a. Shy
Charlie described as a shy person. The writer found it through his speech in the beginning of the novel. These are the evidence that the writer found.
The author describes him as a person that only close with certain people including his family. Since his close friend in the middle school commits suicide,
Charlie becomes more timid than before. When most of the students feel that school is a fun place to make friends, Charlie thinks the opposite. He said that he does not
like high school and afraid going to there Chbosky, 1999:6. In the first day of school, Charlie says that he is only looking the other
students around him instead of getting closer with them. He does not think to socialize with other people. He keeps quiet the most of the time Chbosky, 1999:7.
Charlie shows his shy personality when he tries to greet his new friend, he said that normally he is very shy Chbosky, 1999:19.
The writer also finds that Charlie likes to write letters to “someone”. He uses
letter to let out his feeling since he does not have anybody to talk. I am writing to you because she said you listen and understanding and did not
try to sleep with that person at that party even though you could have. …
I just need to know that someone out there listens, understands, and does not try to sleep with people even if they could have. I need to know that these
people exist Chbosky, 1999:1.
b. Emotional
Chbosky mentions it few times about Charlie being emotional. He stated that Charlie could not control his emotion. Charlie shows his feeling with crying or
screaming hardly. It started when he finds out that his close friend in the middle school named Michael died.
I do not really remember much of what happened after that except that my older brother came to Mr. Vaughn‟s office in my middle school and told me to
stop crying. The he put his arm on my shoulder and told me to get it out of my system before Dad came home Chbosky, 1999:3.
It continues when his school asks him some questions about Michael, he is crying really hard.
I was crying still. I never did stop crying Chbosky, 1999:4. Then Charlie shows his emotional side when he punches Sean as his defense, because
Sean keeps bully him. He is crying again. Actually, it is not making any sense since the one that getting hurt more is Sean but Charlie might cry because he could not
express his anger well. He turns his anger into sadness. He also likes to scream out of nowhere and he says that he is crying or
screaming when he is emotional. Some kids look at me strange in the hallways because I do not decorated my
locker, and I am the one who beat up Sean and could not stop crying after he did it. I guess I am pretty emotional Chbosky, 1999:8.
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