Stephen Chbosky's novel, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, is a coming of age story that gives an insight on what it is like to grow up in high school. Chbosky argues that growing up is not easy and you should always be true to yourself. The main character, Charlie, has to face a lot of issues during his years in high school. The book has many themes: conformity, appearance vs. reality, and holding secrets. An example for all the themes is the main character's (Charlie) friend Brad. He is a popular football quaterback that everyone likes. Most think he is a ladies' man but in actuality is gay. I enjoyed reading this book because it brought a lot of teen issues to light: fitting in, drugs, sexual orientation, conformity, etc.
Question: Who is Charlie writing to?
Why did Brad have to hide his sexuality from the others?
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i feel Brad hid his sexual orientations because he wanted to live up to everyone's expectations of him. he was the high school quaterback and people don't connect that with being gay.
I think this book was written so that teenagers can have something to read that they can relate to and its cool because its like really good but also well written. I think it was written as a journal on purpose to give a different effect instead of being written in third person it was written in first person to give a really unique feel to readers.
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