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“this is the first time I dare to fight with the seniors….. but do you know, that’s only because I don’t like they called Patrick with
“nothing”. He is my bestfriend and it’s like something hurt inside. I hit them, then I saw they cry”
Patrick wrote down all the things in his letter to his friend and felt very angry at himself. he felt guilty because he had beat his senior and it will make it threatened
in schools. he feels embarrassed because he makes his parents were called to school because of his mistake.
It can be concluded that, the conflict appeared a little long almost in the middle of the story. This is because rising action take a longer part. This can be seen
from the number of pages used in telling writers the rising action. And the conflicts happen a few times so it is very pressing the mental of main character. Conflict
occurs not entirely because of the behavior of the main character but because other figures considered important in the main character’s life.
3.4 Moment Of Crisis
Moment of crisis in this novel happens when Charlie finally dare to tell Sam about what he felt to her in last night Sam stay in that city. Sam is going to go to New
York to continue her education to college and will leave Charlie alone. That night, Sam kissing Charlie and at that moment, suddenly Charlie feels experiencing inner
conflict from his past memories that make his “wallflower” trauma arise. He finally pushed Sam and bolted from her.
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……..when she touched me, I stopped her… “you’re not ready?” she asked..
I nodded. But that wasn’t it. I didn’t know what it was.. You’re white as a sheet, Charlie. Do you need some water?
No. I don’t know.” I started to cry hardly The inner turmoil about his past continues always haunt him. He began to
feel very uncomfortable and feel like crazy. He cries for something he did not know what, until he fell asleep. He felt he dreamed about something like real happen to
him. But, he believes about that dreamed and always thought about it. …..when I fall asleep, I had this dream. My bother and my sister
and I were watching television with my aunt Helen. Everything was in slow motion. The soun was thick. And She doing what was Sam
doing to me. That’s when I woke up. And I didn’t know what the hell was going on. But I believe it was happened to me…………..
He increasingly felt so chaotic. He did not know had to tell it to anyone because he feared no one believes him.
The moment the crisis contained in this novel can be summed up as the moment where Charlie had conflicting with his mind. Things that cannot be known
by other people and only Charlie can feel it. Therefore, in this moment Charlie struggled himself to climax
3.5 Climax
The climax in the novel the perks of being a wallflower starts when Sam will leave Charlie alone. Sam and Patrick set out to new York because they will continue
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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
