“Flowers of Algernon” VS “Charly Have you ever wondered if a film is better than its book? If you did‚ then you can relate to this article. The film “Charly” and the story “Flowers of Algernon” are two versions of the story about a middle age man who suffers from a learning disability that keeps him from learning simple things. He has an operation that makes him smarter. Both versions have similarities and differences such as; Charly’s feelings‚ plot of the story‚ and the story’s theme.
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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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Flowers for Algernon messages and meanings People treat other people differently based on how they act‚ and no one can deny that because that’s how you make friends. But people with a disability such as Charlie‚ in the book “Flowers For Algernon” “by Daniel Keys” are shunned and ignored all the time just because they can’t think straight. In this book‚ Charlie his whole life has been unable to read or write. This caused people to judge him as a clueless 30 year old man even though it’s just because
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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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Comparing the Contrasting Written two centuries apart‚ “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne and “Where Are You Going; Where Have You Been” by Joyce Carol Oates are two seemingly different stories. However‚ if looked at closely‚ several elements can be tied together. Each story has a similar point of view‚ but the story is told from two different perspectives. Several themes are unique to the stories‚ but deep within similarities can be found. The authors conclude their stories in two different
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Comparing and Contrasting (quoted from Jim Stover‚ “Writing About Literature”) One of the best methods to help us clarify our thoughts about a character‚ an event‚ a poem‚ a story—nearly anything—is to compare and contrast. (To compare can mean to find similarities and differences. Coupled with contrast‚ however‚ to compare means to point out similarities‚ while to contrast means to point out differences.) Many of us‚ feeling weighted down by cares‚ have happened to see someone coping with a
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The book I am writing this report on is called Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. The book has 274 pages and the publisher is Harcourt‚ Brace & World. The novel was published March of 1966. The reason I decided to read this book was because it was read to our class in eighth grade. The book won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1960‚ the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1966‚ and was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1967. The main character is a mentally-retarded man named Charlie
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Flowers for Algernon is narrated by Charlie Gordon who is not smart as other people‚ but later he has an operation and becomes intelligent. In the beginning of the book‚ Charlie’s words are written as if a child wrote the book and progressed later. However‚ Charlie is 32 years old and still goes to school just for retarded adults. He isn’t a know-it-all but‚ he really tries to know more than people his age. If an omniscient person told the story‚ it would be different and more effective because
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Daniel Keyes’ Flowers for Algernon features Charlie Gordon‚ a mentally retarded thirty-two-year-old man. He is chosen by a team of scientists to undergo an experimental surgery designed to boost his intelligence. Alice Kinnian‚ Charlie’s teacher at the Beekman College Center for Retarded Adults‚ has recommended Charlie for the experiment because of his exceptional eagerness to learn. The directors of the experiment‚ Dr. Strauss and Professor Nemur‚ ask Charlie to keep a journal. The entire narrative
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treated the right way based on their intelligence? I feel that people who have disabilities or just aren’t as smart as other people aren’t respected the same as regular people. In Flowers For Algernon the author displays how people with disabilities are treated badly. Daniel Keyes uses one of the characters in Flowers for Algernon‚ Charlie to demonstrate how people with learning disabilities are treated differently. Charlie had a learning disability in the beginning of the story. Which lead to doctors
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