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    The book that I am reading is, The Perks Of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. This book consists of the letters of Charlie to an anonymous reader, the setting of these letters is in Charlie's perspective on his school life, and his house life. Charlie is a considerate introvert who is both the protagonist and the antagonist of the story, creating a conflict between himself. This conflict is the relationship of Charlie and himself, there is a progressive contrast of both perspectives…

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    In the book The Perks of Being a Wallflower, I have learned many things from this book. Such as, you should never settle for less than what you deserve, never care what people think about you, and always be free minded. This story is written in a series of letters by a high school freshman named Charlie. He writes to an anonymous friend, and these letters explain his everyday life, problems, and accomplishments. Charlie begins to write due to the unexpected suicide of his friend Michael. The…

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    In The Importance Of Being Earnest, the play by Oscar Wilde, he brings out serious issues through humor and slapstick style of comedy. The cucumber sandwiches scene really brings out the slapstick style of the play. In the play when Jack was eating the cucumber sandwiches and his buddy was trying to get some, he said it was improper to eat the sandwiches. When his buddy asked him why it was okay for Jack to eat the sandwiches he replied with “Well she’s my aunt”. Which is actually ironic…

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    Stephen Chbosky’s novel, The Perks of Being a Wallflower is about Charlie, a boy who writes letters to an anonymous person explaining his troubles throughout his first year of high school. After Charlie’s friend commits suicide, Charlie must once again learn how to “participate”(74) in life. Alone and depressed, Charlie has no one to vent his problems to (besides the stranger he writes to). Until, he meets Patrick and his step-sister, Sam. They both take him under their wings and introduce him…

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    The short story “I Go Along” by Richard Peck showed that trying new things and going out of your comfort zone could end up being beneficial to you and you could find something that you're very passionate about. Gene was used to being a follower, but you could tell he was committed just by showing up to the bus stop. He didn’t really want to go on the bus but something instinctual made him get on the bus, he was going out of his comfort zone and trying something new. “I can’t see why anybody…

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    (type your foreword here) Foreward The first words that come to mind when I think of The Perks of Being a Wallflower are touching, incredible and sincere. Charlie, the main character is an awkward, perceptive teen, always watching life from the sidelines. Of course, not everybody is born a confident, outgoing extrovert. But Charlie’s unique perspective and thoughts place him in a different category than what you might label a quiet, introverted kid as. There is absolutely no shadow of a doubt…

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    In the movie, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Charlie is a freshman in high school struggling with the stages of adolescence. Charlie fails to identify his own social identity and personality because he always wanted to be good enough, to be accepted, and to please. These actions also represent his strengths because Charlie has a big heart, is accepting of others, and is smart. These traits are challenged during his adolescent struggle to find his own sense of belonging and his own niche.…

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    wanting to miss important business meetings and poking fun at the extreme properness. He lives a very open bachelor life style and talks bad of marriage. He is also very confident in his looks and his physical possessions. Oscar Wilde’s Importance of Being Earnest, is a satire poking fun at Victorian society and Algernon Moncrieff plays a big role in showing this. Algernon Moncreiff is one of the main characters and Jack’s best friend. He is a very good example of satire against Victorian…

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    Annotated Bibliography: The Importance of Being Earnest Reinert, Otto. "Satiric Strategy in the Importance of Being Earnest." College English 18.1 (1956): 14-18. National Council of Teachers of English. JSTOR, Oct. 1956. Web. 5 July 2015. The main idea in this analysis of Wilde’s satire is to prove that Wilde does not just use satire for the sake of having his play being called a “farce,” rather he uses satirical strategy to enhance the experience of the play and how it differs from “normal”…

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    opinions about the class system, one of whom was Oscar Wilde. He used his comedy play “The Importance of Being Earnest” to discuss serious matters about the class conflict in the Victorian period in a humorous way. In this essay I’m going to be discussing the representation of class in The Importance of Being Earnest and relating it to the class conflict in the Victorian period. The Importance of Being Earnest’s plot revolves around two couples who must go through…

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