The Perks of Being a Wallflower by: Stephen Chbosky Allusions

What is an allusion, exactly? A literary device that stimulates ideas, associations, and extra information in the reader’s mind with only a word or two. Allusions in writing help the reader to visualize what's happening by evoking a mental picture. The reader must be aware of the allusion and must be familiar to what it is referring. The author includes an allusion for a significant reason. Don’t simply read past it! The allusion will most likely come back to haunt you!

Why are these novels important to The Perks of Being a Wallflower? What are the connections between the novels and Charlie? Personal connections

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Date Published: July 11, 1960 Themes:  Southern life and racial injustice  Gender roles  Loss of innocence

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Short Summary:  Takes place during three years (1933-35)  At the start of the novel, Scout, the young narrator, is six years old, although everything is told in the form of a flashback. So, there is a grown-up Scout telling us about her past through the voice of a little girl.  Tom Robinson, a black man, is accused of raping a young, white woman, and Atticus Finch is appointed to defend Tom.  Scout wants to help her father, Atticus, but he does not want Scout to be present during the trial

Continuation:  Despite evidence of Tom’s innocence, the jury convicts him, and he is shot and killed trying to escape from prison.  Bildungsroman (18th c): novel of education that follows the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist

This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald Date Published: 1920 Themes:  Love warped by greed  Love warped by status seeking

This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald Short Summary:  Divided into three parts : Book One, Interlude, Book Two  The lives of post-World War I youth  Protagonist Amory Blaine is a student at Princeton University and serves in the army in WWI  After the war, Amory falls in love with a New York socialite named Rosalind Connage. Their relationship cannot last because he is poor  Novel ends with the famous statement, “I know myself, but that is all”