THE ANALYSIS OF PLOT PICTURED IN “THE PERKS OF BEING A
WALLFLOWER” BY STEPHEN CHOBOSKY
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UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDY
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ABSTRAK
ABSTRACT
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 The Background of the Study
In some media often found many cases pertaining to psychiatric person. One
of the most common in the community was sexual harassment. Sexual abuse lately
too often end up with a tragic death. In addition, sexual harassment too often leave
deep trauma of victims. Abroad, the trauma is known as “wallflower”. Wallflower is
the trauma caused by an event which is very pressing the psychical of person, so it
can reduce the sense of socialization and hard to adapt. Has no friends and never
confident was one impact of trauma wallflower. However, the trauma is very likely to
be cured. Many volunteers work together with the Government set up various
organizations to rescue and heal the sufferers wallflower. Things like this also I found
in the novel The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen chobosky. The Novel gives
the message that the sufferer”wallflower” is curable only if they want to open up to
others, accept the fact and trying to forget the past.
This story begins when Charlie Kelmeckis entered the new school year as a
high school student. He felt very scared because he has no friends. His good friend
Michael died a month before they enter high school. Michael reportedly died of
suicide. Michael is the only friend that Charlie believes and feels able to rely on him
than to his own family. He started to write all the events he experienced on a daily
theSsophomore Class guided by Mr. Callahan. In this class Charlie first became
acquainted with Patrick. Patrick is a senior class that follows the repetition in the
subjects taught by Mr. Callahan.
He became close to Patrick since their meeting in football match in their
school. At that meeting, he was introduced to Sam, also a senior in his school and she
is a step-sister of Patrick. Charlie falls in love with Sam at first sight he saw Sam.
Since that meeting, too, they got closer because Charlie felt Patrick and Sam does not
like other senior who like to disturb new students, they are very open and good to
him. Charlie often invited to join students-grade repetition club by Patrick. At the
club, he found new friends like Mary Elizabeth, Craig, Peter and also a new
experience. He went partying at night and help them fill out the event at Ricky Horror
Picture Show. By following each of the events and activities with students-grade
repetition he was getting close to Sam and begin to love her more. But Charlie never
dare to tell Sam about his feeling because Sam is dating with Craig.
On the other hand, there is a woman who secretly loved Charlie. She is Mary
Elizabeth. She is always kind and considerate to Charlie. When Sam is busy dating
craig, Mary was getting closer to Charlie. Charlie finally dating Mary because Charlie
isn't able to deny Mary. Charlie is getting confused and sad because he had pretend
to love Mary, but in fact he just loved Sam. A few months later Sam broke up with
Craig because Craig has been having an affair. Patrick invited Charlie, Mary and
encourage Sam. They eventually choose to play the game Truth or Dare to break the
mood. Charlie got the first turn. Patrick challenge Charlie to kiss the most beautiful
girl in the room. He spontaneously kissed Sam who happened sit next to him. Mary
was shocked to see him, she was very angry and slapped him. Mary also rebuked
Sam and accused her of being a traitor. They fight violently and Sam drove out
Charlie from their homes.
Their relationship became difficult until one day Charlie save Patrick.
Charlie beat up some seniors who mocked Patrick as “nothing”. He hit them very
strong till them sprawl and Sam saw the incident. After the incident, Sam find Charlie
and talks to him. This good opportunity was taken by Charlie to apologize. Sam
finally forgive him. They are close again since the incident. At the end of the
semester, all seniors including Sam and Patrick are busy for graduation examination
and examination at some universities because they will continue their education into
college. This makes Charlie realized Sam was going to leave him. And it became real
when Sam passed the entrance exam to a College in New York. Sam preparing
everything to move to New York.
The night before Sam leaves, Charlie came to Sam’s home. He ventured to
declare his love. When Charlie expresses it, Sam was very surprised and happy.
