charlie’s new friends suffer because of their situation. Sam suffers because she has low self-esteem

Miles is suffering in his home town, at school he doesn’t have any friends, so he decides to go to a boarding school. The Colonel suffers because of his past. His father was abusive, and left him and his mum, so they were left living in a trailer park. Alaska suffers because of her mothers’ death. She blames herself for her mother death which leads eh to suffering because she is destroying herself over it. But the biggest suffering comes when Alaska dies, The Colonel and Miles are torn up from it, they can barely walk because of the pain. However, they find a way to cope with the pain. Alaska talks about suffering when she was alive, she says, “But there 's always suffering, Pudge. Homework or malaria or having a boyfriend who lives far away when there 's a good-looking boy lying next to you. Suffering is universal.” (Green, 22) The quote explains everything there is to know how suffering. It’s something everyone goes through, weather they want to or not. The main characters go through suffering for their whole life, from before they met each other, when they were together, and after Alaska’s death. Suffering is a part of