Comparing Chains And Flowers For Algernon

I will be comparing and contrasting the similarities and differences between Flowers for Algernon and Chains. I will start out with a similarity between the two stories. In both stories the main character is seen as inferior or of a lower quality to others around them, because if something they had no control over. This is highlighted in the text by the main character from Chains, Isabel, being harassed and even branded just because she is of African descent, whilst Charlie from Flowers for Algernon was pestered and made a fool of by his colleagues simply because of his mental disability. While the two share a similar type of struggle, the actual reasons and outcomes of the struggle are nothing alike. One difference between the two main characters is the time frame they live in. …show more content…
Another contrast between the two narratives is the overall stigma people have for an African at the time of the revolution, versus the simple misconduct people commit against people of very low IQ during the last century. Isabel was being held down by two governments, a tyrant to busy to free her, or a racially divided one whom, as a majority, want to see her chained up. Indeed Charlie faced a hard time, but nothing that of slavery, rather a more distaste from people he occasionally meets. Charlie did not have institutionalized pain, only minor inconveniences from strangers. That is what I have to compare and contrast the stories of Chains and Flowers for