Can a limerick sum up the book 'Flowers for Algernon'?

Answer 1

He's changing.

We can see it

In the way he sits

And stares at the wall.

He doesn't talk.

He doesn't write.

He just sits

And stays still.

We try to talk to him

But he is unresponsive.

We try to convince him

To be alive.

We ask him to talk.

We ask him to write.

We ask him to wake up

From this frozen state he's in.

He refuses everything.

He rejects our encouragement.

He shuts us out

And closes himself in.

He is stuck inside

Of strong walls,

Surrounding him

And can't get out.

We try to break

Him out.

We try to

set him free.

He does not try.

He just stays

Locked up

And alone.

We regret our choice

To change him.

We did not mean to

Make him isolated.

We thought it

Would save him.

It has not.

And we are sad.

We ask him

To speak.

We ask him

To open up.

He locks the door

And barricades it,

And we are more

Closed out than ever.

And there is nothing we can do about it…

Answer 2

Yes.

An intelligent mouse was a part,

of the quest to make Charlie smart.

As his intelligence grew,

his friends became few,

until he was back at the start.

Answer 3

Sure! A man with a low IQ named Charlie, Wanted to be smart, not barley. With an experiment he grew brains, But his intelligence wanes, A poignant tale of flowers and agony.