Charlie is also very happy that Sam accepts his love. They start kissing and
intercourse as husband and wife that night in Sam’s house. However, when all things
encouraged Sam suddenly, Sam felt shocked and guilty thought Charlie was not
ready with such a thing. Sam tried to get close to him and find out what was
happening but Charlie is getting weird. Charlie cried loudly. Sam does not allow
Charlie back to his home with that situation. That night, Charlie dreaming weird
things about his aunt Helen.
The next day, Sam is leaving for New York. Charlie felt so sad. The inner
turmoil last night going on for the longest time. He is disgusted with himself. He
returned home with very critical mental. Charlie found suicide in front of the TV
naked by her parents. Before Charlie lost a lot of blood, he was immediately taken to
the hospital by his parents. The doctors immediately help Charlie in hospital and
provide him with an intensive care until he can pass through the crytis period. He had
amnesia for one week.
A psychiatrist comes to Charlie and open up his mind to tell the psychiatrist
what he fells and thinks about. Charlie cries a lot while he tells the psychiatrist what
had happened to him. He tells the psychiatrist that he got a sexual harassment from
his beloved aunty named aunt Helen. Psychiatrists has promised to help Charlie
through this all. The psychiatrist tells all the incident to his parents. They were very
sad and angry at themselves because they never know about that incident until a
dozen years. Psychiatrist, Charlie's parents, friends and family of Charlie finally
R.J. Rees (1973 ; 106) “Novel is a fictitious prose narrative of considerable
length in which characters and actions representative of real life are potrayed in a plot
of more or less complexity.” Fananie (2001 : 93) says, “the plot is the construction
which is made to read on of a sequence of events that are logically and
chronologically related , and caused or experienced by actors.”
The approach used by the writer to describe about the Plot that was used in this
novel is “intrinsic approach “ Wellek and Warren (1972: 139) that retrieve data only
from the text, such as read the text carefully , sort information of plot , character,
theme, background, actions and make summary and conclusion .
1.2 The Problem of Study
In the Novel “The Perks of being a Wallflower” by Stephen Chbosky the
writer will discuss:
a. What is the plot that pictured in the novel the perks of being a wallflower?
b. What is the conflict in plot?
1.3 Scope of Study
Many aspects can be discussed in this novel, but the writer is interested in
1.4 Purpose of Study
The purposes of the writer in making this paper are:
- To find out the plot pictured in The Perks of being a Wallflower’s Novel
- To find out the structure of plot and where the conflict is exist.
1.5 Method of Study
The author uses the method of “library research” writing this paper. The first
stage of the writer reads the whole story in this novel to understand the story. After
understanding the whole story of the novel, the writer reads and searches data in a
library to get information about the Plot. The second stage is to sort the data that has
been collected. The final stage is to analyze such data by connecting it with the story
of the novel.
1.6 Significance of Study
To analyze and to get understanding about one element of novel there is Plot
2. UNDERSTANDING OF PLOT
R.S Gwynn (2002:7) says that plot can be defined as a story’s sequence of incidence, arranged in dramatic order. One is tempted to insert the word
chronological but doing so will exclude many stories that depart from strict ordering
of events. Plot is one of the parts element that built the novel from inside, known as
intrinsic element. Plot is not only used in novels but also in drama and some other
literary work. There are many theories about the Plot and its kind R.S Gwynn
introduces several types of Plots and refers to the theory of Aristotle (384-322 b.c).
They are; Unfied Plot, Episodic Plot, Triangle Plot, Quest plot, and Transformation
Plot.
Unfied plot is realistic story, includes a central character and action, and
takes place in a single place, usually during a short span of time, such as an hour, few
hours, a day. The second type of plot that a writer can craft is the episodic plot. The
story has setting central character, conflict, takes place over a much longer period of
time. Often the author of novel itself will use the technique of “Flashback” to provide
background details or to tell the story.
The third type of plot is triangle plot. Triangle plot is a love story involving
three people. The fourth is Quest plot. Quest Plot which is unfied around group of
Plot. Transformation Plot, in which a weak or physically unattractive charater
changes radically in the course of the story.
