This book really it me hard when I read it as a kid. When I re-read it as an adult it was still amazing and a very different, more subtle work. I think the rea

This book really it me hard when I read it as a kid. When I re-read it as an adult it was still amazing and a very different, more subtle work. I think the reason it resonates so much with the young adult audience is that Charlie represents the life they are just starting to go though. We all start out helpless, ignorant, and dependent. We grow into our primes and achieve amazing things. We then lose our abilities and facilities as we age and become dependent again. But through all these changes, who am I? What makes me a good and worthwhile person when my abilities change and no one else really understands?