The not so good perks of sexual abuse In Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky, a child named Charlie is struggling socially, and basically through life. Drugs, family, intimacy, and other factors interfere with his day to day life...he is basically the poster-boy for being awkward. Charlie is unable to be sexually intimate with sam because, unconsciously, he correlates his love for Aunt Helen with his love for Sam, and Charlie’s grief is mixed with unprocessed sexual trauma. Charlie is a perfect example of what can happen if a child is exposed to sexual abuse, even if the child does not know. When Charlie was about to have sexual intercourse with Sam before she left to college, he stopped her immediately after
