Saturday, March 29, 2014

The Perks Of Being A Wallflower

               The novel follows a fifteen-year-old introverted boy named Charlie through his freshman year of high school. He experiences a variety of universal teen firsts: first date, first kiss, first dance and many more. Written as a series of letters from Charlie to an anonymous recipient, it almost feels like you're reading Charlie's private diary—scandalous, I know. The book's frank depictions of teen sexuality, homosexuality, drugs and alcohol, suicide, and pretty much everything else
           
               The event that I find interesting in this book is when Charlie made friends! For the first time since Michael's death, Charlie goes to the high school football game. He doesn't really watch the game(our guy is more of a people watcher). Charlie sees the kid from his shop class at the game, the one he still calls Nothing. Nothing, who calls himself Patrick, of course—introduces Charlie to Sam, a very pretty girl if you ask Charlie. Now that Patrick has introduced himself as "Patrick," Charlie figures he'll call him by his actual name. After the game, the three teenagers go eat at the local Big Boy. Topics of conversation include favorite songs, movies, and books; and Charlie finds out that Sam and Patrick are step-siblings.


Anisha
4 Cergas
30th March 2014

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