The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

        The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky is about Charlie, a boy that goes thou an odd emotion stage in high school while discovering his true self. Wallflower means a person who feels awkward or shy at times. Charlie feels very indifferent around everywhere especially in school. He is stuck inside a tomb that he is trapped in and can’t be  just  who he really is, he’s something that was just something that was created of him by his surroundings, or his friends suicide and due to the fact that his friends stopped talking to him after high school. Not to mention that his Aunt Helen died, this was a very important family member. The book is written in an interesting perspective where he writes letters to his anonymous friend.

        In the first semester of high school, he becomes very good friends with an interesting group of seniors. Patrick and Sam were two of the most potent people that he cherished. He had feelings for Sam, not as a friend but in a relationship way. He loved Sam. It seemed like he couldn’t hide it any longer and once he told Sam that he loved her. But after a while, Sam started to date another guy, Craig. While Charlie dated another girl, Mary Elizabeth for a short period of time. I think he did that because of jealousy, he tried to avoid his problems. I think that held him back. He also mentioned the way that Sam’s boyfriend treats her. Charlie thinks that he could treat her way better. He also learned from Patrick that a lot that Sam’s boyfriend cheated on a lot of girls. In the Christmas party, when Charlie was asked to kiss the prettiest girl, he kissed Sam because he had feelings for her, instead of Mary Elizabeth and everyone be-friended Charlie. HE was back to a wallflower stage. Not to mention that Sam’s brother, Patrick is gay and his secretly dating the quarterback, Brad. Even if Patrick is openly gay, Brad is not.   Which results later on, when Brad’s dad found out and beat Brad up in front of the Patrick. While the football’s team beats Patrick up during lunch, Brad doesn’t pitch in, while Charlie does. That was when Charlie broke out of this tomb that is he in, he’s no longer stuck. Charlie let out his feelings and showed it very well while he became friends with the clique again. His sister also had a relationship with an abusive boyfriend. He told his personal mentor, Bill who is his English teacher told his parents and this all stopped. Charlie has these personal talks with his sister which makes him feel like he has a family that loves him. As his relationship with Mary Elizabeth fades, it gains higher in Sam’s. They become really close. Sam reminded him of Aunt Helen, that’s what got him attracted to Sam.  While spending one night at Sam’s he has a mental breakdown that gets him to the hospital. When he gets out of the hospital, he realizes that he moves on with life and he starts from the beginning as a wallflower, or maybe more. The complexity that all these relationships are going and that he tries to push out of this tomb is hard for him. His view of things are incredible and the way that he tries to be something he not.  It’s all for acceptance I guess. He has true friends that look after him.

        However, Justice is served in a way. It’s served because he gets to be who he is. Even if he is a wallflower, justice is served when he goes to help Patrick when he’s getting beaten up he helps out and he breaks out of this tomb. But when he acts like a wallflower again, it brings him back to stage one. His clique is just like his family, Patrick is just like Michel, his friend that committed suicide and Sam is just like Aunt Helen that he had. They both made family and within each other and all the relationships are laid to rest. His sister had her boyfriend stop hitting her, while he had everything worked out and when he was struggling to find out who he really is, but he is really a wallflower. And the is absolutely nothing wrong with that.