Personal Response 2.9- The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky The book The Perks of Being a Wallflower written by Stephen Chbosky has many themes in relation to the young adult adolescence. The book is written from the perspective of a high school freshman named Charlie, throughout the book Charlie talks about the various obstacles he faces whether it is about something school or at home related. One way I can relate to this book is through the passage in the text when Charlie mentions that he and his friends were planning on doing a Secret Santa, which has been a tradition for them to do. I found myself being able to relate to this as me and my group of friends does the same thing before Christmas. Although it’s known as “Secret …show more content…
And how many people got through a lot of bad times because of those songs. And how many people enjoyed good times with those songs. And how much those songs really mean. I think it would be great to have written one of those songs. I bet if I wrote one of them, I would be very proud. I hope the people who wrote those songs are happy. I hope they feel it's enough. I really do because they've made me happy. And I'm only one person.” This text made me think about my personal experiences of how listening to songs can simply calm me down, as they remind me that I’m not alone in finding my way through life. Personally, I really like this quote as I believe that it that it explores ideas in which the reader can start to understand how Charlie thinks. Most importantly though I believe that Charlie’s perspective explores ideas which are relevant in today’s society as many people in particular young adults, actually rely on music to forget their worries and problems and personally I can also relate to this as I also like to think about how one’s song message can make an impact on people and how they perceive the world through their