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The main character, Charlie, barely socializes and keeps to himself. Which leads to him having no friends.

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Charlie is entering high school alone because his only friend, Michael, had commit suicide the year before. He is forced to start high school, but is willing to try to make new friends.

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Charlie didn't know how to socialize even though he was willing to make friends. It was hard for him to make friends or keep them because of his constant isolation and lack of socialization.

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Charlies mentor is Mr. Anderson, Charlie's English teacher. Charlie is a gifted writer so Mr. Anderson would supply books for Charlie to read and write a paper over. Mr. Anderson also talked to Charlie about family problems and encouraged him to make new friends.

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Charlie started to socialize more in order to make new friends. He started at a school football game when he sat by two seniors, Sam and Patrick, who quickly became Charlie's first friends in high school.

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Charlies allies were Sam, Patrick, Mary Elizabeth, Alice, and Bob. His friendships were tested when Charlie had feelings for Sam but was dating Mary Elizabeth. In a game, Charlie was asked to kiss the "prettiest girl in the room", he kissed Sam. This caused him to lose all of his allies until he mended their relationships.

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Charlie faces another conflict when he is introduced to drugs and alcohol at a party with Sam and Patrick. He gained an addiction and struggled to overcome it throughout the story. It caused him to remember things that happened between him and his Aunt Helen as a child.

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Charlie's final challenge was when all of his friends graduated and left for college. He felt he had slipped back into the anti-social state from the beginning of the year.

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Charlie expanded his social skills and made multiple new friends throughout the story. He remembered and overcame his past trauma. His reward was ultimately happiness, self discovery and friends.

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Charlie's "road back" was when he went back to school the next year, alone. He was constantly reminded of his friends leaving to college but he adapted as the year went on. He learned how to adjust and deal with his problems after his journey.

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After his friends left, Charlie was sent to the hospital again after calling his sister and expressing that he was going to commit suicide. At the hospital he discovered that he was sexually abused as a child by his Aunt Helen. After this test, he knew how to overcome his past and learn from his mistakes.

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After Charlie was released from the hospital, he could visit and spend more time with Sam and Patrick. The three of them visited the tunnel they drove through at the beginning of the story and that is when he realized how happy he is now and how much little moments mean to him.