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Flowers For Algernon - College Term Papers

Flowers For Algernon

I read the book by Daniel Keyes. It�s a fiction
book, but with all the advances in modern medicine it could happen. It
takes place over the course of a few months, starting in March and
ending in November. The book shows how society treats retarded people.
It also reminds us that all doctors are not all knowing, and some claim
to know more than they actually do.

2. Character Introduction-
Charlie Gordan�s character changes throughout the book. In the
beginning, when he is retarded, he is kindhearted and likable. In the
end, after the operation reverses, he is the same optimistic and happy
guy. In the middle, though, he almost turns into a new character, except
for the ...

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but when he starts becoming
smart she finds it harder and harder to keep up with him. Being with him
makes her feel strange, inadequate at times. She�s almost afraid of him.
She thinks she knows Charlie, but discovers she doesn�t.
The people at the bakery employed the retarded Charlie for years.
While working there, they stood up for him sometimes, and sometimes
played cruel jokes on him.
The doctors are overconfident and pretend to know what they are
doing when they do the operation. They are dealing with stuff they
don�t understand and havn't researched on humans, or followed through
with their research on the test animals.
In the flashbacks of Charlie�s family his mother was very
protective of her daughter, and after her daughter was born she didn�t
pay much attention to Charlie unless she was trying to make him
�normal�. His sister was bratty and spoiled. His dad lived in his wife's
shadow, under her rule until the day he left. He thought ...

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Added: 7/20/2004 10:55:00 PM
Category: Book Reports
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