Flowers for Algernon
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| Rating | : | 4.22 (705 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B002NRMNR6 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 477 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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But all of this is about to change for Charlie.As part of a daring experiment, doctors are going to perform surgery on Charlie’s brain. Charlie Gordon knows that he isn’t very bright. This is his poignant record of the startling changes in his mind and his life.Flowers for Algernon was first published as a short story, but soon received wide acclaim as it appeared in anthologies, as a television special, and as an award-winning motion picture, Charly. Meanwhile, each day Charlie keeps a diary of what is happenin
The IQ rise continues, taking him steadily past the human average to genius level and beyond, until he's as intellectually alone as the old, foolish Charlie ever was--and now painfully aware of it. --David Langford. Charlie eagerly volunteers as the first human subject. After frustrating delays and agonies of concentration, the effects begin to show and the reports steadily improve: "Punctuation, is? fun!" But getting smarter brings cruel shocks, as Charlie realizes that his merry "friends" at the bakery where he sweeps the floor have all along been laughing at him, never with him. Following his doctor's instructions, engaging simpleton Charlie Gordon tells his own story in semi-literate "progris riports." He dimly wants to better himself, but with an IQ of 68 can't even beat the laboratory mo
"True artwork" according to Brock R.. I was recommended this book by my mother who read it as a child. Even though I knew how it would end the book filled me with hope on every new page, until it didn't. I caught myself hoping that my mother hadn't remembered the ending correctly, and everything would be fine. Flowers for Algernon tackles many complex issues from the mistreatment and misunderstanding of the mentally handicapped, the burden of knowledge that every person with common sense thinks they experience but doesn't truly understand, to. It was good enough that I had to buy it as an Seamonkey88 This a book which I read as a child and opened my eyes to different viewpoints on life. It was good enough that I had to buy it as an adult to read to my wife. The story is straightforward and easy to comprehend at any level. Don't think that makes it boring though; the character development is really the driving force behind the plot.. S. S. Gaztambide said for the ones that can't speak for themselves. This book is a classic. I don't know why I read it when I did, but I'm sure glad I did. I can't even write about it without tears escaping my eyes. It is a story about the human mind, innocence, love and the people that can't speak for themselves.Don't die without making "Flowers for Algernon" part of your conscience.