"Nothing" is Patrick. He got that nickname when kids at school used to call him "Patty" and he said, "Call me Patrick or call me nothing!" So, they started calling him "Nothing".
The main characters are:
Charlie (speaker)
His family:
- Mom and Dad
- Aunt Helen
- Sister
- Brother
Michael
Patrick
Sam
Brad
Bob
Mary Elizabeth
Bill (English teacher)
Craig
Alice
Peter (comes later on in the book)
I think that's most of the main characters.
Charlie and Sam resolve their romance and find that they are in love, but things won't be able to happen the way they would like, because she's going to college. Charlie then finds out that his favorite Aunt Helen, the one who died, sexually abused him when he was small. He ends up in the mental hospital, not remembering a thing. It is when he finally comes out of it that he realizes his family loves him and he loves his life.
The word "perks" when used in phrases such as "the perks of" usually means "the good things about"
So you could say that the title says "the good things about being a wallflower"
challenged in Fairfax (VA) school libraries by a group called Parents Against Bad Books in Schools for "profanity and descriptions of drug abuse, sexually explicit conduct and torture".
The story is narrated by a teenager who goes by the alias of "Charlie"; he describes various scenes in his life by writing a series of letters to an anonymous person, whom he does not know personally. The story explores topics such as introversion, teenage sexuality, abuse, and the awkward times of adolescence. The book also touches strongly on drug use and Charlie's experiences with this. As the story progresses, various works of literature and film are referenced and their meanings discussed. The story takes place in a suburb of Pittsburgh during the 1991-1992 school year, when Charlie is a high school freshman. Charlie is the wallflower of the novel. He is an unconventional thinker, and as the story begins he is shy and unpopular.
Not really. It's rated PG-13 for mature thematic material, drug & alcohol use, sexual content including references to sex, and a fight - all involving teenagers.
(basically charlie's mix-tape)
Asleep - the smiths
vapour trail - ride
Scarborough trail - Simon and Garfunkel
a whiter shade of pale
time of no reply - nick drake
dear prudence
gypsy - Suzanne Vega
nights in white satin
daydream - smashing pumpkins
dusk -genesis
mlk - u2
blackbird - the Beatles
landslide - fleetwood mac
asleep - the smiths
there are no pictures in the book... but on the back of the cover when you flip the book around you see charlie making faces covering his eyes, ears, and mouth. these are like the emoji signs of the monkeys on an apple phone or iPad. though i am not positive why that is there, i think it is to show his life. not being heard a lot (until meeting charlie and sam of course and the others), people not really "noticing" or "seeing" him, and people not talking to him a lot except for his english teacher.
Charlie was not himself after he began to realize that his aunt Helen molested him. He was naked in front of the television because that is where his aunt would molest him every Saturday while they were watching Saturday Night Live. He is basically reliving the experience but without her there.
256
The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a popular "coming of age" novel written by Stephen Chbosky. There are two different editions available, one being the first release which has 256 pages and the more current paperback release which contains 224 pages.