R.S Gwynn (2002:8) says that there are some techniques that might be used
by the writer to develop the plot in novel. They are Flashback and Foreshadowing.
The difference of flashback and foreshadowing are:
Flashback describes something that happened before the story began. Flashback is just used to increase understanding of current event or character. For instance, if the
reader learns that something happened to a character when he or she was younger, it
might help to explain why he or she just behaved in a cratin way in the story.
Foreshadowing gives clues to something that will happen later in the story. Foreshadowing is used to help the reader predict what might happen, or to encourage
the reader to make a guess. It often happens fairly early in a story, and is frequently
used at the end of a chapter, or even at the end of one book in a series
Types of plot above are part of some sort plot. However, the types that
mention above is the kind of plot that is often found in novel. To analyze plot in
novel, R.S Gwynn also provide and explain some of the steps that called element of
A. Exposition
Exposition is the step where the reader was given essential information in a
novel that related to the characters by the author. Usually, in this step author will
introduce the main character and another character that play a role in the novel. In
“Fiction” book by R.S Gwynn explains that exposition divided into four parts. They
are;
a. Exposition Who
Exposition “Who” is the part where the author introduces the main character
and other characters. Introducing and explaining the characters that play in a novel,
there are three things that must be mention, they are :
b. Exposition What
Exposition “What” is the part where the author explains what event makes
the main character meet other characters that also an important character in that novel
because they might be give an influence to the main character’s life.
c. Exposition When
Exposition “When” is the part where the author gives information about a
statement of time when the main character meet with other characters. Sometimes, in
the author wants the reader make their own prediction about the time, so it becomes
interesting. The novel like this may be use One day, Last Month, etc.
d. Exposition Where
Expositions where is the stage where writer notify explanation where the main
character meet with another character and make them know each other
B. Rising Action
Complication is the appearance of some circumstance or event that shakes
up the stable situation and begins the rising action of the story. Rising action in a
story may be either external and internal, or a combination of the two. A stroke
fortune such as illness or accident which affects a character is a typical example of an
external rising action, a problem that the character cannot ignore, while an internal
rising action might not be immediately apparent, the result of a character’s
deep-seated uncertainties, dissatisfactions, and fears.
C. Conflict
Conflict is event when between two characters or more have different personalities or
goals.
D. Moment of Crisis
Moment of Crisis is points in the story where a resolution of the
E. Climax
Climax is the greatest tension in a novel. In this part, the reader will give
much and special attention to what will happen next to the main character after
climax.
F. Falling Action
Falling action is event in the story that tells about what will happen to the main
character after climax and how is his/her life after the climax with other character that
influence her/his life. This is the part that close to the end of story.
G. Resolution
The final part of a plot is the resolution. The literally refers to the untying of
a knot, and we might compare the emotional release of a story’s ending with a piece
of cloth that has been twisted tighter and tighter and is then untwisted as the action
winds down. The resolution returns the characters to another stable situation. A
story’s resolution may be termed either closed or open. A Closed resolution ties up
everything neatly and explains all unanswered questions the reader might have. On
3. THE ANALYSIS OF PLOT PICTURED IN “THE PERKS
OF BEING A WALLFLOWER’’
In analyzing the plot of the novel the perks of being a wallflower, the writer
uses the theory who described by R.S. Gwynn in his book “fiction”. In this regard, he
explained that the plot consists of 3 parts which are made up of several sub-sections,
namely:
Climax
Moment of crisis
Conclict Falling action
Exposition Rising Action Resolution
3.1 Exposition
Exposition is the first stage in a story that introduced the who, what, when,
where the composition of the story. “Who” to introduce the main characters, “what”
to explain what makes them the main characters meet, “when” to explain when they
meet or meet, and “where” to explain where they met. According to the explanation
of R.S Gwynn, the opening story in The novel “The Perks of Being A Wallflower”
Exposition “Who” in novel the perks of being a wallflower is quite simple because
the main character introduces his status in his family directly on page 5:
………”there are three of us and I’m the youngest. My brother is the oldest. My sister is the middle………my mom and my dad……….”
