Differences Between Flowers For Algernon Book And Movie

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In the book Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes and the movie are both about a boy named Charlie Gordon has a learning disability, so his IQ is lower than other people. He attends a school for adults who also have learning disabilities. Charlie gets a surgery that can triple his IQ. The movie and book have many differences. In the book the movie takes place in the 60s but in the movie it takes place in the 80s. Another difference is in the book Charlie wrote progress reports to show his progress, in the movie he doesn’t really take progress reports. The last difference is that in the movie charlie has flashbacks and in the book he does not.
The movie and the book take place in different times. In the movie it takes place in the 80s. You

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