The Perks of Being a Wallflower; in the home stretch!
Ever since about 50 pages ago, the book has maintained continuity. It has remained consistent with the characters, events, and severity of situations. But there is one thing I find incredibly interesting, and what is honestly keeping me turning pages:
The development of Charlie.
As the main character, Charlie is expected to change in the literary world, but my hot take resides in the fact that Charlie never changes, but takes notes. Throughout the book he has dealt with a slew of unfavorable situations. After the main actions of these situations play out, and apologies are given, Charlie’s friends consistently tell him that he’s, “so stupid sometimes.”
I think these subjectively stupid decisions are what underlines the high school experience in the book, and make it a future classic. In other words, timeless.