Looking for Alaska
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Similar theme to The Perks of Being a Wallflower?
Brandon
May 08, 2013 01:23PM
In the last chapter, Pudge talks about how the smallest decisions lead to the biggest failures (paraphrasing here). Then, in his final paper for Dr. Hyde he concludes that the way out of the Labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.
Do you think this has any similarity with the theme of The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky?
In The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Charlie writes his last letter saying that every cause has an effect which is the cause to yet another effect, therefore one needs to stop blaming the previous cause. He needed to not blame his aunt for what he had become. To ultimately, forgive.
I'd love to discuss the similarities of both books and their themes.
Do you think this has any similarity with the theme of The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky?
In The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Charlie writes his last letter saying that every cause has an effect which is the cause to yet another effect, therefore one needs to stop blaming the previous cause. He needed to not blame his aunt for what he had become. To ultimately, forgive.
I'd love to discuss the similarities of both books and their themes.
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I think there was similarities between the two characters Pudge and Charlie both good writers and clear introverts. Both boys also were hung up on a girl who was with someone else but i suppose that is typical young adult themes.
Alaska and Sam i feel had similarities too, both free-spirited almost feminists with a almost mysterious streak in them. Undoubtably Alaska is a lot more messed up with a harder life which I found interesting.
Alaska and Sam i feel had similarities too, both free-spirited almost feminists with a almost mysterious streak in them. Undoubtably Alaska is a lot more messed up with a harder life which I found interesting.
Good writers, clear introverts, hung up on a girl? Might as well be the basis of every young adult novel with a male narrator that pretends not to be pretentious...
Alaska and Sam had similarities because they were both Manic Pixie Dream Girls......
Alaska and Sam had similarities because they were both Manic Pixie Dream Girls......
Like any other book they have similarities and differences. yeah i guess they kind of get the same lesson but the books are completely different stories.
Very similar, lonely introverts who finally find friends they fit in with, both in love with girls who had bad pasts & were with other guys. In both, they don't end up with the girl & the book ends giving the same lesson. Although perks of being a wall flower was written better & was way more interesting.
The two books are slightly provocative. I believe that Perks has a more complicated plot rather than of Looking for Alaska. The latter's just a light read that you'll just enjoy reading. Perks have these strong issues readers' must to ponder clearly in order to get it through. Similarities? I guess it's the target readers and it's a book within a book- too many books were emphasize in the story. But I should agree Charlie and Pudge had really troubled loving the wrong person at first cause they have the knowledge of whom they really fell in love with at the very beginning.
I had the same thought the same about Papertowns & Alaska. Three themes that ran through both, I think I should have read them further apart lol
yes, theyre similar but perks of being a wallflowers def has more to it than LFA. but LFA has it perks, THE PRANKSSSS!!!!
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