Before introducing other characters, the main character, Charlie Kelmeckis introduces
his moral character that expressly in several different pages;
Hal 6 :…………..”I’m really afraid of going…..’ Hal 7:………” I’m started to cry”
Hal 8:………”I’m pretty emotional” Hal 9:…………”I like to read book twice”
Hal 10:…………”I like eating with my fingers and off napkins….”
From the explanation above, we can see that the character of Charlie in this
story is very cowardly, whiny (because the phrase “I’m started to cry” often
mentioned in several page), and also a little strange because he does not have the
same habits with the habits of her family.
Then the story continues and introduces other characters namely Patrick.
Charlie explains the status of Patrick in this story. Patrick is a senior students in his
school who follow some grade repetition and make it into same class with Charlie at
sophomore class taught by Mr. Callahan;
In this story, Charlie also introduces the character of Patrick, we can see from this
statement bellow.
Hal 19 : “he’s a very friendly person”………Nothing(Patrick) do a very funny impersonation of your teacher”
Patrick is very friendly to everybody, he likes to make things weird in the
class that made other students laughed.
In the next story Charlie wrote his experiences meeting with Sam. Sam is the
step-sister of Patrick. Charlie tells about Sam with little bit of amazing and love sense.
Hal 19 : “Sam has brown hair and very very pretty green eyes.”
“Sam had a very nice smile
Here also described the status of Patrick and Sam. They are brothers. They
are very closer each other. It makes Charlie proud to know both of them. They are
friendly and really unlike other seniors who like to do bad things to the new students.
Hal 20 : “we’re brother and sister,” Patrick said, still laughing.
“that’s Sam explained that they were actually stepsister and stepbrother since Patrick’s dad married Sam’s mom.
Exposition “where” in novel “The perks of being wallflower” also told very
clearly. Charlie, Sam and Patrick met during football matches in their school. Even
interaction until they met at a football game. At the time, Charlie came alone and
Patrick sat next to Sam. Patrick calls Charlie and encouraged him to join them.
“I went to the high school football game the other day, and I don’t understand why…… I was just kind of watching people, seeing who was in love and who was just hanging around, and I saw that kid I told you about…. Nothing(Patrick) was there at the football game”
Exposition When can be seen that the main character meets other characters
in time indication “the other day” in Pages 18. However, it can be estimated that word
“the other day” is the third weeks Charlie in school. In the novel, Charlie writes a
letter on 29 September and gave a time indicator “about last two weeks” and a story
they met was written in a letter dated 6 October. Charlie writes down too that they
met after few weeks he in new school.
Exposition What is told about what thing makes the main character meet
with other characters. it is because they study in school and they have a senior-junior
relationships as often ordinary students. Sam and Patrick is a senior of Charlie and
Charlie is a new students. In addition, Patrick mentioned was the student who has a
repetition class in Mr. Callahan class and he became a classmate of Charlie.
From the analysis stage of the Exposition above it can be concluded that the
early part of the story in the Novel “The Perks Of Being Wallflower”, the author
(Stephen Chbosky) explains or tells the exposition parts “who”, “when”, “where”,
3.2 Rising Action
The Rising Action of the novel “the perks of being a wallflower” is begun
when Charlie join to the students grade repetition club. Charlie started following all
the activities that is often performed by the club. Among them are partying, filling the
performances in the Rocky Horror Show and do drugs. Charlie felt this group was
accepted him and he enjoyed this situation. Charlie often tells about other seniors
who he didn't like to them, though they are also Charlie’s senior but they are never
angry to him. Charlie also returned home in a drunk condition and passed out on the
snow pile ever after he wore a new type of drug. But, her parents never know it
because Charlie himself was never told it.
“Charlie..let’s join us to the party, I will give u some new things that u never heard before..maybe..” Patrick said to Charlie.( The Perks Of Being A Wallflower: 25)
In this case it can be concluded that the rising action begins to appear when Charlie
join the student repetition club and he began to have problems that triggered the
emergence of a new conflict.
