Alex Birch-Ares answers “who's charlie sending the letters...”

Julescx asked this question about The Perks of Being a Wallflower:

who's charlie sending the letters to? first i thought it was for the friend that committed suicide , based on the film?

Alex Birch-Ares After reading the book, I recommended it to a friend, once he finished the first chapter he asked me that question and I told him my opinion "that the…moreAfter reading the book, I recommended it to a friend, once he finished the first chapter he asked me that question and I told him my opinion "that the identity of the intended recipient of the letters is irrelevant to the plot. However I considered it to be most likely that the reader is the intended recipient. Furthermore, the device Chbosky used in purposefully structuring and conveying the story through letters written by Charlie, was intended to implicitly suggest that the intended recipient was a device used by Charlie as a literary catalyst allowing him to speak freely and honestly explaining to the reader every intimate detail of his life without shame or regret."(less)

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