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Book Review By Julia Pavlovska
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

The protagonist Charlie is a freshman who grows up in experience and self-confidence throughout the book. In fact he is the one who is called a "wallflower", because he "hears things, understands them and keeps quiet about them". He also has to deal with the suicide of his best friend and the death of his favourite family member, his aunt. Altough, throughout the book he learns with the help of two seniors and his English teacher more about life, dealing with love, drugs and sexuality. He falls the first time in love, goes to partiess and takes drugs. He learns to share his problems and opinions by writing it down.


Plot & Themes
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Kids growing up/acting up? Yes
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Age group of kid(s) in story: - high school
Wild kid(s)? - druggie culture (& crime)

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - a teen
Ethnicity/Nationality
Unusual characteristics:

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - a teen
Profession/status:
Eccentric/Smart/Dumb: Yes
Eccentric:
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Genius

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 5 ()
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast
Misc setting

Writing Style
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - licking - actual description of hetero sex - Weiner talk! - two guys doing it - rape/molest
Lot of foul language? Yes
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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