Stephen Chbosky Character Analysis

In everyone's life it is guaranteed that there will be bumps and conflicts. These bumps can come out of nowhere and change your whole point of view. Charlie is a socially awkward teen that is known as a wallflower. He is someone that does not feel the need to make an appearance for himself. He would rather watch life from the sidelines instead instead of being in the moment. But Charlie can no longer watch life from the sidelines. Two teens enter his life “Sam” and “Patrick” and attempt to remove him from such a mundane life style. Stephen Chbosky used characterization to show that Charlie's life takes a turn and changes his everyday life. Charlie shows numerous times that the way he views things will slowly changes through the use of characterization. Normally Charlie has no interest in anyone in school until he actually meets Sam. He meets her at the football game but doesn't fully see her till they go to the “big boy” to chain smoke. Charlie realizes the feelings he has for her at that moment. “And even though I thought Sam was very pretty and nice, and she was the first girl I ever wanted to ask on a date someday when I can drive.”(20) Stephen Chbosky begins to show how it'll change the way he wants to be seen. …show more content…
The choices Charlie makes are mostly bad but but he does them because he has realized what it is like to change. Charlie went from being alone to having friends and making decisions because he knew that they would either help someone or it would help him. He felt what is was like to belong and what is like to have actual fun and he did not want to let that feeling go. His actions can show a reader that sometimes watching life from the sidelines isn’t the most ideal thing to do. Having fun and doing things for the benefit of others can make you feel something you’ve never felt