Livslektioner fra 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower'

The movie “The Perks of Being a Wall?ower” is a touching movie that consists of numerous life

lessons that can teach you something important. Because of that it is impossible to do the movie

justice by only selecting three, because all of them can be equally important. I have chosen the

three lessons that I relate mostly to.

Bullying

The best way to be immune from bullying is by

showing strength towards the bullies. Making their

bullying your weapon against them is the best way to

prevent it. If you play along, you simply can’t be

bullied, because people want weak and sensitive

people as targets, and they end up giving up. This is

seen with Patrick getting bullied by peers, because he

told the teacher to “call him nothing”. By the end of

the movie, at the last day of highschool, he uses the

outdated joke himself to make a joke (which is also

quite ambiguous). It for sure is a useful ability to have,

but it does require a certain amount of self-esteem.

Maybe I'm just overanalyzing the movie, but I think it

is a useful life lesson.

Always be skeptical

You shouldn’t simply say yes to an o?er without being sure, especially if it’s from a stranger. This