Learning to Participate

In the story, The Perks of Being a wallflower, by Stephen Chybosky, the main character, Charlie has a few flaws. One thing is that he lets people push him around. Charlie changes by the end of the book by learning to say what he means and not let people push him around. He learns to speak his mind and to "participate."

At the beginning of the book, Charlie is starting high school and doesn't have any friends. When he does make a group of friends, although he is fascinated about their debates and has his own opinions on the topics, he fails to tell them. Later in the story, Charlie lets his girlfriends push him around and he doesn't know how to break up with her.

By the end of the story, Charlie learns to share his own opinions and feelings. He participates in his friend's debates and learns to be more social. For example, he actually socializes with one of the kids in his class. He also confronts his old girlfriend and tells her that he's sorry. By the end of the book Charlie participates quite frequently.

In conclusion, that is how Charlie changes from the beginning of the book to the end. Although Charlie still has flaws, he has improved at least one.