Comparing Flowers For Algernon And The Movie Charly

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The story Flowers for Algernon, and the movie Charly are based off the same man but they seem to have some differences when it comes to miss Kinnian and the end of the story or book, and some similarities when it comes to the operation. In the overall story or movie charly is given an operation so he could become “smart.” In both the story and the movie charlie becomes smart after the operation, but sadly then starts to become his old self. In the story charlie stated that he was leaving. At the end Charlie's process reports he stated that he was leaving town, but in the movie It just showed that he ended up being his past. Charly falls in love with miss Kinnian in the book and in the movie. In the book he really wanted to be with her, but

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