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the perks of being a wallflower 2
Charlie's Characterization: "'He's something, isnt' he?' Bob nodded his head. Patrick then said something I don't thinks I'll ever forget. 'He's a wallflower.' And Bob really nodded his head. And the whole room nodded their head. And I started to feel nervous in the Bob way, but Patrick didn't let me get too nervous. He sat down next to me. 'You see things. You keep quiet about them. And you understand." (37) Charlie is a unique protagonist. Though it's never directly mentioned in the book, Charlie may have a mental illness, a history of beind molested when his Aunt Helen whenever she watched him, and of being a history of being socially absent. But this doesn't mean Charlie is retard or mentall handicapped. Truthfully, Charlie is a highly emotional, compassionate, sensitive, intelligent, thoughtful, niave, caring and highly random. Also, Charlie uses the word inidentally so often it can become quite annoying. But I digress. Some of the perceptions Charlie perceives in the novel are quite mature for being a teenager. One of his perceptions is "First, I am ver interested and fascinated by how everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each other. Here Charlie is talking about holidays with the family, and how everybody loves each other, but yet nobody really likes each other. I'm pretty sure everybody who has a family realizes this, yet Charlie is able to realize and describe it in his own words. A funny perception Charlie has is "Girls are weird, and I don't mean that offensively. I just can't put it any other way." (122) Charlie is trying to describe his current quasi-love interest, Mary Elizabeth during this quote. Anybody can agree with Charlie. Girls are weird. Then again, Charlie isn't average himself. The biggest characterization about Charlie is how he matures through the novel. Especially with his Aunt Helen. Through most of the novel, Charlie loves her. When he realizes that his Aunt Helen molested him, he felt sorry for himself, but forgave her and continued to love her through his memories. Most adults today have problems with forgiving one another. Yet here is this teenager boy, who forgives his aunt for molesting him, and still continues to love her. Charlie might be a teenager, but sometimes, thought niave, he is wiser than the average adult because he's always questioning things and believing in something better. Like feeling infinite.
Plot: Exposition: Charlie introduces himself to whoever he is writing his letters to, and describes a little about his days with the first couple letters. He dates the letters mainly in September of 1991 while desribing the setting and name-changed characters actions. Rising Action: Slowly Charlie begans to become friends with Sam and Patrick. Soon enough the three, or more, are hanging out together. They two invite him to a party, where Charlie gets high. At the party, Patrick points out to everybody in a room on how Charlie is a "wallflower." Turning point: With Charlie, honest is not the best policy. At a party during a game of truth or dare Charlie gets dared to kiss the prettiest girl in the room. To which he kisses Sam. When he's dating Mary Elizabeth. Charlie's decision to kiss Sam overturns the group and they ostracized him for a couple days. The only way Charlie makes is through those days is by being high. Charlie reaches an all time low, but soon enough his friends come to talk to him again. Falling Action: Sam and Patrick are seniors at their high school, so they will have to all say goodbye to each other. While Sam says goodbye to Charlie, she tries to sexually pleasure him, which doesn't feel right to Charlie, so Sam stops. Denouement: Charlie wakes up after a dream, which is actually a suppressed memory, of his Aunt Helen watching his one night while they were watching Saturday Night Live, "And she was doing what Sam was doing." (204), which was sexually touching Charlie. With this, Charlie ends up going into an unresponsive state, and has to be hospitalized for two months. Resolution: In the end, Charlie realizes what his Aunt Helen did, but is mature enough to forgive her, and continue to love everybody.
Setting Example Three (Time) "September 7, 1991 Dear friend, I do not like highschool." (6)
No, that was not only a dream.
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Alex Allen Mrs. Orfale 2nd period
