Character emotion reading response

     The story The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chobosky is about a teenage boy named Charlie, he has had a hard time in life his best friend killed himself before he started high school. He also is afraid of started high school he also struggles with other problems like helping his sister hide her pregnancy. Although Charlie seems depressed he really is sympathetic, even though he has his rough times.  

   In the beginning Charlie seems depressed, due to the fact his best friend dies right when the book starts. He also seems depressed because he seems to be depressed and cry a lot. One example was when he was talking to the guidance counselor and he just broke down when he heard his friend’s name, Charlie had a hard time dealing with his friends death he was on and off with crying for days. Also he seems depressed because the whole book his written from his prospective and it is in a letter form to someone we don’t know, also they can’t answer back to him either. This mad him seems isolated and depressed as a person.

    But on the other hand Charlie is sympathetic he was willing to go pick up his older sister when she was sick at her dance. Then he also hid her secret that she was pregnant and he helped and support her. For example, he was at the doctor with her checking if she was really pregnant. He was reading an article but he couldn’t really read it because he was worried about his sister and how they would handle this, he was also worried if she was ok. But to make things worse he also had to comfort her because her boyfriend broke up with her because he didn’t think the kid was really his.   

         In conclusion Charlie is an emotional character that goes though a lot and can help and feel for others.