3.3 Conflict
Conflict found in novel “the perks of being a wallflower” has a different
conflict. The first conflict occurred when Charlie kissed Sam in front of Mary on the
………..Patrick suggested we all play Truth Or Dare……..Patrick give me dare
….“kiss the prettiest girl in the room on the lips”…..By the time I had knelt down in front of Sam and kiss her, the silence was unbearable. Mary Elizabeth Walked quickly out of the room and into bathroom…………
Mary was very angry and felt hurt. She also felt that Sam has betrayed him. In fact,
Sam didn't know this could happen. Sam never knew Charlie liked him. Charlie also
never tried to be honest to Mary and Sam until this incident happen.
…..Sam followed Mary, but before she completely left the room, she turned to me and said serious and dark, “what the fuck is wrong with you?”……..
…..I felt terrible…just terrible…….
After this conflict, Mary and Sam against Charlie. Charlie felt so guilty but
Patrick suggested him not return until situation calm down. Charlie was away from
them for a few weeks and still feel very guilty mainly to Mary because he knows
Mary very sincerely loves him.
The next conflict occurs to the main when he defended Patrick. At lunch,
several football athelete’s students mocked Patrick and called him “nothing”. Charlie
felt growled. He finally does not know why he dare beat up the students who mocked
Patrick. Charlie beats them all at once. Charlie feels very strong because he feels very
upset to them. Finally, Charlie's parents called to school because of the incident. He
“this is the first time I dare to fight with the seniors….. but do you know, that’s only because I don’t like they called Patrick with “nothing”. He is my bestfriend and it’s like something hurt inside. I hit them, then I saw they cry”
Patrick wrote down all the things in his letter to his friend and felt very angry
at himself. he felt guilty because he had beat his senior and it will make it threatened
in schools. he feels embarrassed because he makes his parents were called to school
because of his mistake.
It can be concluded that, the conflict appeared a little long almost in the
middle of the story. This is because rising action take a longer part. This can be seen
from the number of pages used in telling writers the rising action. And the conflicts
happen a few times so it is very pressing the mental of main character. Conflict
occurs not entirely because of the behavior of the main character but because other
figures considered important in the main character’s life.
3.4 Moment Of Crisis
Moment of crisis in this novel happens when Charlie finally dare to tell Sam
about what he felt to her in last night Sam stay in that city. Sam is going to go to New
York to continue her education to college and will leave Charlie alone. That night,
Sam kissing Charlie and at that moment, suddenly Charlie feels experiencing inner
conflict from his past memories that make his “wallflower” trauma arise. He finally
……..when she touched me, I stopped her… “you’re not ready?” she asked..
I nodded. But that wasn’t it. I didn’t know what it was..
You’re white as a sheet, Charlie. Do you need some water?
No. I don’t know.” I started to cry hardly
The inner turmoil about his past continues always haunt him. He began to
feel very uncomfortable and feel like crazy. He cries for something he did not know
what, until he fell asleep. He felt he dreamed about something like real happen to
him. But, he believes about that dreamed and always thought about it.
…..when I fall asleep, I had this dream. My bother and my sister and I were watching television with my aunt Helen. Everything was in slow motion. The soun was thick. And She doing what was Sam doing to me. That’s when I woke up. And I didn’t know what the hell was going on. But I believe it was happened to me…………..
He increasingly felt so chaotic. He did not know had to tell it to anyone because he
feared no one believes him.
The moment the crisis contained in this novel can be summed up as the
moment where Charlie had conflicting with his mind. Things that cannot be known
by other people and only Charlie can feel it. Therefore, in this moment Charlie
struggled himself to climax
3.5 Climax
The climax in the novel the perks of being a wallflower starts when Sam will
their education to the college level. At the time, Charlie acted colder to Sam. He
returned home with very critis mental. His kissing with Sam reminded him back to
sexual abuse that happened to him when he was 2 years old. Charlie begins to feel
very lonely, embarrassed and disgusted with himself. He is not strong against the
turmoil of remembrance of his past.
