Authors of texts implement many techniques within their work to captivate their audiences, as well as allow the audience to experience life through another perspective besides their own. The 2012 film, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, directed by Stephen Chbosky, is a coming of age film that follows the life of 15-year-old protagonist, Charlie. Charlie is a shy, observant teen who is struggling with his first year of high school, alongside coping with the suicide of his best friend Michael, his mental illness, his first love and the abuse he endured as a child. The target audience for this film are adolescents and young adults, this is made clear with the setting of the film and within the more general issues Charlie must combat.
A key theme within the text is writing and literature. The film opens with Charlie writing to an anonymous entity to whom he refers to as ‘friend’, “Dear friend, I am writing to you because she said you listen and understand”. Throughout the …show more content…
It confronts many issues within society, whether they are well-spoken problems or problems that are often kept behind closed doors and are considered taboo. The issues confronted are loneliness, not having a sense of belonging, mental illness, abuse and the transition from adolescent to adulthood.
The social context concerns that there are many problems within society that aren’t being confronted and the lack of knowledge about how to deal with them. Choosing not to acknowledge these problems can leave people feeling very isolated and abnormal. People can become very isolated and secluded and may often feel as though they have no one to talk to or anyone that they can relate to. Charlie is a great example of this, “I just need to know that people like you exist”, Charlie just needs someone that he can talk to in a way he feels comfortable and not
A key theme within the text is writing and literature. The film opens with Charlie writing to an anonymous entity to whom he refers to as ‘friend’, “Dear friend, I am writing to you because she said you listen and understand”. Throughout the …show more content…
It confronts many issues within society, whether they are well-spoken problems or problems that are often kept behind closed doors and are considered taboo. The issues confronted are loneliness, not having a sense of belonging, mental illness, abuse and the transition from adolescent to adulthood.
The social context concerns that there are many problems within society that aren’t being confronted and the lack of knowledge about how to deal with them. Choosing not to acknowledge these problems can leave people feeling very isolated and abnormal. People can become very isolated and secluded and may often feel as though they have no one to talk to or anyone that they can relate to. Charlie is a great example of this, “I just need to know that people like you exist”, Charlie just needs someone that he can talk to in a way he feels comfortable and not