Character - The main character Charlie is developed in many ways throughout the story. His entire demeanor changed from page one. He actually started smoking halfway through the book. “When I turned it on, I didn't cough. It actually felt relaxing. I know it's a bad thing from a health perspective, but it was true.”-pg 102 His personality was different from then. He always tried to be friendly to everyone he met, but if you weren't nice to his friends, he didn't respect them anymore after that. His dialogue is very similar throughout the book. He is very friendly when he talks and tries to be polite. Charlie is trying to make friends and keep them. He succeeds with the help of his English teacher who Charlie calls Bill. Bill gave him books to read and classified Charlie's relationships. “He says I have great ability to read and understand language.” - page 9-10. Charlie's report card had an A, but Bill gave Charlie different grades. The books Bill gave Charlie changed his mind about many things. Bill developed Charlie through the entire book. Ideas: The main idea of this book changes as it progresses. There is an idea that runs throughout the story that has a protagonist and an antagonist. Charlie is the protagonist. The antagonist... high school. This develops miraculously throughout the book. Starting from his first day, at the homecoming game where he meets Sam and Patrick, to his last days as a freshman. “And I'm Patrick. And this is Sam” page-19. At first Charlie is worried about high school, and his English teacher Bill solves the problem quickly. He meets his two new best friends Sam and Patrick at a football game. Then he left from there going through difficult times. Everything though... middle of the paper... is here in high school, and that's where he meets the boys." page-10. “He plays football for Penn State, but he needed the summer to get the right grades to play football.”pg-5. Charlie explains his brothers' lives many times throughout the book. Order: Stephen Chbosky has decided to order the events in the life of a normal freshman soccer games, then dances, etc;. Charlie is like a normal kid, but he has some differences in his life that other kids don't have. His sister is pregnant by her in denial boyfriend who is now not her boyfriend that her boyfriend said it wasn't her baby, but my sister knew it was." One of her best friend Patrick is also gay. "I opened the door and saw Patrick kissing Brad." page-36. These events were repeated throughout the book. Stephen Chbosky ordered these events perfectly.
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