reading response The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Question
At what points do you notice yourself resisting the book, characters, or author? What does your resistance say about the book, and what does it say about you?
      The latest point in the book that I have noticed myself resisting the book was when the main character, Charlie, and his sister Sarah are at a party. At this point Sarah was talking to Charlie about her first kiss. She told Charlie that her first kiss was with one of her dad's friends when she was younger. Sarah told Charlie that she wanted his first kiss to be with somebody that loved him. So she kissed him. During the whole time this was happening, Charlie was in love with his older sister, who didn't love him back.
     After this happened I started to resist the fact that this was actually real. This says something about me and the characters and the author. This says that the author really can push the boundaries of reality in high school social life. This shows that I am the type of person that doesn't believe that one person would actually tell their brother that they want there first kiss to be together. This also shows that the characters don't care about what other people think. I think this because, there is no way anyone would kiss their younger brother in front of tons of people at their school if they did care about what other people think.

Social Issue Reading Responce

         

      How does this text deal with individuals and groups? Are the people acting alone and in competition with one another, or does the text help us imagine people working together?

       I am currently reading the book "The Perks of Being a Wallflower," by Stephen Chbosky. This book address's many social issues that teens face everyday, like drugs, sex, and parties. Charlie is the main character, and he sort of just observes his surroundings and writes them all down in a letter to the reader.
       This text deals with individuals and groups by writing the book from the point of view of somebody who has no friends and somebody who is never invited places. It shows everyone what it feels like to be left out.The main character is once invited to a party by his "friend" but during the party everybody is having a good time and he doesn't really know what to do because he has never been to a party and he has always been left out.