Text-to-Text

I can make a text-to-text connection to my book. I think that the Perks of Being a Wallflower can be connected to the other book I read this tri, the Fault in our Stars. The reason I can connect these two books is that both books are based off high-schoolers, with many problems. In the Fault in our Stars Hazel is dealing with cancer, and in Perks, Charlie is dealing with a lot of friend and family problems. Yes, they are different but they still connect in a lot of ways. Another connection of these two books is that as I've in a lot of my other blog posts, is that the books are very realistic. The authors tell you, the reader, how it really is for the characters. That is why I like the two books so much.

Final Assessment in English 1b

This is a revise of one of my blog posts: What Real Life Issues are Reflected in my Book

In "the Perks of Being a Wallflower" the author incorporates very realistic things that happen in the book, so it shows real life issues, especially in high school. Charlie doesn't "sugarcoat" anything in his letters or tries to make it sound better than what it is. That is one reason I like the book so much, because I don't want to read something that is fake all over.

The first real life issue that is in the book a lot, is the drinking and smoking of all of the high school students. Charlie goes to a lot of parties with his older friends, where they smoke marijuana and drink.This is an issue today with a lot of high school students. An example showing this is, "When summer came, Brad didn't have to worry about school or anything, so his drinking and smoking got a lot worse"(Chbosky 44). The author, Stephen Chbosky, tells how the parties are. He doesn't try to make everything more innocent or better.  Charlie doesn't really have an opinion on the drinking and smoking therefore he doesn't do it a lot.
Since teen drinking is mentioned a lot in my book here is some underage drinking stats.

Another real life issue that is in the book is the family issues that are in the book. Charlie doesn't have a perfect family. And I don't think anyone does. He feels guilty about his aunt's death, his siblings always fight, and his family doesn't always get along. This shows that Stephen Chbosky feels that no family is perfect. I agree with him. The real issues Chbosky incorporates makes it easier to relate to the book, and to really have a connection to the book.

Those are just some of the many real life issues that are in my book.

Conversation with a Character

I'm back to reading the Perks of Being a Wallflower. I am kind of sad though because even though its a good book, it's not going to be as good as the Fault in Our Stars. But, I hope I can finish the book before the school year is over.

If I could have a conversation with anyone in the book, I would obviously pick the main character, Charlie, because he has the most problems in the book. His life fascinates me the most. I would want to ask Charlie a lot of questions. Here are some that I would ask:

• Out of everything that has happened to you, what has impacted your life the most?
• Why do you feel like your aunts death was your fault?
• How different would your life be if your aunt never died?
• How many books did you end up reading and writing about?
• What was your favorite book?
• What would your life be with out Sam and Patrick?

 Those are just some of the questions I would ask Charlie, except I would probably have to leave out the part about his aunt because Charlie is really sensitive.