The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky
pg 1-39

So here the book starts off with a sort of diary entry. This boy Charlie writes all these entries about his time in high school and all his experiences. However, he is very reluctant about some stuff. He doesn't want the reader to find out who he really is and who everyone he talks about is. So he sort of holds some information back but then shares some as well. He also changes the names of some people in order to hide his identity. But anyways, in this first part of the book, Charlie introduces himself to us and talks about himself and his family. He talks about his really good friend Michael who supposedly committed suicide and then his favorite aunt Helen who also passed away. He frequently talks about all the hardships he faces and the idea that many people have problems at home. Charlie also talks about his first year in high school and how he doesn't fit in very much. He does make attempts to be more social by attending public events. He meets these two people, Sam and Patrick who are brother and sister. He soon develops a crush on Sam, although she is much older than him. He bluntly tells her this though, but she was perfectly understandable of it. However, towards the end of this passage, Charlie writes about how he went to this party with Sam and Patrick and ended up getting high.

So far, I really enjoy this book. I like that it's written in letter form. It makes it sort of personal in a way. It makes me think of how that might relate to my own life and who each character could be in my own life. It really allows to you to feel like you are inside of Charlie's head listening to his thoughts and experiencing things the same as he does.