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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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    There are a multitude of differences between the book Flowers for Algernon and the movie Charly; I counted so many differences‚ it almost seems like the actors and crew did not even read the book at all. One of the major differences between the book and the movie is Ms. Kinnians relationship with Charlie. Throughout the book there is only one instance where Charlie confronts Mrs. Kinnian about his love. However‚ in the movie he essentially assaults Mrs. Kinnian‚ and they later go away for a weekend

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    are different either mentally or physically. Most people with physical and mental disabilities are mo different then the norm. The short story " Arrangement In Black and White"‚ by Dorothy Parker‚ can be compared and contrasted to the novel Flowers For Algernon‚ by Daniel Keyes. Both the novel and the short story can be compared in terms of characterization. Walter Williams‚ the main character of the short story‚ and Charlie Gordon‚ the main character of the novel can be compared to each other

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    The story flowers for algernon has both similarities and differences with the film version charlie‚ such as when Miss.Kinnian asked charlie to marry him. Towards the end of the film carlie Miss.Kinnian asked charlie to marry him which never happened in the book‚this is one difference between the movie charlie and the book flowers for algernon. Another difference is that the movie never put flowers for algernon‚They made a movie based of the book flowers for algernon because charlie got smart‚he

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    Flowers For Algernon Essay Picture this‚ you have just read the best book ever‚ and you see they have a movie of it. You watch the movie‚ and intently hate it. Don’t you hate it when that happens? The movie‚ Flowers For Algernon‚ by Daniel Keyes‚ is not true to the short story‚ either. There are many reasons for why this is. There are similarities and differences all throughout the movie. Some differences are major‚ that change most of the short story‚ and others are small. These will be explained

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    This is the case in the short story and film of “Flowers for Algernon”. Portrayal of characters‚ setting‚ and characters‚ all of which are missing in the film but are found in the short story. These are all crucial parts to the plot and story line of the short story. First here are the similarities of the short story and the movie. For example Charlie got the the same intelligence improving surgery in the short story and in the movie. Algernon‚ a white mouse‚ had the same intelligence improving

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    different decisions writers make based on screenplay and novelists is that for screenplay‚ they have to make sure the movie will be pleasing to the eye. As for the book they have to make sure it’s easy to read and you can understand it. In Flowers For Algernon‚ some scenes get cut for different reasons. Like in the book‚ you didn’t hear about or see the flashbacks Charlie saw‚ the trip to Chicago‚ or anything about his mother. For some viewers this may make or break the movie/book. One scene

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    then watched the movie on it? Do you ever notice the similarities or differences between the two? “Flowers for Algernon” is a story about a man named Charlie Gordon who is mentally challenged. He becomes aware of a special surgery that will increase his intelligence through his teacher‚ Ms. Kinian. He allows doctors to operate on him‚ only to find out that its result is temporary. “Flowers for Algernon” was written by Daniel Keyes in 1966 and became a movie in 1970. My class read an excerpt from the

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    Charlie and Algernon. For the Kyosuke Himuro album‚ see Flowers for Algernon (album). Flowers for Algernon FlowersForAlgernon.jpg 1st edition cover Author Daniel Keyes Country United States Language English Genre Science fiction Publisher Harcourt‚ Brace & World Publication date April 1959 (short story) March 1966 (novel) Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback) Pages 274 (novel)[1] ISBN ISBN 0-15-131510-8 (first edition‚ hardback) OCLC Number 232370 Flowers for Algernon is a science

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