Charlie in the story wanted to be smart to have more friends and make people like him, what we the readers can assume as fitting in. Though Charlie probably didn’t know what fitting in meant before his surgery, it shows us how he was desperate to be smart even though it might hurt him tremendously, or even just be temporary. This example shows us that he was putting a mask, and obscuring himself and being somebody completely different, not even realizing what the end result might be. Keys wants to explain how the people in the world want to change themselves completely just to fit in and get liked by others, an example would be people trying tattoos and being punk to be like the people around them when they, from the inside, dislike tattoos and being
Charlie in the story wanted to be smart to have more friends and make people like him, what we the readers can assume as fitting in. Though Charlie probably didn’t know what fitting in meant before his surgery, it shows us how he was desperate to be smart even though it might hurt him tremendously, or even just be temporary. This example shows us that he was putting a mask, and obscuring himself and being somebody completely different, not even realizing what the end result might be. Keys wants to explain how the people in the world want to change themselves completely just to fit in and get liked by others, an example would be people trying tattoos and being punk to be like the people around them when they, from the inside, dislike tattoos and being