The Characters

Who is Charlie?

Charlie is a code name for the person who really writes the book. Charlie goes on his freshman year of high school. He is a quiet student that has good grades. He doesn’t say much and almost no one sees him. In other word, he is a wallflower.

It is his friend Patrick who says that Charlie is a wallflower.

Then, Patrick pointed at me, and said something to Bob.

- He’s something, isn’t he?

Bob nodded his head. Patrick then said something I don’t think I’ll ever forget.

- He’s a wallflower.

 […]

-You see things. You keep quiet about them. And you understand
(The Perks of being a Wallflower, Stephen Chabosky. Page 48)

Patrick says in it a very good way. It does describe Charlie in a good way. Because that’s Charlie He melts in into the background and he doesn’t talk much. Sadly much more information about Charlie is not given (jet). Therefore here come some about his sister.

Charlie has been talking some about his sister, but he hasn’t given her a name (jet?). But he doesn’t need to, because it’s Charlie that’s tells the story, therefore he sees her as his sister.  Anyway, Charlie’s sister is an interesting character. But it’s one place in the book that catches the attention most. These things made the head spin around. Not literally, but it made you think a lot. Many questions with the word “Why” popped into your head.

“Then, he looked at her. And he wound up and hit her hard across the face.” (The Perks of being a Wallflower, Stephen Chabosky. Page 18)

This quotation needs a lot of explanation. This is where Charlie’s sister gets hit by her boyfriend. Before he hit her she always talked about how he didn´t stand up to the class bullies. She always says mean things about him. At the same page as the quotation just before he hits her Charlie’s sister says that even Charlie stood up for his bully. After she said that he hit her. After that moment they grew even tighter. Somehow it feels like Charlie’s sister wanted to be hit? It felt liked she almost begged to be hit. Because it feels like she wanted a “cool” boyfriend and not a soft one. This is still confusing but it sadly as it is, it describes Charlie’s sister.