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Part 1: August 25, 1991 - October 28, 1991

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Chbosky, Stephen. Perks of Being a Wallflower. Pocket Books. February 1999. Original.

• August 25, 1991- Charlie, the narrator of the story, is a sensitive and melancholic boy about to begin his freshman year of high school in his suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

• He begins writing letters to an unnamed friend, a person he admits to not knowing.

• This person, Charlie says, is someone who could have slept with someone at a party but did not.

• Charlie writes that he needs to know there is the kind of person who does not try to sleep with people even if he could have.

• Charlie's friend is someone people look to for strength and understanding.

• Charlie explains that he is sad because his only friend Michael has died by suicide.

• Charlie's family and the school are...

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