Summary The operation is complete, and Charlie is recovering in the hospital. Bandages cover Charlie’s eyes for three days. When the bandages are removed, he continues his progress reports. A nurse in the hospital introduces the theme of Man Playing God, but it is too abstract for Charlie to understand. […]
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Summary These progress reports serve as the storytelling technique of the novel. We are introduced to Charlie Gordon, the main character, through his own narration as he documents the events of his story. These initial reports highlight his poor grammar and spelling, providing a good contrast for what is to […]
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Charlie Gordon Flowers for Algernon is Charlie’s story. He is the main character who initially works as a janitor in a bakery by day and attends a school for developmentally disabled students at night. Charlie undergoes a surgical procedure that increases his intelligence and challenges every aspect of his perception […]
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Originally published in 1959 as a short story for The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Daniel Keyes’ Flowers for Algernon won a Hugo Award in 1960 for the Best Science Fiction Novelette of the Year. The story was then telecast on the U.S. Steel Hour in 1961 as “The […]
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Flowers for Algernon is a character study of one man, Charlie Gordon. Charlie is a 32-year-old developmentally disabled man who has the opportunity to undergo a surgical procedure that will dramatically increase his mental capabilities. This procedure had already been performed on a laboratory mouse, Algernon, with remarkable results. Charlie […]
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