From my opinion the book was very interesting from two key points. The first point is that the entire thing is written like a letter to an anonymous person (being the reader), and the second point is that, he involves the person he is writing to in such a way that you feel that you are becoming part of his life. The books gives you the idea that you are giving Charlie, the main character, a sense of closure.
Charlie is a fifteen year-old boy that has been through a lot throughout his life, and no matter how much he tries to cope with it, his past haunts him, stories of his depressing past always seem to linger around him no matter what.
As the book begins, we encounter the death of Charlie's best friend, the suicide of Michael a teenage boy that was actually one of Charlie's only friends. Charlie is very shaken by the event and does not know how to cope with it. As he begins his first High School year Charlie finds that the girlfriend of his passed away best friend, was now no longer wanting to talk to him. Therefore, alone, in the "wild high school veldt", Charlie finds that he feels out of place, and that many people find him 'weird' and a 'freak'. Some people do try to talk to him, however, those that do, eventually give up, since they do not want to be seen talking to the 'freak'.
As time goes by and Charlie tells the story of his past, and what has happened to his aunt. However, we never really know why Charlie blames himself for her passing until the very end, causing a slightly more gloomy tone his diary entries. The fact that he constantly remembering, and thinking about everything he has done, every action done by the main character, he reflects on it. Every time he concludes his diary, he ends on either a very thoughtful, sad, or happy note, never anything other than that. His emotions are conveyed very well through these endings, therefore causing the reader to know more from the next letter or diary entry.
Going farther into the book Charlie finally meets two seniors that will change his life entirely. Charlie begins to hang out with them. Each of them having their own reputation throughout the school, they begin to talk and get along. As they all begin to talk and go places together, one of the key moments is when they are all staying together, some of them smoking drugs, and drinking, however, they describe him as as wallflower.
The official definition of a wallflower is: A person who has no one to dance with or who feels shy, awkward, or excluded at a party.
They find that Charlie is a wallflower, but a beautiful and unique one, and therefore the title derives from this moment, that there are perks in being a wallflower.
I do not want to spoil anything else in the book. However, personally I found this book very touching and emotional. Seeing the complicated ideas and way of thinking of a teenage boy that clearly had his fair share of traumas in his life. This book shows the cruel reality that nothing everything is just perfect. That there are always problems, everyday, its just with what attitude you answer with these problems. Charlie is a soft, caring boy, that has a difficulty in understanding the raw reality, therefore creating his own wonderland as closely related to reality as possible. In the book this wonderland is presented as metaphors to the actual happenings in his life. It was inspiring and made me look at everything with different eyes, and that there never actually is a guaranteed bright side to everything.
As the book begins, we encounter the death of Charlie's best friend, the suicide of Michael a teenage boy that was actually one of Charlie's only friends. Charlie is very shaken by the event and does not know how to cope with it. As he begins his first High School year Charlie finds that the girlfriend of his passed away best friend, was now no longer wanting to talk to him. Therefore, alone, in the "wild high school veldt", Charlie finds that he feels out of place, and that many people find him 'weird' and a 'freak'. Some people do try to talk to him, however, those that do, eventually give up, since they do not want to be seen talking to the 'freak'.As time goes by and Charlie tells the story of his past, and what has happened to his aunt. However, we never really know why Charlie blames himself for her passing until the very end, causing a slightly more gloomy tone his diary entries. The fact that he constantly remembering, and thinking about everything he has done, every action done by the main character, he reflects on it. Every time he concludes his diary, he ends on either a very thoughtful, sad, or happy note, never anything other than that. His emotions are conveyed very well through these endings, therefore causing the reader to know more from the next letter or diary entry.
Going farther into the book Charlie finally meets two seniors that will change his life entirely. Charlie begins to hang out with them. Each of them having their own reputation throughout the school, they begin to talk and get along. As they all begin to talk and go places together, one of the key moments is when they are all staying together, some of them smoking drugs, and drinking, however, they describe him as as wallflower.
The official definition of a wallflower is: A person who has no one to dance with or who feels shy, awkward, or excluded at a party.
They find that Charlie is a wallflower, but a beautiful and unique one, and therefore the title derives from this moment, that there are perks in being a wallflower.
I do not want to spoil anything else in the book. However, personally I found this book very touching and emotional. Seeing the complicated ideas and way of thinking of a teenage boy that clearly had his fair share of traumas in his life. This book shows the cruel reality that nothing everything is just perfect. That there are always problems, everyday, its just with what attitude you answer with these problems. Charlie is a soft, caring boy, that has a difficulty in understanding the raw reality, therefore creating his own wonderland as closely related to reality as possible. In the book this wonderland is presented as metaphors to the actual happenings in his life. It was inspiring and made me look at everything with different eyes, and that there never actually is a guaranteed bright side to everything.
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