The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Once, I was with my group of friends. We were sitting around a fire outside of ______'s house talking about the Perks of Being a Wallflower. Spencer was going around the circle saying who each person of the book reminded him of. (I think I have that backwards, he was saying what book character we reminded him of - from Perks) He said that I reminded him of Sam...which was nice since she was my favorite character...haha. I'm sorry, I really should say more about that night but I just wanted to share that bit.

The importance of Sam: She is free. She was a real person. When I read the book I always thought of myself as a Charlie, but toward the middle and end I realized that wasn't who I wanted to be, or even who I could relate with. I found Sam to be inspiring in a way. (I know its lame that I am comparing myself to a book character but bear with me.) She was strong, had her own opinion, was able to stand on her own and was able to decide things for herself. Our lives are/were completely different but it was reassuring in a way to hear my friend tell me that I was like her. A quote: "I'm going to do what I want to do. I'm going to be who I really am. I'm going to figure out what that is." -Sam, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Side note: That movie is coming out soon and I'm really excited. ^ ^

I also realized that have I read a poem that was mentioned in the book.

Walden - by Henry David Thoreau 


Everyone in my class was really upset about trying to learn about Transcendentalism. They found it confusing and frustrating. What got me was that it really wasn't that hard to understand. I'm trying not to be harsh towards them, but I really wish I could know: what made it so hard for them to understand? I doubt half of them even tried since all they did was complain about it. RAWR. Anyway.

DFTBA

-Laura

P.S- If you haven't read the book that I was talking about you should read it.