….”.i’ve been in the hospital for the past two monts. My father found me sitting on the couch in the family room. I was completely naked, just watching the television, which wasn’t on. I wouldn’t speak or snap out of it. They found with knife in my right hand, and full of blood in the left….”
Actually, after Sam leaves, Charlie decides to try suicide but his parents
rescue him to hospital before Charlie lost a lot blood and died.
The climax in the novel appears almost at the end of the story. the climax
occurs when Charlie finally committed suicide because he felt that he was not able to
pass through all the problems she experienced. The inner turmoil he feels up to it's
own mental state dropping feel disgust at himself chose to attempt suicide.
3.6 Falling Action
Falling action is the part where Charlie is treated at hospital. He told the
psychiatrist all the things that happen to him. He was embarrassed, but he had to tell
….”the next thing I knew, I was sitting in a doctor’s office. And I remembered my aunt Helen. And, I started to cry”…..
I don’t really want to talk about the questions and the answers. But kind of figured out that everything I dreamt about my aunt Helen was true. And after a while, I realized that it happened every Saturday when we would watch television and my brother and sister had fall asleep
Doctors tried to cure mental Charlie. The doctor told what had happened to
Charlie’s parents. His parents were very surprised. They are very sad because a dozen
years they do not know what causes make his son change after his aunt Helen died.
The doctor tells this to Charlie's family, so all people that close to Charlie can help to
heal Charlie.
……….“the doctor helped me work out a lot of things since then”… …………”the thing that helped me the most, though, was the time I could have visitors. My family, including my brother and my sister, always came for those days until my brother had to go back to school to play football”………
finally the whole family of Charlie had helped to cure Charlie with sending greeting
cards. they are very sad know about case that happened to Charlie. But they still help
the healing. Charlie has to be made feel that he was accepted by his family even
though he experienced sexual harassment.
It can be concluded that the falling action occurs because finally Charlie got
rescued from his attempt suicide and get help from doctors, family and friends.
3.7 Resolution
great Uncle phil. My Aunt Rebecca event sent me flowers with a card that was signed by all my Ohio cousins. It was nice to know they were thinking about me”………
The Novel the perks of being wallflower has a Closed type resolution.
Starting from the falling action to enter closed resolution, Stephen Chbosky
explaining in detail the State of the main character Charlie Kelmeckis and have the
end of the story which is also quite clear.
……….” Tomorrow, I start my sophomore year of high school. And believe or not, I’m really not afraid of going. I’m not sure if I will have the time to write anymore letters because I might be too busy trying too “participate”………….. ……..”so if this does end up being my last letter, please believe that things are good with me, and even when they’re not, they will be soon enough.”…..
The author tells of the end of the novel is quite clear on this. Charlie began
to have a new spirit, and he felt everyone receives it so that it no longer need to write
down or told the papers he submitted to his friend who died long ago. He participated
in his life with the goal he wanted to prove that his life is more than just trauma
sufferers wallflower.
Based on an analysis of the plot of the novel The Perks of being wallflower,
the novel has a kind of Episodic Plot. This can be explained with a main character
who was instrumental in the whole story, and there are several flashbacks detailing
the life of the main character that eventually became the answer to the trauma he
4. CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
4.1 CONCLUSIONS
After reading the entire contents of the novel analyze the plot of the novel
“The perks of being wallflower”, the writer can conclude that the plot of the novel
there is a kind of episodic plot. It is known from the stages of analysis are used by the
writer with reference to the theory of R.S Gwynn in his “fiction” book. This Novel
has the entire stage start from the introductory stage of the Exposition. In the
Exposition, the writer tells about its status, and moral behavior of the main
character. The writer also tells of a place, a time where the main character meets other
characters that also plays an important role in his life: meeting Charlie Kelmeckis
with Sam and Patrick. Then, after a few pages used to tell a meeting of key figures,
then rising action also appeared as Charlie began to join the students of student grade
repetition’s club and be active in respect of all the activities of the Club. He also met
a woman named Mary in the club and started dating him. Their relationship originally
good until he realized much in his heart he still like Sam, but Sam is dating Craig.
