After reading the original novel, I also watched the movie. I thought it was an excellent work. I would like to talk about high school life in the United States based on some life experiences. Chinese people's high school career is overwhelmed by schoolwork, struggling in the sea of books and questions, and there is only time in the gap every day to think about the thoughts of young people... This is a kind of pain and a kind of protection. American high school students without this layer of painful protection have experienced the warmth and coldness of the adult world early on. I once studied in an American high school for a year, so I have personal experience with that kind of free, "anarchic" high school life, and I can better understand the bewilderment, the perplexity of the wallflower boy in this novel and movie. Loneliness and helplessness. High schools in the United States are 4 years: Freshman, sophomore, junior, senior: Freshman who has just entered the school is the most bullied object in the school, while senior is in an absolute dominant position like the owner of the territory. Classes are elective. Except for some basic courses such as English and mathematics, which are compulsory for this grade, other subjects such as art, music, philosophy, language, and history can be mixed in different grades. There is no so-called "class" concept. Each teacher's classroom is an office. Students gather in this classroom during get out of class and go to another classroom after class. It's a bit like a university. The so-called "popular kids" It is the core keyword of American high school life. Players on the football team, basketball team, and cheerleader girls are the most popular groups of people, generally speaking, a group of people with good appearance and good physical development. In addition, ethnic minorities such as Asia, Africa and Latin America, especially feminine gays, punks, fat and thin people, and literary and artistic youths are all unwelcome. (That's why Brad is a popular kid, and his relationship with Patrick is both hindered by a homophobic father and a so-called "hierarchy gap.") Middle school life can be said to be like a year without friends. That's why Charlie has been counting down from the first day of school, hoping to get through it quickly. "Popular kids" always like to tease some unlucky kids to show their power. The various ladders they hold are also limited to small groups. Children who can't fit into the group can only stand silently, just like Charlie, alone in class, eating lunch alone, and riding the school bus alone. Of course, there are always kids like Sam and Patrick, and Charlie's sister, not the "popular kids" that are silly and pompous, but have a strong personality, are great in some ways, and they're kinder , is also happy to lend a helping hand to children who seem vulnerable. In general, ordinary children are not "popular" nicer. The three young actors are all good, and Logan's trembling look is in place. Emma's American pronunciation is also good. Ezra, who plays Patrick's child, has been very popular recently, playing the Flash in "Justice League". From his interviews, we can see that his own middle school days are very similar to Patrick's, with weird behaviors and dress up, liking same-sex tendencies, etc... Fortunately, he is really beautiful and has talent for acting, so he can stand out in the crowd. Stand out from the crowd and change the fate of the marginalized. A good youth novel with a lot of touches. So said a lot. Sign off.
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