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The Book: The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
ISBN: 978-0671-02734-6
Suggested By: Mario Leal
Where: Home
When:8:45-9:10P
Music: None
Company: Church
Pages: 132-187 (55)
The Lead In: Sissy has a migraine and Monty is chatting with me, but this damn book will be read, damnit. Also, a prediction, I bet Charlie kills himself at the end of this book.
The 411 on the 55: Charlie screws over Mary Elizabeth at a party, kissing Sam on a dare “to kiss the prettiest girl in the room.” Real nice, jerk. Mary dumps him. He gets depressed because no one will talk to him now and begins smoking pot. And it stays that way until Patrick and Brad get in a fight in the cafeteria. Patrick is getting the crap kicked out of him by a bunch of football players when Charlie steps in an kicks some ass. Then all is well.
Everyone is friends again going into the end of the school year. Charlie is scared that he will be left alone when everyone else graduates. He is younger than them. Bill, his teacher, has him over for supper and tells him that he is super special. Today’s reading closes with everyone going to the graduation.
Line of the Day: “I saw other people there. Old men sitting alone. Young girls with blue eyeshadow and weird awkward jaws. Little kids who looked tired. Fathers in nice coats who looked even more tired. Kids working behind the counter of the food places who looked like they hadn’t had the will to live for hours. The machines kept opening and closing. The people kept giving money and getting their change. And it all felt very unsettling to me.” pg 144
Fact on the Fiction: According to this study, The Perks of being a Wallflower is a favorite among less than average SAT scorers. Booksthatmakeyoudumb
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