Flowers for Algernon is by Daniel Keyes. It examines the life of a young man named Charlie Gordon, who had a surgery to expand his intelligence. The book discusses Charlie’s emotional life and physical life before and after the surgery. For Charlie, ignorance is bliss because he would never know how poorly people were treating him.
In the book, Charlie has different friendships that mean different things to him. If Charlie were ignorant, he wouldn’t have to try to discover how to handle different relationships. He’d just look at them all the same. Through the line, “You’re bound to think that you're in love with me. See other women. Give yourself more time” (Keyes 89), the reader can see that Charlie’s teacher, Alice, doesn’t want to have a relationship with him even though Charlie would like to. This is important because it shows that Charlie’s emotional growth is growing at a slower rate than his intellectual level. Charlie meets a lady named Fay, who helps to bridge the gap between his emotional growth and intellectual level. Charlie’s relationship with Fay affects the reader, because it sparks curiosity about who Charlie really likes. Charlie also wouldn’t look at Nemur and Strauss differently. He’d just see them as ordinary men. Charlie has a lot of built up resentment towards them because he thought that they were geniuses. When he found out …show more content…
He wouldn’t have to try to discover how to handle different relationships; he’d never have any hurt feelings; and he wouldn’t have viewed his life any differently. Overall, this was a very good book. People should read this book because it exposes some of the trials a mentally challenged person faces. Flowers for Algernon also teaches the lesson on how to treat people with mental difficulties. Learning how to treat people with mental difficulties is a very important skill because there are a lot of people in the world that have mental
In the book, Charlie has different friendships that mean different things to him. If Charlie were ignorant, he wouldn’t have to try to discover how to handle different relationships. He’d just look at them all the same. Through the line, “You’re bound to think that you're in love with me. See other women. Give yourself more time” (Keyes 89), the reader can see that Charlie’s teacher, Alice, doesn’t want to have a relationship with him even though Charlie would like to. This is important because it shows that Charlie’s emotional growth is growing at a slower rate than his intellectual level. Charlie meets a lady named Fay, who helps to bridge the gap between his emotional growth and intellectual level. Charlie’s relationship with Fay affects the reader, because it sparks curiosity about who Charlie really likes. Charlie also wouldn’t look at Nemur and Strauss differently. He’d just see them as ordinary men. Charlie has a lot of built up resentment towards them because he thought that they were geniuses. When he found out …show more content…
He wouldn’t have to try to discover how to handle different relationships; he’d never have any hurt feelings; and he wouldn’t have viewed his life any differently. Overall, this was a very good book. People should read this book because it exposes some of the trials a mentally challenged person faces. Flowers for Algernon also teaches the lesson on how to treat people with mental difficulties. Learning how to treat people with mental difficulties is a very important skill because there are a lot of people in the world that have mental