Why Is Flowers For Algernon Suspenseful

Originally published in 1959 as a science fiction short story for The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, the novel Flowers for Algernon by an American writer Daniel Keyes is more relevant today than at that time. With more than five million copies in print, this book with its great depth of meaning is still considered to be the most acclaimed author‘s work.

The idea of changing someone's IQ is an interesting thing but Charlie a thirty seven year old man who struggles with learning and wants to be smart will become smart as a doctor gives him this chance by having a brain operation, Charlie should not have had the operation performed on him. “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes is a great sci fi short story that you can learn a lot from. Although I think Charlie should not have had the operation, some might say that he should have had it because he wanted to be smart so it gave him a taste of what being intelligent is all about. The operation done on Charlie had a negative impact on him in the end, poor doctor choses, weak animal testing and bad knowledge of the situation could leave many other

Flowers For Algernon and Charley have the same characters for the most part. Charlie/Charley is the main character of both works, with the exception of a petty spelling difference that in the film it is spelt as Charley rather than Charlie. Mr. Gordon’s occupation of Flowers For Algernon and Charley are quite disparate. For example, in the condensed version of Flowers For Algernon Charlie works in a plastic manufacturing factory. While in the 1968 film Charley works in a bakery. Both in the book and film Algernon portrays a very witted and agile mouse. There is no differences of Algernon within the book or film. In addition Ms.Kinnian is still the same character which is Charlie’s/Charley’s teacher. The book and film both have Dr.Strauss and

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,

Society has become a shallow place. If an individual does not fit into societies form of the normal person then they are treated differently. But does society treat those who are different in a negative or positive way? In the novel Flowers for Algernon, the author Daniel Keyes shows an in depth look at the treatment of individuals in today's society. Firstly society tends to discriminate against those whose IQ does not fit into the norms of our society. The physically handicapped in today's world are not considered to be "equal" as those who fit into the normal physical appearance, Keyes portrays this through Charlie's thoughts while in the café. Although animals are not technically humans society treats them in ways which no human would

“Flower for Algernon” is an outstanding story about a Man named Charlie Gordon with an I.Q. of 68, and a small white mouse named Algernon who can beat Charlie in any maze. The story begins when Charlie's Support teacher, Miss Kinnian, advise Charlie to do an experiment that Dr.Nemur and Dr.Strauss believe that a surgical operation could possibly have Charlie's I.Q. raise up triple the amount it was once before. In the beginning, it was a thank took months for success to happen in the experiment.However, the success was only temporary. Charlie with once with an I.Q. of a genius know back to his original self.

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

Flowers for Algernon is set up in a manner that allows one to see Charlie’s day to day life; this is called an epistolary novel. This type of writing allows the reader to see what the character thought was the most important events that happened to them that day. As with any style of writing, there are many positives and negatives to this writing. For Flowers for Algernon, this writing style was most favorable.

The story "Flowers for Algernon", by Daniel Keyes, that we read in English was about a mentally retarded person, named Charlie who had an operation to increase his intelligence, but the operation was a failure and Charlie is slow again. He wants to move now so society won’t ridicule him for being slow again. Daniel Keyes wrote this short story for good reasons. Daniel Keyes wrote "Flowers for Angernon" to show people from an outside look on how we treat mentally challenged people. When you treat people as you always do, you don’t see how mean or how cruel it really may be. It could just be your personality or the way you were brought up. By him writing a story on a mentally challenged person wanting to become smart to

After reading the first short story, “Flowers for Algernon”, we notice that the main character lives in his own childlike world. He has his own wishes and dreams, especially those of becoming a normal man. Later on in the story, he achieves his dream of becoming an ordinary person, eventually progressing to the mental level of a genius. It is clear that Charlie is unreliable both before his surgery and once his mental abilities surpass that of a normal person. He transforms from a man with an immature vision of the world into a genius with a complicated vision for society. The only time we can consider Charlie somewhat reliable is when he is in between the stages of mental disability and genius. It is during this time that he is what he

I feel that Flowers for Algernon was an uplifting story about accepting ones self and making the best of life. Though a cliche quote “Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what your gonna get.” It imcompases this story so well. Charlie; born with lower cognitive abilities than average goes to this clinic to get “smart”. He knows that his life is hard and sometimes hates what it is, but by the end of the story he comes to peace with this. After knowing the burden of being smart and how different it was he relished all he ever wanted was to be himself and not be judged for that. Though heart hitting at times Charlie is mostly happy over the course of the story, but when hit with the burden of being so smart he get sad and worried about

Intelligence can mean different things to each and every person. Intelligence is a topic scientist are still studying and have been for years. Flowers For Algernon portrays intelligence and its values in the best way ever. Flowers For Algernon has a good point of view on intelligence because it shows how intelligence can have an effect on you life style, the way you view others, and the way others view you.

Plot Summary Narrated through many progress reports, Flowers for Algernon follows the mental and emotional growth of Charlie Gordon. He is a retarded man who becomes the first human test-subject for a brain experiment so he can be intelligent. Daniel Keyes portrays Charlie's amazing progress and decline throughout the story. The climax of Flowers for Algernon is when Charlie finds out while he is in Chicago and runs away why Algernon was acting so erratically.

In Daniel Keyes’ compelling novel, Flowers for Algernon, the main character undergoes both important emotional and physical changes. The book has an interesting twist, as it is described in the characters “progress reports”. This book has a science fiction undertone, and takes place in exciting New York City. As the novel begins, the main character, Charlie Jordan is thirty-two years old, but cannot remember anything from his childhood.

In Flowers of Algeron by Daniel Keyes, Charlie, a 37 year old mentally disabled man, that is brought to do many tests to qualify for Dr. Nemur and Dr. Strauss’ life time work on an experiment to make people’s IQ go above normal making them become a genius. Charlie gets into the experiment as their test subject along with a mouse named Algernon. Throughout the months of the experiment, he goes from being stupid to being really smart. During this experiment he is impelled to learn more each day. One day in July, Dr. Nemur and Dr. Strauss noticed irascible behavior from Algeron, as Charlie started to get the same symptoms as Algernon. Charlie became more despondent, and barely had any motivation until he decided he would leave since the experiment was over. Overall, Charlie doing the experiment was a good idea, since he has been able to realize many things he didn’t understand before. The theme of Flowers for Algernon is to not change, just to impress other people.