Sentimental The General Description of Charlie as the Main Character
27 ‘participate’ more. He do all of things above after a friendly advice from his
advanced English teacher, Bill. As seen in this quotation: I dont know what it was, and I know we didnt
really accomplish anything, but it felt great to sit there and talk about our place in things. It was like
when Bill told me to participate. I went to the homecoming dance like I told you before, but this
was much more fun. It was especially fun to think that people all over the world were having similar
conversations in their equivalent of the Big Boy. Chbosky, 1999: 113
Not only tries to participate, Charlie is also a kind of person who is willing
to try something new, whether it is a good or bad things. Charlie’s ability in
making new friend is not good, but he willing to change it. When his friend asks him to join them for hang out, he said yes because he thinks it is such a good
opportunity to do. However, Charlie’s friend also brings a bad impact for him, as how they influence Charlie to smoke and consuming drugs. It can be seen in this
following quotation: Some of the questions I was asked was what grade I
was in and what did I want to be when I grow up. I am a freshman, and I dont know just yet.
I looked around, and I saw that Sam and Patrick had left with Brad. Thats when Bob started passing
around food. Would you like a brownie?
Yes. Thank you. I was actually quite hungry because normally Sam
and Patrick take me to the Big Boy after the football games, and I guess I was used to it by now.
I ate the brownie, and it tasted a little weird, but it was still a brownie, so I still liked it. But this was
not an ordinary brownie. Since you are older, I think you know what kind of brownie it was.
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