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their education to the college level. At the time, Charlie acted colder to Sam. He returned home with very critis mental. His kissing with Sam reminded him back to
sexual abuse that happened to him when he was 2 years old. Charlie begins to feel very lonely, embarrassed and disgusted with himself. He is not strong against the
turmoil of remembrance of his past. ….”.i’ve been in the hospital for the past two monts. My father
found me sitting on the couch in the family room. I was completely naked, just watching the television, which wasn’t on. I wouldn’t
speak or snap out of it. They found with knife in my right hand, and full of blood in the left….”
Actually, after Sam leaves, Charlie decides to try suicide but his parents rescue him to hospital before Charlie lost a lot blood and died.
The climax in the novel appears almost at the end of the story. the climax occurs when Charlie finally committed suicide because he felt that he was not able to
pass through all the problems she experienced. The inner turmoil he feels up to its own mental state dropping feel disgust at himself chose to attempt suicide.
3.6 Falling Action
Falling action is the part where Charlie is treated at hospital. He told the psychiatrist all the things that happen to him. He was embarrassed, but he had to tell
it because he would not burdened by his bad past.
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….”the next thing I knew, I was sitting in a doctor’s office. And I remembered my aunt Helen. And, I started to cry”…..
I don’t really want to talk about the questions and the answers. But kind of figured out that everything I dreamt about my aunt Helen was true. And after a while, I
realized that it happened every Saturday when we would watch television and my brother and sister had fall asleep
Doctors tried to cure mental Charlie. The doctor told what had happened to Charlie’s parents. His parents were very surprised. They are very sad because a dozen
years they do not know what causes make his son change after his aunt Helen died. The doctor tells this to Charlies family, so all people that close to Charlie can help to
heal Charlie. ……….“the doctor helped me work out a lot of things since
then”… …………”the thing that helped me the most, though, was the time I could have visitors. My family, including my brother
and my sister, always came for those days until my brother had to go back to school to play football”………………
finally the whole family of Charlie had helped to cure Charlie with sending greeting cards. they are very sad know about case that happened to Charlie. But they still help
the healing. Charlie has to be made feel that he was accepted by his family even though he experienced sexual harassment.
It can be concluded that the falling action occurs because finally Charlie got rescued from his attempt suicide and get help from doctors, family and friends.
3.7 Resolution
………”The days when I received mail were good too. My grandfather sent me a really nice letter. So did my grandma and
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great Uncle phil. My Aunt Rebecca event sent me flowers with a card that was signed by all my Ohio cousins. It was nice to know
they were thinking about me”………
The Novel the perks of being wallflower has a Closed type resolution. Starting from the falling action to enter closed resolution, Stephen Chbosky
explaining in detail the State of the main character Charlie Kelmeckis and have the end of the story which is also quite clear.
……….” Tomorrow, I start my sophomore year of high school. And believe or not, I’m really not afraid of going. I’m not sure if I
will have the time to write anymore letters because I might be too busy trying too “participate”………….. ……..”so if this does
end up being my last letter, please believe that things are good with me, and even when they’re not, they will be soon enough.”…..
The author tells of the end of the novel is quite clear on this. Charlie began to have a new spirit, and he felt everyone receives it so that it no longer need to write
down or told the papers he submitted to his friend who died long ago. He participated in his life with the goal he wanted to prove that his life is more than just trauma
sufferers wallflower. Based on an analysis of the plot of the novel The Perks of being wallflower,
the novel has a kind of Episodic Plot. This can be explained with a main character who was instrumental in the whole story, and there are several flashbacks detailing
the life of the main character that eventually became the answer to the trauma he suffered.
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4. CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
