Being and Nothingness

The not so good perks of sexual abuse In Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky, a child named Charlie is struggling socially, and basically through life. Drugs, family, intimacy, and other factors interfere with his day to day life...he is basically the poster-boy for being awkward. Charlie is unable to be sexually intimate with sam because, unconsciously, he correlates his love for Aunt Helen with his love for Sam, and Charlie’s grief is mixed with unprocessed sexual trauma.…

When I found out we were going to be reading “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” in class I was excited. For many years, I considered Perks to be my favorite book, and I had reread it during different stages in my life. Every time I reread the book I somehow always ended up feeling like I related to Charlie more and more. Rereading the book also brought back a lot of memories to me, the first time I read the book was in 7th grade and at the time I was a bit of a loner, I didn’t talk much and I…

Oscar Wilde employs satirical humor in order to set the tone of arrogance to discuss the disregards society is capable of in order to fit into social standards. These social standards are ridiculed through the use of sarcasm and exaggeration. By creating characters who are willingly refusing the obvious immoralities Oscar wilde expresses his opinion on the false illusion of marriage and the perfect family. The extends people will go through to fit into the accepted fixed image. By…

The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky, tells the story of a fifteen-year-old boy named Charlie. The entire story is comprised of letters that Charlie writes to a friend, who is not named, but it can be presumed that the friend is the reader of the book. This type of writing allows the readers to get a first person perspective of how Charlie lives his life and what he is thinking. The story begins with Charlie attempting to cope with the loss of his friend Michael, who committed…

relatable issue that we all deal with. They have to make certain artistic decisions to help enhance and support the statement that they are trying to make to their audience. In Oliver Parker’s cinematic adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, the integrating of diverse camera work, editing, staging and close following of the original text give the cinematic viewer a much closer understanding of Parker’s purpose of adapting the original play to be one that represents the text…

the play, Oscar Wide reveals that it is difficult to tell the truth even if try to, because the truth will never be so simple. Once all of the lies been told who would believe the truth. Oscar Wilde wrote comedy melodrama play “The Importance of Being Earnest” which is his perception of the rigid Victorian social norms and values. Also the word “Earnest” plays a significant role in the play. According to Brigitte Bastiat, Oscar Wilde uses his characters to express’s his deviance of the…

him as he is developing into a young adult. It is difficult for Charlie to make friends or even talk to people in general conversations due to his lack of confidence. This is where a reader will generally develop sympathetic emotions for Charlie. Being as smart as he was, Charlie surely had a great amount of potential in terms of things he could accomplish. Unfortunately, his nonexistent confidence seemed to prevent some of these better things that could have played part in his life. Near the…

Analysis Paul Beckmann- A Man Who Has Impacted the Lives of Many I came into this class not understanding the meaning of entrepreneurship. I thought it was just a simple way to make a business and make a quick buck in the long run. I wasn’t sure if it was the experience I was looking for and I wanted more than what my major offered me. However, I realize there’s so much more. I came in contact with Paul Beckmann previously working on my business proposal for Surf Media. Paul uses different…

Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie, by David Lubar is a humorous book about a teenage boy named Scott Hudson who is entering high school. Scott is the youngest son in the Hudson family. The genre of this book is young adult fiction. The time period that the story takes place appears to be recent but we don’t know for sure. During this book Scott Hudson faces the same things that any teenager would face during any time period . On the first day of school Scott was smacked on the head while riding the…

Twelfth birthday by Rachel Hadas, Ursula at Parakakariki by Fiona Farel, and the Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. At the start of the poem, Twelfth birthday, the mother is pregnant with her daughter, she is lying down wondering whether she could could read her daughter's mind, “I could (inconceivable) follow your swift thoughts into their blue immersion even now”. At this…