The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (summer)

       
 
         Forgetting can sometimes be a good thing. This is a theme of The Perks of Being a Wallflower  by Stephen Chbosky. Chbosky uses relationship as a really good author move. He shows us more about the main character, Charlie's, past through relationships.

         Relationship is a great author move in this book because Charlie thought that his relationship with his Aunt Helen was all innocent and perfect. But his relationship with Sam, (Charlie's crush and best friend) showed him that it wasn't. After Sam touched Charlie, he stopped her, and went to bed. That night he had a dream where his Aunt Helen had done the same to him. After weeks of therapy he realized it wasn't a dream. It was real. His relationship with Sam gave him that dream. I think if he hadn't done what he had done, we as readers wouldn't have figured out what happened to him as a child. Charlie was never the same after this realization struck him.
       
       Not remembering can sometimes be fine. This theme is shown through relationship. I think our main character, Charlie, would've felt a whole lot better if he didn't remember his past. I don't think this would have made Aunt Helen's death any easier for him. Charlie didn't remember this side of Aunt Helen. His brain decided to block it out. It probably felt like a dream, or something he was watching from the outside, like it wasn't happening to him. My point is, forgetting can sometimes be good.