12 September 2011 Flowers for Algernon I have recently completed the novel Flowers for Algernon and I found it to be a fascinating novel for a variety of reasons The themes of the book I found very interesting which include how people treat the mentally handicapped as well as the link between intellect and happiness The novel revolves around a man Charlie Gordon with an I Q of 68 who works menial jobs in a bakery but then goes in for experimental treatment in an attempt to raise his intelligenc
Flowers for Algernon In the book Flowers for Algernon Charlies intelligence levels affects his personality to such a great extent that it is seen throughout the entire novel When he gets more intelligent he tries to mature and figure out his emotions It seems that the smarter Charlie gets the more unhappy he makes himself Charlie grows a lot in the story when he uses his new found intelligence Charlie is such a tangle of emotions that becoming smarter and trying to figure them out just saddens
Flowers for Algernon is a brilliant piece of literature written by Daniel Keyes The novel is an interesting experience written from the prospective of our protagonist Charlie Charlie is a mentally handicapped man who given the opportunity to make himself Normal It soon becomes a journey of Charlies self discovery in which he realizes that everyone in his world has been laughing at him his entire life
Coming of Age and Belonging and Acceptance in John Elder Robisons Look Me in The Eye and Daniel Keyes Flowers for Algernon Science may have found a cure for most evils but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all the apathy of human beings Helen Keller In John Elder Robisons Look Me In The Eye and Daniel Keyes Flowers for Algernon there is a reoccurring theme of belonging and acceptance In Robisons Look Me in The Eye John tells his life story and how he found support through family memb
To compare with other famous literatures of English Flowers for Algernon is a quite recently published novel However it can be called as a classic because of its greatness Daniel Keyes the writer of this book perfectly describes the internal changes of Charlie Gordon who is the main character of the novel Charlie was born as with rarely low IQ but his mother does not accept that his son is a boy who needs a special treatment She gave her son many traumas so that it remained in core part of Char