In the novel The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D Salinger & Chbosky’s movie, The Perks of being a Wallflower, both of the protagonists are grieving over a death of a loved one. Both characters have been stranded in a pathway, looking to move on, but in every step of the way, learning from their journey. Holden from the Catcher in the Rye, has been through a tragic loss of someone who was dearly loved. After the loss of his brother, he isolates himself from the society keeping himself in his childhood. Charlie, the protagonist of The Perks of being a wallflower, loses a loved one, this loss creates him to produce these false thoughts, leading to a huge change. While having to go through the transition of losing his Aunt, he blames himself for her …show more content…
Both experienced the path to letting go and moving on. Although this path wasn’t so easy, they soon experienced peace and acceptance in their society. Learning lessons about life and experiencing the truth of living in the reality. Holden reaches this when seeing his younger sister, phoebe riding the carousel,”It was just that she looked so damn nice, the way she kept going around and around, in her blue coat and all. God i wish you could,ve been there.” After seeing Phoebe, he had a nice warm feeling, and also realized that he couldn’t stop others from losing their innocence, since it a part of life. Charlie blames himself for the death of his aunt Helen although he had nothing to do with it, he chooses to believe ‘Aunt Helen died getting my christmas gift, so doesn’t that make me the one who killed her?’ making thing harder on him. He soon goes into therapy, and leaves and a better person. He goes back home living a regular life not showing any signs of being consumed by the fault he had token to be in charged of. Both of these boys lost their mental state, when losing someone they dearly loved, but soon stopped running away, getting help, finally letting