Charlie deals with the conflicts in his life in an interesting way. Charlie does not deal with the problem; Charlie accepts it and does what he is told.
In the novel Charlie is in love with his best friend Sam. Charlie tells Sam that he has had intimate dreams about her, and often thinks about the love that they would share if they were a couple. Sam tells Charlie that they would never be a couple and will always be good friends, so he should not waste his dreams or his thoughts on "thinking of her that way". Charlie promises himself and Sam that he will try his best to not think of her that way. On many occassions thoughout the novel, Charlie does not do certain things, or act the way that he wants to, to keep this promise to Sam. In the last section in the novel, after Sam and her boyfriend have broken up, Sam asks Charlie why he never asked her out. Charlie told Sam that he never asked her out because she told him many months ago not to think of her that way and he has accepted that they would never be anything more than friends. Charlie never dealt with the fact that he liked Sam more than a friend, and he never acted like he wanted to, because she told him not to. Charlie only does what he is told, he doesn't solve anything for himself.
Charlie is a follower, and does not do what he wants.... just what he is told to do. Would doing this be hard for you? Would you be able to put your emotions and feelings on hold, just to do what someone told you?
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