Angelina Yolosova

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Stephen Chbosky
The book I recently read is called The Perks of Being a Wallflower by author
Stephen Chbosky. The genre of the book is an epistolary novel. The essence of
this genre is that the story is told through the letters of the protagonist.
To be honest, I think the storytelling style is the only feature of this novel,
because the rest is pretty commonplace and predictable. Charlie is a depressed
teenager visiting a psychologist following the death of his aunt Helen and best
friend Michael, has no friends and has problems with his family. During the
story, Charlie makes friends Patrick and Sam, and also gets closer to the new
literature teacher. Charlie has a girlfriend named Mary Elizabeth, but,
unfortunately, he cannot forget Sam. In the end, everything falls into place and
Charlie finally understands what was the reason for his depression.
To cut a long story short, I don't really like these teenage books, because most of
them have the same plot. Undoubtedly, all of these stories raise important issues
such as suicide, mental health problems, first love, friendship, violence, and so
on. Therefore, I think that it is useful for teenagers to read this book in order to
understand that there is always a way out of any situation and there are people
who are ready to help and support you.

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Wallflower интроверт
impersonation выдача себя за другое лицо
jaundice желтуха
corpulent тучный
gingerly осторожно
munch чавкать
stardom звездность
affirmation подтверждение
coax уговаривать
consistent последовательный
enclose заключать
stern суровый
sorority женское общество
 Angelina Yolosova

ashen пепельный
thespian актер
clutch сцепление
muffle заглушить
fraternity братство
snob сноб
jaded измученный
mercilessly безжалостно
Luminaria Люминария(посуда)
sequel продолжение
Snippy наглый
transcendental трансцендентный
soothing успокаивающий
incidentally кстати
pry подглядывать
rebuttal опровержение
disrespectful неуважительный
valedictorian прощальный
Morbid Болезненный
Adroit Ловкий
tipsy навеселе
bourgeoisie буржуазия
supposedly якобы
mantel каминная полка
restrain сдерживать
auspicious благоприятный
administer управлять
Corpulent Тучный

Quotes
“Charlie, we accept the love we think we deserve.”

“Sam sat down and started laughing. Patrick started laughing. I started
laughing. And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.”
 Angelina Yolosova

“All I cared about was the fact that Sam got really hurt. And I guess I realized at
that moment that I really did love her.”

“You can’t just sit there and put everybody’s lives ahead of yours and think that
counts as love.”

“It’s strange to think of your teachers as being people”

“I don’t know if you’ve ever felt like that. That you wanted to sleep for a
thousand years. Or just not exist. Or just not be aware that you do exist”

“Normally I am very shy, but [Patrick] seemed like the kind of guy you could just
walk up to at a football game even though you were three years younger and not
popular”

“I am very interested and fascinated by how everyone loves each other, but no
one really likes each other.”