Flowers For Algernon: Discussion Questions

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2. Flowers for Algernon would be different if Charlie were wealthy because he could have been able to pay for the surgery. Charlie would have been able to pay for his plane ticket and his hotel bill. Charlie would be able to not have to work for his living he would just have all the money he need right there.

3. If I was in Charlie’s position at the beginning of the story I would not have done the procedure because that is how Heavenly Father made me. That is how he made me and that is who I am. My intelligent score would be a challenge in my life that I would continue to work at. I would be who he made my and who I was made to be.

7. It would be different because they would not be dealing with his intelligent they would be dealing with

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