Comparing Movie 'Charly And The Story Flowers For Algernon'

There are many differences, but also similarities between the book Flowers for Algernon and the movie Charly. In the movie, the viewers could see what was happening, where as in the book the scenes were described so the readers could understand. In the movie Charly and the book Flowers for Algernon there are many differences that include: Miss Kinnian and Charlie starting to date, Charlie announcing his love, Charlie being rejected by Miss Kinnian, and Charlie announcing his regression. There are also many similarities that include: Charlie loving Miss Kinnian, Charlie being taught by Miss Kinnian, Charlie losing against Algernon in races before the surgery, and Charlie won against Algernon after the surgery.

surgery. Charlie gets to describe, learn about books, learn how to spell, and learn new words he never saw before. “I never read such a hard book before. It’s called Robinson Crusoe about a man who gets merooned on a dessert iland. Hes smart and figers out all kinds of things so he can have a house and food and hes a good swimmer because he's all alone and has no frends.”

Don't you hate it when you read an awesome book but, the movie is just not up to par? And isn’t it the worst when the film doesn’t have the same key details that are in the book? This is the case in the short story and film of “Flowers for Algernon”. Portrayal of characters, setting, and characters, all of which are missing in the film but are found in the short story. These are all crucial parts to the plot and storyline of the short story.

When a book gets adapted into a film, the filmmakers will most likely change many things from the book so it doesn’t seem like they ripped the film completely off. This is obvious with Flowers For Algernon and the movie, Charly, this book and movie have many differences as well as similarities. One similarity with this book and film is that they both follow the same story which is about Charlie, a 37 year old man that desperatly wants to become smart. In the book, Charlie finds two doctors, Dr. Nemur and Dr. Strauss and choose him for the operation, In the film, Charlie is also chosen for the operation. Another similarity is that Charlie becomes friends with Algernon after he beats him. In the book, after Charlie beats Algernon many times,

In this novel, Flowers for Algernon, written by Daniel Keyes, a man named Charlie Gordon has an operation done to increase his intelligence. He started as a mentally retarded man and slowly became a genius. He seemed to soak up information like a sponge and he was able to figure out the most complex scientific formulas. The only problem with the operation is that it does not last for ever and in his remaining time he tries to figure out why it is not permanent. He will eventually lose everything he learned and become worse off than when he started, so Charlie was better off before he had the operation.

Fanny explains how Charlie went against nature by getting the surgery to increase his intelligence. Furthermore, Charlie Gordon a thirty seven year old man with a low IQ of 68 gets an operation done on him to raise his intelligence. But what he does not know the many problems the surgery will cause him. In the story “Flowers for Algernon” a science fiction short story by Daniel Keyes, Charlie Gordon should not have had the operation in order for him to increase his

Well Flowers of Algernon on the short story was mostly about Charly and his struggles to fit in with the normal people. There were a few parts where he declared that he was in love

He wears glasses but only for watching T.V. and movies. Charlie has a great motive because all he wants is to be smart for example, "After the operashun I'm gonna try to be smart. I'm gonna try awful hard. (p.11)". Charlie, being intellectually disabled, doesn't understand things, making him constantly happy. This is because he doesn't think about life. Charlie gets bullied but thinks they're being nice to him when they do things like "He really pulled a Charlie Gordon that time. I don't know why they say it but they always laff and I laff too. (p.23)". After the operation, he had a different outlook on life. He wanted to become smart so that he could talk with his coworkers about intelligent things like politics. Although, the operation made him too smart. His way of thinking was based on facts and intelligence, rather than emotion, feelings and instinct. Charlie was a genius and they weren't. He didn't know how to control his emotion because he never knew he had them, often making him go into depression and be

Although based on the same storyline, the novel, Flowers For Algernon and movie “Charly” have some significant similarities and differences. One similarity is that both the book and movie follow the same general plot. In Flowers for Algernon and “Charly” , the main character Charlie, is unintelligent and mentally retarded, attends school, gets an operation, becomes a genius, realizes things, and then becomes unintelligent again. However, a difference between the two is that Miss Kinnian, Charlie’s teacher has different feelings towards him. In Flowers For Algernon, Charlie liked Miss Kinnian after he became smart, but the feeling never really became mutual. On the other hand, in “Charly”, Miss Kinnian shows affection towards Charlie, and Charlie

People now days treat others with disrespect and look down upon on other who are mentally challenged, and this is not right. In the story “ Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes, Charlie gets the opportunity to get an operation that could potentially make him smarter. The bad news is it could have side effects and he could lose everything he has learned from the operation and it not work. I believe in this story Charlie should have gotten the operation.

Imagine being three times smarter than you already are through a simple, painless surgery, but there’s a catch. The effects of the surgery that can make you a genius could be temporary, and have not been studied and may be dangerous. Flowers for Algernon, a short story, describes a character who is intellectually disabled. He has to make a choice between having doctors conduct an experiment that involves surgery on him to make him three times smarter or staying the way he is. Charlie Gordon should not have the surgery because it is highly experimental and theoretical, as well as the negative social effects.

In the beginning, he wasn’t very smart, but he was happy. He didn’t understand things, he didn’t know how to spell, he was childish, but he was happy. The story explains, “ She told me this test and the other one the raw-shok was for getting personalty. I laffed so hard. I said how can you get that thing from inkblots and fotos.” (Keyes, 55) The text explains that he was happy, he can’t spell, and that he is childish. Then when he had the operation, he became so knowledgeable that he lost his friends and wasn’t very happy. Being happy is more important than being intelligent, and Charlie lost his happiness because he wanted to be

He feels as if Charlie is a different person following him around. He says, “Charlie may not interfere if I wanted to make love to Fay. He would probably stand in the doorway and watch. But the moment I came close to Alice, he panicked.” (Keyes 203) This shows that he doesn’t feel like the person he was before the surgery. He feels as though he is two different people and the old Charlie is stuck in the back of his mind. He has trouble getting close to people. He feels a panic as soon as he gets close to a woman. He feels as if old Charlie is prohibiting him and watching his every move. He says, “But then I think Charlie is waiting at the window. His life is not mine to throw away. I’ve just borrowed it for a while, and now I’m being asked to return it.” (Keys 278) After the surgery Charlie can’t sleep, “I know I should sleep, but I begrudge every second of waking time. It’s not just because of the nightmares; it’s because I’m afraid of letting go.”(Keys 278) This shows that Charlie is afraid to sleep. He has nightmares, he feels like he will lose his high IQ because he’s now so dependent of

“Why would man mock the naive and the dumb yet cradle the weak, the crippled, and the blind”-Charlie Gordon. In the science fiction novel “Flowers for Algernon” Charlie Gordon, a 37 year old man with mental disabilities, so two scientists (Dr.Strauss and Dr. Nemur) decide he is the perfect candidate for a surgery that has the potential to triple a man’s intelligence. Charlie teaches us all never to use our ability to lern for granted.Charlie is much more happy after the surgery.

The short story “Flowers for Algernon” and the movie “Charly” have a lot of similarities and differences. First of all, in both the movie and the short story Charlie has the mentally ability so in both they are trying to figure out a way to see if the surgery will work for him or if it's even possible to do. In the short story all Charlie wants is to be smart so he tries and tries to beat Algernon at the mazes and he is trying to do everything perfect so they will use him for the test. In the movie he wants to be smart but he goofs around a lot and isn't very focused on what is going on. Charlie has very mean and rude friends in the movie and the short story but he thinks they are just messing around with him but really they are making fun