Lit circle part 3

    In the inspiring novel I am currently reading for English, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky unfolds an amazing story that has become a top seller about among teens and adolescences (Next to the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer, of course.). Stephen Chbosky unravels a coming of age tale about a boy named Charlie. Charlie is starting out his first year in a new high school and he is anxious and frightened by the thought of going to a new place with no friends. In middle school, his best friend, Micheal, who was quite the odd ball compared to the rest of the kids, had passed on, extinguishing Charlies only friend. Now, Charlie must face high school alone without his only companion. After the story develops more, two more characters get introduced to the story, they would be Sam and Patrick. They are seniors and they are brothers and sisters, who become a big part of Charlies life and the letters he writes.
    You see, he writes these letters to "the reader" about his ongoing problems in his problematic environment, he is pressured to keep up this his competing surroundings by joining his peers in bad situations in order to be accepted in the eyes of his community.
     That is probably why this book is so popular among kids in high school. The story takes you on a journey of Charlies first year in high school through his perspective. Charlie family has an interesting past, he has an older brother that has graduated and had a scholarship to Penn State and he is now playing college football there, a sister attending her senior year in high school playing the role of the smart undercover drama queens. As for his parents, they are the normal American family that "doesn't hit" or condone violent discipline. Also, another major character is his Aunt Helena which had also passed away. She was killed in a car accident while buying Charlie a Christmas gift which in turn causes a lot of internal conflict. I hope to read more from Chbosky in the future.