<P> The story begins with a quiet , sensitive 15 - year - old boy named Charlie writing letters about his life to an unknown recipient . Charlie chooses that person because he said that he heard the person was nice and thought that this person would not be judgmental . He discusses his first year at high school , grappling with two traumatic experiences from his past : the suicide of his only middle - school friend , Michael Dobson , a year before , and the death of his favorite aunt , Helen , during his early childhood . </P>
<P> The story begins with a quiet , sensitive 15 - year - old boy named Charlie writing letters about his life to an unknown recipient . Charlie chooses that person because he said that he heard the person was nice and thought that this person would not be judgmental . He discusses his first year at high school , grappling with two traumatic experiences from his past : the suicide of his only middle - school friend , Michael Dobson , a year before , and the death of his favorite aunt , Helen , during his early childhood . </P>
who dies in perks of being a wallflower
who dies in perks of being a wallflower
Michael Dobson Helen
Michael Dobson Helen