The Perks of Being a Wallflower, based on a novel written by
Stephen Chbosky, is a story of a young 15-year old boy named Charlie (Logan
Lerman) dealing with diverse issues including his first love with friend Sam
(Emma Watson), fitting in as a freshman in high school, the recent suicide of
his best friend, and coping with his own anger issues and mental illness. It is
a good story of finding one’s self despite our own struggles and weaknesses. It
is a story of acceptance, of finding love and friendship, and of finding our
own place – whether as a wallflower or otherwise - in this chaotic world.
Quotable quotes:
Sam: Why do I and everyone I love pick the people who treat
us like we’re nothing?
Charlie: We accept the love we think we deserve.
Charlie: So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons.
And maybe we’ll never know most of them. But even if we don’t have the power to
choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there. We can
still do things. And we can try to feel okay about them.