Later, the Conflict also occurs when Charlie kissed Sam in front of Mary
and they fight with very great. The conflict also re-emerge when Charlie defend
Patrick before another senior scoffed at Patrick. Charlie hit them till they entered the
hospital. Then, the moment of crisis occurs when Sam had sexual intercourse with
inside him that made him ashamed to come into touch with Sam. The climax finally
appears when Sam finally went leaves him and without being noticed by anyone that
at the time Charlie is feeling very depressed and lonely. He eventually attempted
suicide. Falling action occurs because Charlie finally managed to be rescued before
he ran out of a lot of blood. Charlie gets intensive treatment from psychiatrists and
the whole family and friends nearby help the healing of Charlie. All the conclusions
drawn from each stage of the story, the one thing that can be concluded also that the
author often uses flashbacks to tell the story about Charlie’s life in the past. So that
from all this analysis and conclusions to be drawn the conclusion that the plot of the
novel the perks of being wallflower was kind of episodic plot.
4.2 SUGGESTIONS
The writer suggests that this novel can be read by all walks of life ranging
from teenagers, adults and among parents. Stephen Chobosky present a different
theme from other novels and packed with good language that is also very easy to
understand. By reading this novel insight we gain about the patients who experienced
sexual harassment. In addition, we can also find new passion of spirit of Charlie that
try to rise up and fight his trauma “wallflower”. In addition, by reading this novel,
readers can enrich their vocabulary, improve their knowledge of one of the elements
of the novel's Plot and get more knowledge about the phenomena that occur in respect
of social community. Finally, She hopes the paper can become an important point for
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APPENDICES
SUMMARY OF THE NOVEL
Charlie" is the alias of the adolescent narrator of the novel, who is about to
begin his first year of high school. The novel is presented through letters that Charlie
writes to an anonymous person about whom he has heard the girls at school talk
fondly. Charlie begins his freshman year apprehensive as a result of the death of his
only good friend Michael. Michael committe
they were still in middle school. Charlie does not feel that he can lean on his parents
or older siblings for support, because they never truly understood him. He also
explains that the only relative that he ever felt close to was his Aunt Helen, but she
was killed in a car accident on his seventh birthday.
Charlie soon befriends two seniors, Sam and her step-brother Patrick. He soon
develops strong feelings for Sam, but believes that he has no chance being with her.
The two introduce him to many new experiences and a group of upperclassmen
friends. Charlie writes about situations he gets into with his new friends including
going to parties, driving through his town's tunnel and feeling "infinite," seeing and
performing i
drugs. After one party where Charlie took
in the snow somewhere. In the hospital talking to the police and his parents, it is
Charlie's English teacher, Bill, also plays a significant role in his life. After
giving him a 'C' grade on his book report essay, Bill begins giving him books to read
outside of class and encourages him to write essays. He then critiques them to help
Charlie develop bette
Despite his feelings for Sam, Charlie briefly dates Mary Elizabeth, another
girl in their
a couple of dates. At first, Charlie does not mind how one-sided their conversations
are. But after Mary Elizabeth buys him a book of poems, he senses a change in pace
that he does not like. In a game of
the prettiest girl in the room. He kisses Sam which officially ends the relationship
between him and Mary Elizabeth. Patrick then decides it would be best if Charlie
stays away until things calmed down and says he will give Charlie a call once it is
okay to come back.
