A coming-of-age
story of a boy which tackles issues like sex, love, family, and friendship,
Perks of Being A Wallflower is a book to which one can relate to in more ways
than one. That feeling of being aware of other people around, wondering how and
what they are feeling at the moment. That feeling of being recognized which
marks the beginning of being conscious of how you want to act in contrary to
what you think others want you to act. That feeling of wanting to be with
friends, how their company makes each second precious, and how their absence
makes life somewhat dull. That feeling of first love and how it doesn't easily
go away. That feeling of always wanting to be reminded that you are
loved--especially by the first people you came to know: your family.
Perks of Being A
Wallflower is the story of a year's happenings in a fifteen-year old boy's
life. It is written in a way that he talks to "a friend" through
letters, giving the reader the sense that they are delving into someone else's
diary. Since Charlie, the protagonist, narrates his story as it happens, the
things he talks about can get too random sometimes. He also deviates from the
topic so often which I find amusing because that's how I am too most of the
time. But what is more fascinating is that those random digressions from the
main topic are actually kind of interesting. Think of the rat experiment.
