![]() "The entire book is a blueprint for survival. "My response has always been rape is violence, not sex, so how can it possibly titillate anybody? If it does then that warrants a much larger discussion than a book." "I always find it so strange that they do because so often in the past people would say that passage is meant to titillate. "There's a part in the book where Charlie witnesses date rape and I always found it interesting because some watchdog groups always cite that passage," Stephen Chbosky said in a recent phone interview. Wallingford Superintendent Salvatore Menzo removed the book from the curriculum in response back in February. In a recent interview, author Stephen Chbosky clarified the contents of his book that one Wallingford parent deemed controversial, complaining to the school district and objecting to students being allowed to read it. ![]() The author of "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" says he's offended when critics quote passages of the book out of context. ![]()
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