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Setting #3: The Hospital

In the last two letters that Charlie writes to his "friend", he talks about a near-sexual encounter with Sam, which brings up bad memories of him and his Aunt Helen. After he stops Sam and he goes to bed that night, he has a dream of his Aunt Helen doing the things to him that Same was doing earlier that day. This dream was actually reality, and the remembrance of his Aunt Helen molesting him put him into an emotional, mentally dysfunctional state which caused him to be hospitalized for two months. 

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Setting #2: Charlie's First Party

After meeting Sam and Patrick, Charlie is invited to an after-party on the night of his prom. At this party, Charlie is defined as a wallflower by Patrick, and he seems happy to be defined as this. 

Wallflower Definition: Someone who chooses to observe instead of experience life 

While at this party, he is fed brownies laced with marijuana. This is his first experience with drugs, and he doesn't know that he was given drugs until told later on in the book. 

Later on throughout the book, Charlie is taken to several other parties, where he is introduced to drugs such as ecstasy. 

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Setting #1: Highschool

The Perks of Being a Wallflower is based on letters due to Charlie's fear of highschool. His year at highschool is how he makes new friends, how he develops new habits, and how he blossoms from being a wallflower to an outgoing teenager.