Perks Of Being A Wallflower By Stephen Chbosky

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Life Keeps Going
“Things change. And friends leave. And life doesn’t stop for anybody.” This is a quote from the book Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephan Chbosky. Honestly I haven’t read the book but I’ve watched the movie pretty recently and I really enjoyed it. Charlie, the main character, made a lot of good points and asked some of the same questions I do. One of the themes in the movie and book was learning how to cope with new surroundings after people change and friends leave. This particular statement Charlie made stood out to me. He’s right, life keeps going no matter how rough of a time someone is going through. By dwelling on every little thing that happens we miss out while the rest of the world continues to participate.
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There were two girls the summer before sophomore year that I spent every single day with and who were honestly some of the closest friends I’ve ever had. One of them had a car and we’d scream the lyrics to any song that was playing at the top of our lungs while we were flying down a backroad because life was just that great. Or we’d skinny dip in the pool late at night when no one was up just because it felt so reckless. They were the kind of friends that I just knew I’d have my whole life, but then one day I didn’t. This year I’ve watched the guy I’ve been with since freshman year have sex with the friends I’ve had for just as long as if I never existed to either of them. Yeah, yeah, I know. Petty high school drama, but this is all I know right now. I don’t have forty or fifty years behind me. I have seventeen and he’s the closest thing to real love I’ve ever had with a guy up until this point. Those were my close friends and people I spend every day with that I can’t even stand to look at …show more content…
Yet here I am writing a paper on some stupid insecurity as if life is so hard for me while I drive to school in my nice car and go home to my nice house with both of my healthy parents living in it. Sadness is honestly a state of mind. It’s the things that I choose to dwell on and think about and let keep me up every night. Life’s not stopping, every year there’s a new group of seniors and a new group of freshmen in college and maybe no one’s going to stop and ask us just how shitty our day was and give us a pat on the back. We have to decide to be happy at every stage of life because whether we want it to or not, life keeps

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