Flowers for Algernon

he will stay at the hospital where he will sooon die

"Flowers for Algernon" was set in New York City in '65

Sad and sweet. He had fallen in love with his teacher, but for reasons of his stunted emotional growth could not properly pursue the relationship, or when having it, consumate it.

Near the end, as his IQ was dropping, he was able to consumate it, though. It was rather bittersweet, as both of them knew that he would soon be retarded again.

In the beginning of the book, Daniel Keyes uses wrong spelling because Charlie is mentally retarded, and he doesn't know how to read or write.

Without intending to be funny, he rather amusingly told the doctor that he couldn't make up stories about the people in the pictures, as that would be lying! He also started to feel fear, because he was afraid of "failing" the test and thus not being accepted for the experiment.

They are not really his friends they just like to make fun of him and when they laugh Charlie thinks that they are being friendly.

Assuming you've read it once, that should be no problem.

He gets all sad and runs away from New York.

Dr. Strauss

it was a side effect of the operation

Miss Kinnian responds to Charlie's assessment of his friends with concern and empathy because she recognizes that Charlie's understanding of their relationships is limited by his intellectual challenges. She sees that his friends do not genuinely care for him, and this realization prompts her to feel protective. Her response reflects her desire for Charlie to be aware of the truth about his friendships, even as she wishes to shield him from potential hurt. Ultimately, her reaction illustrates her compassion and her role as a supportive figure in Charlie's life.

Charlie is 37 years old

bcues his mom put him there and he wannt to go there so he colud be better at suff

A group of employees at Donner's Bakery - all but Fannie - signed a petition to have Charlie fired. His increased intelligence frightened them.

If such a procedure worked, then yes, they should. We all should.

distant

One is Charlie's intelligence because he makes him lose his job, and some people can't understand him (because he's so smart). Another antagonist is one of the doctors because he is against Charlie doing the procedure.

Charlie identifies with Algernon as they are going through exactly the same process. Charlie's last words are 'put some flowers on Algernon's grave in the bak yard.'

Charlie biggest fear is losing his life or dying

Those "details", including the devastatingly sad ending, are a part of the drama of the book's history. The original publishing house offered the short story rejected it as they wanted a "happy ending". The story the way the author wanted went to a different publishing house, and the story won the Hugo that year.

(The Hugo is the scifi author's equivalent of an Oscar in prestige.)

Then the author offered the novel version to Doubleday, and they turned it down because of the sad ending, and were insisting on a happy ending. The author remained firm, took it Harcourt, and they published it with those details and sad ending. It was a runaway bestseller, and has never been out of print since, though it's been nearly half a century!

(And the novel won a Nebula award, the scifi author's version of a Golden Globe in prestige!)

There is a movie "Molly" (1999) about an autistic woman whose state improved, but only for a while, just like in "Charly".

If you know the plot of the story, you known that Charlie Gordon had been mentally retarded and then received an amazing experimental surgery which gave him not just normal intelligence but that of a genius. He had never learned any of the social graces however, so while his intellect was high, he was not certain how to express himself romantically.

He fell in love with Alice, one of his teachers at the night school he had been attending, but their relationship was awkward: Alice knew about the surgery, and she could also see that Charlie had no idea how to have a "normal" relationship. Worse yet, his intelligence kept increasing, and soon he was far ahead of Alice, the woman he previously admired and looked up to. I am not going to spoil the ending, in case you haven't read it, but let's just say their relationship was doomed from the start, even if they both cared about each other.

As a mentally-deficient individual, Charlie was only slightly aware of how others viewed him. When he became intellectually capable, he recognized all of the condescension, pity, or covert ridicule that his condition had engendered. Even knowing that it would not matter much to his past or future selves, the "aware" Charlie was upset and despondent about losing his newfound identity.

1. ordinary

2. average

3. filled with rude men

4. stereo-typical

5. regular

because the the algernon is the same part of the body as humane