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    The structure of the entire book in the form of journal entries Charlie writes that his doctors have asked him to write. The style of Keyes writing changed with his intelligence. When you read Charlies first progress report the writing is very simple with many misspellings. "I told dr Strauss and perfessur Nemur I cannot rite good…" p. 1 near the peak of his intelligence while in Chicago for a convention he writes‚ "Strauss dealt largely with

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    In the short story “Flowers For Algernon” and the movie “Charly” both have many differences and similarities. Let’s start with differences and later move on to similarities. For starters‚ while in the end of “Flowers For Algernon” Charlie put flowers on the grave of the dead science mouse Algernon‚ all though this Short Story was made into a movie‚ this never happened in the film. Now in the film‚Charlie helped a busboy who was mentally retarded pickup glass that he dropped‚ now in the story Charlie

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    The story Flowers for Algernon and the film version Charly are similar and different in many ways. For example‚ they are similar because Charlie does become very intelligent in both the story and the film. In Flowers for Algernon‚ Charlie gets taken to the lab because Mis. Kinnian told the doctors that Charlie had good motivation and was the hardest working student for a person with his condition. So they run more test on charlie and finally decide to do the operation on Charlie. Meanwhile‚ in

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    named Doctor Strauss and Doctor Nemur. Charly´s emotions changed after the operation‚ for instance he became happier‚ he thought he was better than some people‚ and he didn’t become kinder.The first sign of him becoming happier after the operation was when he finally realized that he was slowly gaining knowledge and enhancing his reading abilities.Now he can be what he always wanted to be smart. Another change of emotion after the procedure would be Charly thinking he was better than some people

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    Flowers For Algernon William J. Brennan of the Supreme Court stated‚ "If there is bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment‚ it is that Government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because society finds the idea itself offensive or disagreeable." Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes‚ is criticized for sexual‚ religious‚ and unmoral themes and are the reasons for opposition. However‚ these examples do not give reason for banning any literature‚

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    when it even surpasses their own‚ his friends realize that Charlie‚ just like them‚ was and is a person who has both their feeling and their thoughts. When his deterioration finishes taking place and his heart once again becomes open and honest‚ Charlies peer’s at the bakery begin a true friendship with him. His friends were there when he needed them‚ so when the new employee at their workplace started teasing Charlie‚ they helped Charlie and taught the new employee a lesson. Although Charlie is

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    Flowers for Algernon and Charly have many differences and similarities‚ but they both portray the same idea of a man going through surgery and being smart afterwards. The man then realizes it isn’t permanent. Although‚ the movie has a different ending than the story. To begin with‚ the man is named Charlie. He works at a box/dough company and thinks his co-workers are his friends. He knows he is not that smart‚ but still he is determined to learn and practice how to spell‚ read‚ and write well with

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    In the story Flowers for Algernon‚ The main character Charlie has gotten smarter from beginning to the middle of the story‚ but has he kept this intelligence to the very end? The answer is yes‚ but is this a happy ending or a tragic ending‚ and that answer is tragic. The first reason the story is tragic is because of him loosing his memory rapidly. At the end‚ he has lost most of his intelligence and memory‚ and almost is as unintelligent as the beggining. In the beginning‚ he has

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    To become smart is many people’s dreams. In contrast‚ has anyone thought about what would happen if somebody really becomes smart through surgery? Would it have any consequences‚ or would it be just fine? Flowers for Algernon is a short science fiction story written by Daniel Keyes. In the story‚ there was a man named Charlie who is mentally retarded. He did a operation with Dr. Nemur and Dr. Strauss and slowly became smarter. After a few months‚ though‚ he found out that his intelligence would soon

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    “Flowers of Algernon” was made by Daniel Keyes. This story revolves around Charlie Gordon. He is a thirty-two year old man with a very low IQ level. Charlie has trouble reading‚ writing‚ and speaking. Charlie is asked to be operated on him to make him smarter. Once they get permission required to do it‚ they operated on him and it because a success for a short period of time. He starts to learn‚ remember‚ and do things he was not able to do before. Later‚ Charlie starts to realize some things and

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