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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:9:30-10:15P
Music: None
Company: The Family
Pages: 18-75 (57)
The Lead In: I remember when this book was super huge. I remember how everyone told me to read it, as it would “change my life.” When people recommend anything that way, they curse the book to failure...We shall see.
The 411 on the 55: To begin, letters? Really? ung. I don’t like this method of story-telling. But...Charlie is a young man, dealing with life in his own way, writing letters to a stranger (in effect, us).
He has two close friends, Sam and Patrick. Sam, he has a crush on but she is older and dating elsewhere. Patrick is gay and has secret sex with the high school quarterback who won’t come out of the closet.
Charlie struggles in English till he gets a teacher who gives him life-changing books: The Catcher in the Rye, On the Road, This Side of Paradise, Naked Lunch.
Line of the Day: “And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.” pg 39
Fact on the Fiction: “Chbosky names Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye as an inspiration, and he pays homage to Salinger's work by naming it as one of the books that Charlie's English teacher, Bill, gives him to read.” Wikipedia
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