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The moral of the story, or lesson, is very obvious. It is a great perspective into the minds of such people, and teaches compassion to the readers.
“Its easy to make frends if you let pepul laff at you.”
"I dint know mice were so smart."
"Some times somebody will say hey lookit Frank, or Joe or even Gimpy. He really pulled a Charlie Gordon that time. I don't know why they say it but they always laff and I laff too."
“But I've learned that intelligence alone doesn't mean a damned thing. Here in your university, intelligence, education, knowledge, have all become great idols. But I know now there's one thing you've all overlooked: intelligent and education that hasn't been tempered by human affection isn't worth a damn...Intelligence is one of the greatest human gifts. But all too often a search for knowledge drives out the search for love...Intelligence without the ability to give and receive affection leads to mental and moral breakdown, to neurosis, and possibly even psychosis.”
The book takes place in New York City, in the 1950's.
The book is written as a journal for Charlie as he goes through the process. In the begining, Charlie does not use grammar and misspells the majority of his words. As it continues, Charlie becomes a genuis and writes fluent thoughts with complicated words and deep meanings. The novel is the story of Charlie, as he 'awakens' into himself.
“...Don't feel sorry for me. I'm glad I had a second chance in life like you said to be smart because I learned a lot of things that I never knew were in this world, and I'm grateful I saw it even for a little bit.”
Charlie Gordon
(movie)
The theme is to not fufilled with ones self. There is allways a greater thing to accomplish.
As long as you can, chase bigger achievements.
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Flowers for Algernon was written for a more mature audience, but is now much more common on highschoolers, even being in the L.A
curriculum in some places.
Charlie has two groups of people that he knows.
Charlie's uncle used to run
the bakery, and made sure Charlie would always be able to work there. Now that his uncle has passed, Charlie slowly begins to realise his coworkers don't like him as much as he thinks.
Charlie volunteers for the surgery to 'cure' him. Two professors run the project, but the staff for is very large. Most members are very polite, patient and caring for Charlie.
This takes place near the begining of the book, only a couple of weeks after the surgery. In this selection, Charlie is in therapy and is reflecting on his younger sister and what he experienced when she came home for the first time.
Here Charlie knows he is regressing rapidly. He knows within a month, he will lose all of his knowledge and become mentally handicapped again. By this point in the book, he is already insane.
Daniel Keyes
Jason McIntyre