The Perks of Being a Wallflower

By Jihana20

  • Sept 11, 1991 and Sept 16, 1991

    Charlie's teacher-Bill- notices that Charlie have a talent in writing and reading, and gave him extra assigment. Charlie look on his sister’s boyfriend, who seems like a sweet, artsy guy, hit her hard across the face. But she makes Charlie promise not to tell their parents what happened, so he doesn’t, even when the boyfriend continues to come over and pretend to be nice.

  • August 25, 1991

    in every part of the book, " Dear, friend " is written. Because in this book, the main character named Charlie wrote a letter to an unnamed friend which Charlie also doesn't know who this friend is. Charlie is trying to get over with the recent suicide of his one and only friend in Middle school.

  • Sept 7, 1991

    here's when Charlie feels alone and he doesn't have any friend yet. His sister doesn't want him to sit with her, and his brother has graduated and play football.

  • Oct 6, 1991

    two seniors be friend with Charlie: Patrick which has a nickname as Nothing, and Sam, Patric's step sister. Charlie realized that he fell in love with Sam. Charlie had a dream having sex with Sam, so he feels guilty and tell Sam what have he done. Patrick gave him suggestion how to chase a women, including not to tell about the sex dream to them.

  • Oct 14, 1991

    Charlie told Bill what his sister's boyfriend did to his sister. Bill called Charlie's parent and when he got home he realized that Bill told his parent about what his sister's boyfriend has done.

  • November 7, 1991

    Charlie starts to enjoy his school because he can hang out with Patrick and Sam's group of friend. Patrick had a boyfriend called Brad and he told charlie how they met.

  • November 18, 1991

    Charlie's brother coming home because he's quite behind on his schoolwork which made his mom angry. Sam and patrick have dinner in charlie's house

  • November 23, 1991

    The holidays are a difficult time for Charlie’s family, because it reminds them all of Aunt Helen, and they each deal with the stress and sadness in their own ways. a lot of the family member get drunk.

  • December 23, 1991

    Charlie’s birthday is December 24, and he’s eager to get all the holidays over with, since they bring up so many emotions. Bill gave Charlie The Catcher in the Rye to read over the holidays—very appropriate, since Charlie’s definitely a modern-day Holden Caufield.

  • December 25, 1991

    Charlie is in Ohio for Christmas, where Charlie’s dad’s family lives. Charlie’s dad tells Charlie that he has to drive the rest of the way to Ohio, and even though Charlie has just gotten his driver’s license the day before, he does it.

  • December 26, 1991

    Charlie and his family visit aunt helen's grave. Aunt Helen died in a car accident. The last thing that Aunt Helen had said to Charlie was that she was going to buy him his birthday present.

  • February 15, 1992

    Charlie lets Mary Elizabeth talk about herself the whole time at the dance. He’s not ready to kiss her goodnight. Craig is too busy to go to the dance, and Sam is sad, which makes Charlie wish he could comfort her. Charlie’s sister has a huge fight with her boyfriend on the dance floor. After Charlie gets home, his sister tells him that she’s pregnant. Charlie agrees to drive her to the abortion clinic.

  • February 23, 1992

    When Charlie is waiting for his sister in the abortion clinic, he remembers that she’s the one who taught him where babies come from. Charlie waits in the car and smokes. When his sister comes out, she says she’ll tell their parents about Charlie’s smoking, but Charlie reminds her that she won’t tell, and they laugh. When they get home, their parents ask them about where they’ve been all day, and Charlie’s sister covers up

  • January 4, 1992

    Charlie writes to his “friend” that after he mailed the letter on January 1, he started vomiting, and he laid down in the snow, which is the last thing he remembers before the police found him and his parents took him to the emergency room.

  • Aug 23, 1992

    Charlie wrote another letter. his parents find him on the couch naked and catatonic, they brought him to the mental hospital. Charlie’s family comes together to support him, and distant relatives write letters and send flowers. All of his friends come to visit, too. Charlie writes that he forgives Aunt Helen because he recognizes how emotionally traumatized she was. Charlie was released yesterday, he writes, and he’s come to appreciate all the small things in life. (this is the best part)