Comparing Charlie throughout the book to the Charlie at the end of the book, the challenges he faced and or overcame, did this make him a better person at the end of the novel? Charlie faces several challenges throughout the novel. He starts off as an introverted teenager, an anti-social butterfly. Charlie starts doing the stereotypical teenager acts, using drugs, drinking. Ultimately by the end of the novel, Charlie is better off from where he started. The leading characteristic of Charlie when you first start reading the book is introverted and scared. This is primarily evident in the start of the novel when Charlie says “I am writing to you because she said you would listen” (Chbosky 2). Already this implies that Charlie doesn’t have any …show more content…
Charlie’s first use of drugs was in part 1 when he ate the brownie that Bob gave him but was unaware of the fact. After eating the brownie Charlie knew right away “This was not an ordinary brownie… After 30 minutes, the room started to slip away from me” (Chbosky 35). A second instance of when Charlie use drugs was at Bob’s new years’ party. Charlie takes LSD for the first time. After the drug wears off it leaves an aftereffect on Charlie. Sam asks Charlie, “Like how the road turned into waves. And how your face was plastic and your eyes were two different sizes” (Chbosky 102). Sam also tells Charlie how to remove its effects by smoking cigarettes, which further worsens his health. At the end of part 3, Charlie has a falling out with his new friends and after not talking to them for a while he starts to switch to a stronger drug, pot. Charlie gets his “fix” from Bob, “I asked him if he had anything I could buy, He said he had a quarter ounce left… I’ve been smoking it all the time” (Chbosky 139). With Charlie smoking more potent drugs it further harms his health and increase his addiction to drugs. With Charlie as is, he is getting addicted to using drugs and is harming his health going into the