Sam also starts a relationship with a guy named Craig, who is "cut and
hunky." Charlie does not like the way he treats her, explaining that if Craig took a
good picture of Sam he would think that it was good because of the way he took it,
instead of the fact that Sam was in the picture. Following her relationship with
Charlie, Mary Elizabeth dates a friend of Craig's named Peter, who Mary Elizabeth
says better complements her. Sam and Craig then break up; Charlie finds out from
In addition, Charlie writes about Patrick's relationship with Brad, the
quarterback of the football team, who is secretl
Patrick and Brad having
Patrick. Brad comes to school with bruises and completely ignores Patrick. After
being tripped by one of Brad's buddies, Patrick decides to confront Brad in front of
everyone. As Brad continues to ignore him, Patrick says something out of anger
while walking away. Brad then proceeds to yell at Patrick, calling him a "faggot," in
front of the whole cafeteria, leading to a physical fight during school lunch. Brad's
friends gang up on Patrick and begin to beat him up. Charlie then comes to Patrick's
rescue and fights Brad's friends. Two of Brad's friends stand up to stop fighting as
they watch Charlie, while the other two lay on the ground severely hurt. Charlie helps
Patrick up and warns Brad's friends that if they ever hurt Patrick again, he will blind
them.
Another relationship discussed is his older sister's, who is dating a boy named
"Ponytail Derek". Charlie witnesses the boy hitting her, which Charlie is especially
sensitive to as his Aunt Helen had become "insane" after being abused. The sister first
assures Charlie that her boyfriend won't hit her again. She breaks up with him after
she announced to him that she was pregnant. The only other person that she tells of
her pregnancy is Charlie. He goes with her to get an abortion. Later in the book, she
Charlie grows a lot during the story and learns how to "participate in life" as
advised by Bill. As time goes on, he realizes as the end of school approaches that all
of his friends and his sister will all be leaving for college. Sam gets accepted off the
waiting list int
begin to have a sexual encounter. However, Charlie stops because he suddenly feels
very strange, and he does not know why. After waking up the next day, he realizes
that his Aunt Helen had molested him when he was younger. His mind cannot handle
this, and he is hospitalized. He is eventually let out of the hospital, and says that he
will be okay. When Patrick and Sam take Charlie through the tunnel again, this time
with Charlie standing in the truck bed, he learns that he can go on with life without
being scared, because he is more than a wallflower. Charlie changes the way he looks
BIOGRAPHY OF THE AUTHOR
Stephen Chbosky (born January 25, 1970) is a
Best known for writing the
executive producer, and writer of the CBS television series
airing in 2006.
1. EARLY LIFE
Chbosky was born i
suburb of
Chbosky has a sister, Stacy. He was raised Catholic. As a teenager, Chbosky
"enjoyed a good blend of the classics, horror, and fantasy. He was heavily influenced
a
1988, around which time he met
film
proved a major influence on Chbosky's career.
2. CAREER
In 1992, Chbosky graduated from the
screenwriting program. He wrote, directed, and acted in the 1995 independent film
the
including ones titled Audrey Hepburn's Neck and Schoolhouse Rock.
In 1994, Chbosky was working on a "very different type of book" than
perks of being a wallflower. Chbosky recalled that he "wrote that line. And stopped.
And realized that somewhere in that [sentence] was the kid I was really trying to find.
After several years of gestation, Chbosky began researching and writing The Perks of
maturation of a teenager who uses the alias Charlie over the course of his freshman
year of year of high school. The book is semi
that he "relate[s] to Charlie. But my life in high school was in many ways different
The book, Chbosky's first novel, was published b
was an immediate popular success with teenage readers; by 2000, the novel was
MTV Books' best-selling title a
sold more than 700,000 copies and "is passed from adolescent to adolescent like a hot
potato". Wallflower also stirred up controversy due to Chbosky's portrayal of
the
challenged books.
In 2000, Chbosky edited Pieces, an anthology of short stories. The same
year, he worked with director
novel
Chbosky wrote the screenplay for the
was writing a film adaptation of The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
In the mid-2000s, Chbosky decided, on the advice of his agent, to begin
looking for work in television in addition to film. Finding he "enjoyed the people [he
executive producer, and writer of the
premiered in September 2006. The series revolves around the inhabitants of the
fictional small town of
Chbosky has said the relationship between Jake Green, the main character, and his
mother, reflected "me and my mother in a lot of ways".The first season of Jericho
received lackluste
campaign to revive the series convinced CBS to renew the series for a second season,
which premiered on February 12, 2008, before being canceled once more in March
2008.
