What is the subplot in Flowers for Algernon?
there are 4 subplots:
Subplot #1: Charlie's relationship with Algernon
Subplot #2: Charlie's relationship with Mrs.Kinnian/Alice
Subplot #3: Charlie's relationship with coworkers
Subplot #4: Charlie's relationship with his doctors
How did the doctors know that the operation was not going to be permanently successful?
Algernon died after the test.
What is a Rorschach test in flowers for algernon?
its just the inkblot gme basically, they would hold up a card with hidden images in the inkblot and get Charlie to find them.
What does Algernon find indecent about Mary Farquhar?
Algernon finds it indecent that Mary Farquhar flirts with her own husband at dinner. He sees this as unladylike like.
What is the resolution in Flowers for Algernon?
Charlie runs away to New York where no one will know he was once smart so he can start over.
What is the purpose of allusion in the story flowers for algernon?
When Hilda is alluding Adam and Eve to Charlie's operation, she is directly opposing the experiment. "Hilda’s comment that Strauss and Nemur are overstepping their moral boundaries alludes to the biblical tale of Adam and Eve, and God’s punishment of the couple for eating the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge. The sin of Adam is an important metaphor for Charlie’s situation in the novel—like Adam, Charlie yearns for knowledge but can only attain it by unnatural means without understanding the consequences. After eating the fruit, Adam and Eve lose their innocence, experience a sexual awakening, and are forced to enter the world outside the Garden of Eden. By drawing a parallel to this story, Keyes foreshadows the fate that awaits Charlie." -Sparknotes
She felt that it went against the will of God, and referenced the story of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, as described in the book of Genesis.
What page is the Adam and Eve reference on in Flowers for Algernon?
A nurse at the hospital where Charlie was recovering, and to a lesser extent a female co-worker at Donner's Bakery, thought that Charlie might be committing the same sin as Adam and Eve, when they ate of the fruit of the tree of knowledge.
How did Miss Kinnian explain the process of getting smart in Flowers for Algernon?
She says to get smart you have to learn by going to school and getting an education.
-Seriously people? I am 10 an i can answer this question.
In 'Flowers for Algernon' what did Charlie realize from his nightmare about the bloody knife?
That his mom had wanted him to leave - and made him leave - due to her concerns about Charlie with his sister. The insinuation was that Charlie had been having confused sexual thoughts about his sister, not being intelligent enough to know better.
Why was Charlie taking the tests?
He was told that it was a part of the process for him becoming eligible for the experiment. He desired to be in that experiment greatly, so as to learn how to read and write and be accepted.
How are Charlie and Algernon alike?
They both had the same operation to get smarter and experience the side effects from it. (irritated, become less smarter. . & eventually die)
Who is Algernon in Flowers for ALgernon?
Young Charlie had a crush on a classmate named Harriet at PS 13. Charlie asked Hymie Roth to write a love letter, so that Charlie could present it to Harriet with a golden locket that he found in the street. Instead of recording Charlie's innocent love note, Hymie wrote an obscene message and signed Charlie's name to it. Harriet's furious big brothers beat Charlie up and he was forced to change schools.
Why does Charlie from 'Flowers for Algernon' have a journal?
He is asked to write one when he applies to the Beekman Institute for the experimental procedure.
Who banned 'Flowers for Algernon'?
Some schools in Pennsylvania and Texas, and in Canada, have banned it at times. The cited reason is some of the strong sexual content when Charlie is exploring his own sexuality and some of his past experiences.
All in all, while the novel - and the original movie - is a bit heavy handed about it, the subject matter is still presented in a tasteful enough fashion that it should pose no threat to the morals of an average youth of 12.
At no point were any immoralities advocated, not by any religious or cultural standard.
How are Charlie's experiences in Flowers for Algernon similar to Adam and Eve's in the Bible?
When Adam ate of the Tree of Knowledge his perception of the world changed. Things made sense to him in a way of which he was blissfully unaware. After taking the drug, Charlie experiences a similar reaction, seeing the world in a way that he had never contemplated before.
Flowers for Algernon should he have gotton the operation?
No, because it will let him go back to binging not smart and have a dislike life.