Our friends and people we socialize with on a regular basis impact our personality this includes the way we act, talk, and interact with others. At the beginning of The Perks of Being a Wallflower Charlie was a sheltered, introverted, shy teenager who was unknown by his peers. Due to his distress to socialize with new people, he had a small group of friends. Things never changed until he met Sam and Patrick. They opened Charlie up as a person and evolved he more into an extrovert. Charlie was able to achieve this change by just being in their presence. The reader can infer this because in the beginning of the book Charlie had no friends, and the friend that he did have, passed away. By the end of the book he formed a group of friends and became more social. The …show more content…
We join in what are friends indulge in primarily because of we think of what are peers will think if our decision and to fit in. This is one of the forms of peer pressure. We see this apparent in The Perks of Being a Wallflower when Charlie starts to smoke. He adopted this trait from Sam and Patrick because he always wanted to fit in and be apart of a group. This group greatly impacted Charlie. “Peer pressure is feeling pushed to be like other people.” We conform to this condition to fit in. This is a way that our friends and peers influence us. We see this happen a lot when in the book as well; Charlie and other characters are peer pressured into making bad decisions. “I dare you to kiss the prettiest girl on the lips.” At a party Patrick dares Charlie to kiss the prettiest girl on this lips. This is more peer