The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Even if you are tall or short, chubby or skinny, funny or boring, your friends and family will always be by your side. Charlie in the book The Perks of being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky was just a freshman who became friends with Sam and Patrick and figures out that he might be in love with Sam. He has to go through deaths and sadness with his family. He faces a lot of struggles in his life, but the great thing is that he stays strong through it all.

Charlie has to deal with a lot of problems in the book. Toward the end of the book when Charlie gets sick and has to be in the hospital for 2 months he has incredible friends by his side. Two seniors; Sam and Patrick become friends with him in the beginning of the book even though he's a freshman and they are seniors. "He even bought me a letter from Sam, and Sam said she was going back in August, and if i got any better by then, she and Patrick would drive me through the tunnel," Charlie has friends that really care him and that are there for him no matter what.

Charlie has to deal with problems in his family. Throughout the whole entire book Charlie struggles with feeling sad because of his Aunt Helens and his friend Michaels death. Charlie cries and cries throughout the whole book. " Then I started screaming at the guidance counselor that Michael could have talked to me. And I started crying even harder." Charlie is referring to how Michael, his best friend committed suicide because he had no one, but Charlie knew that wasn’t true and that he had him. Charlie felt terrible and he felt sad which made him cry all the time.

Friends wont always be there for you but family will. That’s the saying in life, but I think that Charlie has both. Charlie has his friends and family that are always there for him. Charlie is a very spiriting character but he is like a little baby. Charlie will definitely make it big in life with his friends and family by his side.