The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Charlie apologizes for his last letter: “To tell you the truth, I don’t really remember much of it, but I know from how I woke up that it probably wasn’t very nice” (98). After mailing the last letter, he passed out in the snow, and “[t]he policemen found [him] pale blue and asleep” (99). Charlie took LSD at the party, but no one gets in trouble because he keeps quiet. Instead, his mom and dad just assume that he’s having episodes like he had as a child, after his aunt Helen died and he was forced to see a psychiatrist. His parents recommend he starts seeing a psychiatrist again.

When he gets home from the doctor’s office, his mom makes him tea and his dad invites him to watch the game: “All corners of the all eyes were on me. And my mom said a lot of encouraging things about how I was doing so well this school year and maybe the doctor would help me sort things out. My mom can be quiet and talk at the same time when she’s being positive” (100). Charlie decides never to take LSD again.