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The Perks Of Being A Wallflower Essay

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In this novel, “The Perks of Being a Wallflower,” author Stephen Chbosky wrote in the point of view of the main character, Charlie. The story is written through series of letters that Charlie is writing to an unknown person, that he has never met. The reason why he wrote to him is because he overheard a girl in his class talk about that this unknown person would listen and understand and wasn’t the type to try to sleep with somebody at the party. Charlie lives with his family and he has one brother and one sister. Charlie is introvert and he likes reading books. Later on, he meets Bill, Sam, Patrick and their group of friends, which help him gain more experiences about life. He begins the letter by saying that he is both happy and sad and he is trying to figure out. Then, he points out to his family, with their behavior after his friend Michael committed suicide. The suicide is really hard on Charlie because Michael is the only best friend he has and he is trying to cope with it. He went to guidance counselor sessions, the counselor asks affected students to say something about Michael. Later, Charlie starts screaming and crying at the counselor and his older brother has to pick him up. …show more content…

And then he bursts into tears because he did not mean it to hurt anyone. Charlie loves to read and his English teacher Bill give him the first book “The Kill a Mocking Bird”. After he got back to his home, he saw his brother playing football on television and he really misses him. Charlie’s favorite class in school is shop class and he has a classmate name called Nothing. At a football game, Charlie sees Nothing who is watching and shouting at the game and Nothing introduces himself and a pretty girl called Sam. After watching the game with them, they hang out to the Big

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