Perks of Being a Wallflower

And all the books youve read have been read by early(a) people. And all the songs youve loved have been heard by other people. And that girl thats pretty to you is pretty to other people. And you make out that if you looked at these facts when you were happy, you would feel great because you are describing unity. (p. 96). The Perks of Being a Wallflower written by Stephen Chbosky was published by MTV books and Pocket Books on February 1st, 1999. Its classified as Young Adult, Contemporary Fiction and Epistolary novel. Epistolary novel is a novel written as a series of documents.Anne Frank is a type of Epistolary novel. Unlike Anne Frank, this one is written in form of letters, not a diary. In this novel you can see how Charlies life changes throughout his freshman year. How he deals with all the problems he faced, he faces, and hell face. In a unknown setting, the novel begins August 1991 with a teenage boy going by the alias Charlie, writing to an anonymous friend. I just need t o know that someone out there listens and understands and doesnt try to sleep with people even if they could have.I need to know that these people exist. (p. 2). He heard someone at shoal talking about this anonymous friend, and he thought it would be someone nice to talk to. He specifically asks this friend to not try to come his true identity. Charlie has begun his freshman year while his brother is at Pennsylvania State University and his sister is at her senior year. We learn that his best friend, and only friend, attached suicide before he started writing these letters, leaving Charlie alone in high school.His favorite person in the world, his auntie, also died when he was 7 years old. He states repeatedly that something bad happened to her, but he doesnt mention what, because it brings him to a bad place. After she died he doesnt remember his life for a year, and he had been different ever since. As he starts freshman year, he is an outcast, until he meets Sam and Patrick . They introduce him to an electric, open-minded, hard-partying life, and soon Charlie starts enjoying his life. And at that moment, I swear we were infinite. (p. 39).Experiences that Charlie and his family and friends go through and the topics explored throughout the novel include suicide, difficult/abusive relationships, drug use/smoking, sex, abortion, child abuse/trauma, the struggles of homosexuality, and the awkward times of adolescence, such as archetypal kisses and first girlfriends. Charlie is a troubled teenage boy. He is insecure and shy, because he just lost his best friend, and doesnt know to deal with school alone. Since the closing of his aunt, which he takes the blame, Despite everything my mom and doctor and dad have said to me about blame, I cant stop thinking what I know.And I know that my aunt Helen would still be alive today if she just bought me one present like everyone else. (p. 92), he has been different, sort of out of sync. Hes very sentimental, and he analyzes everything too much. Every tiny detail, is a big deal for him. He loves music and literature. His teacher gives him books to read and write bout, such as To Kill a Mocking Bird. His aunt molested him at the age of 7, but he never told anyone, because he loved so very much.