I'm reading The Perks of Being A Wallflower. It's about a boy named Charlie who is a freshman in High School. He writes letters anonymously to a friend so they don't know who is sending them. I'm wondering why Charlie's word choices are so basic for someone in High School. He uses very plain words like 'sad' and 'crazy'. I thought the vocabulary would be much larger, considering he is a high schooler, just like me.
I feel like something in the future will happen perfectly and change Charlie's life, and his perspective on things. I can't relate my life with his that well, because his friend Michael killed himself and Charlie was upset about it. That's never happened to me before, so I could never imagine that happening to me. Other than that unfortunate event, I think Charlies life isn't so bad. He has an older brother and an older sister and he lives with both of his parents. I think the only thing that he's upset about is how he doesn't have many friends at school. I think that he will find people that have common interests and personalities as him and they will become friends, and he will be happier.
