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Here is a piece from what I wrote in my program called Sponsors for Educational Opportunities



Jeanette Abreu October 10, 2009
Critical Writing Delana
Section: D

Persuasive Essay

Change is one of the most difficult occasions to do in one’s life. They can be adapted to their surroundings for too long. Change is difficult because one has been adapted in a surrounding for a long time. Some change for the better, some change for the worse. But some people are afraid to change. Others can know when the change will happen when they feel powerful and infinite, knowing it will be the right time to change. In the book The Perks Of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, change happens and it stays with the main character. For example, Brad is the jock with a reputation to keep and tries not to reveal his love life involving other men. Also, Charlie’s sister getting into a situation with her abusive boyfriend and dealing with anger issues towards her brother Charlie, and finally Charlie’s greatest friend Sam was going through tough times on finding a true love before she graduates. Some can be positive and others can lead to very negative things as well.
It seems that Brad has it all, the looks, the talent, popularity and respect from all his peers in school. He was a ladies man no matter what came across his way. However, one life changing night has made Brad think twice about his liking for girls instead of guys. Around November, Charlie’s friends, Patrick and Sam threw a party for all of their friends, not much of the popular crowd. Until, a couple of popular kids came along and Brad was a part of them. A couple of drinks were passed around and Patrick and Brad became dizzy and didn’t know what they were doing or saying. In the book, Charlie says that from what her heard and says “…Patrick kept it a secret to why Brad came to the party. When most people left, Brad and Patrick went into Patrick’s room” (page 44). The whole drinking situation was taken too far and everyone was at their worst behavior. Some people left to get out of the toxic house. On the other hand, Brad and Patrick stayed in the sole house. They both ran up to Patrick’s bedroom and had sexual interactions with one another. After that, Brad did not act like himself. He did not go around Patrick anymore, and was different around his friends.
In another case, Charlie’s sister went through ups and downs as well. Charlie’s sister had been in a relationship with many problems. In the book, Charlie refers to when the dance was going on and his sister with her boyfriend get into a “huge fight”. Charlie’s sister was maybe very social in her school, yet she has not been very committed in a relationship before. On page 115, it shows how badly her relationship went. While Charlie’s sister was on the dance floor the night of prom. “…it looked like they had a huge fight because he stopped looking at her, and she rushed off the dance floor to where the bathrooms are.” (pg 115)This meant that Charlie’s sister didn’t know what to do from the arguments she had experienced with her boyfriend. Everyone had tried to stop her from continuing her relationship with him, but she feels like she was in love. Charlie’s sister is afraid about how much commitment she has to put in this relationship, knowing that there wasn’t going to be any bumps in the road but it most certainly happened. But in Charlie’s point of view, his sister was never like that at all. She was a good girl, yet the ignorant girl on stepping on every guy she was with. However, it was different with her current boyfriend in the book, making her change throughout the relationship.
One of Charlie’s greatest friends, Sam, is going through some difficult stages as well as the two mentioned already. Sam can be best described as confused and predictable. Charlie had dreams about Sam and also wanted to date her, but she was sending wrong signals to Charlie. One night while Charlie and Sam were talking, Sam started crying and told Charlie about her feelings and ended up kissing Charlie. Charlie could have thought differently about the kiss and possibly wanted to be more than friends but Sam did not want it at all. Sam could of possibly crying to Charlie about being confused about love. Either being interested in another man named Craig or Charlie. Charlie describes his feelings “It was the kind of kiss that I could never tell my friends about out loud. It was the kind of kiss that made me know that I was never so happy in my whole life.” (Pg 70) Charlie was growing stronger feelings for Sam, however she didn’t. She has changed her ways after she kissed Charlie and picked Craig for a relationship.
Changes have been made for the better or the worse, but everyone needs to know that once a person there is no possible way that that person changes back again. These characters haven’t changed in the book, but possibly to Charlie, they can change over time and experiencing new things once they are out of high school and become a new person later on. Most people change because they feel like they want to accomplish better in their lives like all the characters in Perks of Being a Wallflower.