The cast of The Perks of Being a Wallflower - 2012 includes: Tony Amen as Hospital Visitor Brian Balzerini as Linebacker Dillon Becker as Mill Grove Senior Tiffany Bell as Girl at Clinic Nicholas Braun as Ponytail Derek Timothy Breslin as Policeman Atticus Cain as Emergency Room Doctor Owen Campbell as Michael Brooks Cantrell as Parent Stacy Chbosky as Young Mom Joan Cusack as Dr. Burton Patrick de Ledebur as Senior Bully Nina Dobrev as Candace Jerome Elston Scott as Alasdair Pasquale Fabbozzi as Police Officer Joe Fishel as Father of Twin Girls Pat Frey as Church Member Julia Garner as Susan Adam Hagenbuch as Bob Conor Hannon as High School Student Zane Holtz as Chris Ally Hydeman as Teenage Girl Joanne Jeffers as Church Member William Kania as Teacher Laurie Klatscher as School Principal Sharyn Kmieciak as Paying Restaurant Patron Tom Kruszewski as Nose Tackle Jeremy Kuharcik as Concession Stand Worker Logan Lerman as Charlie Melanie Lynskey as Aunt Helen Emily Marie Callaway as Mean Freshman Girl Julie Marie Schaefer as Twin Girl Mark McClain Wilson as Emergency Room Policeman Dylan McDermott as Father Dihlon McManne as Priest Doug Michaels as Football Fan Leo Miles Farmerie as 7-Year-Old Charlie Ezra Miller as Patrick Jeremy Moon as Goth Partygoer Isabel Muschweck as 9-Year-Old Candace Phil Nardozzi as Diner Patron Justine Nicole Schaefer as Twin Girl Jordan Paley as Rocky MC Landon Pigg as Peter Dwayne Pintoff as Teacher Wesley Ray as Student at Homecoming Blake Reading as Football Fan Paul Rudd as Mr. Anderson Tiffany Sander McKenzie as Theater Patron Tom Savini as Mr. Callahan Jesse Scheirer as Freshman Boy Zoe Simek as High School Student at Homecoming Dance Johnny Simmons as Brad Andrew Stockey as News Anchor in Park Reece Thompson as Craig Michele Tinker as Concession Stand Worker Jessica Tully as Graduating Senior Michelle Vezzani as Hospital Visitor Kate Walsh as Mother James Werley as Parent Mae Whitman as Mary Elizabeth Erin Wilhelmi as Alice
The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a book and movie by Stephen Chbosky. The novel was published in 1999 and the film, staring Logan Lerman, Emma Watson and Ezra Miller, was released in 2012.
It is a coming-of-age novel about a fifteen (and later sixteen) year old boy who writes anonymous letters to somebody that he doesn't know. To protect his identity, all the characters names are changed in his letters, including his own name. His is known as Charlie and as the story progress we learn that Charlie suffers from mental health problems.
Not yet. Hopefully one will be released on the internet before 2013, but that's not likely. It is coming out on DVD in February 2013.
The diner in Perks of Being a Wallflower was called "Kings."
both of the books are really good. they are both about tennage boys and the difficulties surronding them. it is about growing up. both the main characters are very similar, Holden Caulfiled and Charlie are connected, both have similar life stories. however there are some differences as well. i would recommend every teenager on the planet to read them.
At the end of the book, Charlie explains that he heard a girl talking to her friend about someone. Charlie was not a part of the conversation. Because of what these girls were saying about this someone, he decided that the someone they were talking about was a good person. He doesn't really know who this person is.
"I just don't want you to think that I picked your name out of the phone book. It would kill me if you thought that. So, please believe me when I tell you that I felt terrible after Michael died, and I saw a girl in class, who didn't notice me, and she talked all about you to a friend of hers. And even though I didn't know you, I felt like I did because you sounded like such a good person. The kind of person who wouldn't mind receiving letters from a kid. The kind of person who would understand how they were better than a diary because there is communion and a diary can be found."
And that is what he is referring to here in the beginning.
"I am writing to you because she said you listen and understand and didn't try to sleep with that person at that party even though you could have. Please don't try to figure out who she is because then you might figure out who I am, and I really don't want you to do that. I will call people by different names or generic names because I don't want you to find me. I didn't enclose a return address for the same reason."
I think that the climax is when Charlie gets home after saying good-bye to Sam because she's leaving for college. When Charlie gets home, he is flooded with memories of the night before: his make out sesh with Sam. These memories then make him slowly remember his aunt Helen and how she molested him when he was little. Charlie then proceeds to try and commit suicide because he is very sad and overwhelmed.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I do believe that is the climax for Perks. ??
man vs himself. Charlie has a constant stream of thoughts, and most of his thoughts result to an anxiety or panic attack because he is an over thinker. He puts himself in a place where he doesn't need to be. Near the end of the book he ends up in the same place where he started, which is the hospital. Why? Charlie is obsessed with these thoughts that he cant control.
he has wavy black hair tall and skinny greenish brown eyes pale and a 90s style
the iron jawed angels were suffragists who led protest and strikes for women's rights in 1918.