Charlie does not get a good description of his physical appearance in the book. Charlie has ambitious to learn and a curious personality."she likes me a lot because I try very hard to Learn everything"(pg9). Others view him as a joke. His mother resented him for not being normal and punished him."look at him" rose said "he can't learn to read and write, bet he knows enough to look at a girl that way. I'll beat that filth out of his mind"(pg78). Charlie sees himself different through the novel, as he gains intelligence he becomes more aware of several thing he wasn't aware of before. He didn't realize how slow he was before the "operashun" as he would write it before. Also he realize his "friends" would take advantage and make fun of
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He owns a bakery where Charlie's uncle asked him for a job for Charlie. He let him have the job and has been working there for a long time. Mr. Donner has him as a janitor and a delivery boy. He pays him 11 dollars a week and cake or bread if he likes. When Charlie gets smart Mr. Donner lets him go because he doesn't need the job anymore or as he says it "charity". "Arthur Donner, as long as you got a bakery and a business over your head, you're going to look after Charlie. He is going to have a place to work, a bed to sleep in, and bread in his mouth"(pg72). Mr. Donner is kind to do all these things for Charlie even though he is not his son he treats him like one. Fay Lillman is Charlie's neighbor in his new apartment. She is a free spirited artist, she has a relationship with Charlie but Charlie got stuck in his work and they drifted away. " the place was thick with the odor compounded of paint, linseed oil, and turpentine".(pg120)
One of the one of the main settings of the novel is the International Psychological Convention. There Charlie and Algernon are the main attraction of the convention. Charlie feels like he is a side show there and is not being treated like a human or the respect. During the presentation Charlie lets Algernon out of his cage and runs away with him back to New York. "Algernon's loose!" Algernon jumped down from the table onto the platform and then to the floor"(pg113). The second main setting is Donner's bakery where Charlie used to work at. Charlie has been working there
He owns a bakery where Charlie's uncle asked him for a job for Charlie. He let him have the job and has been working there for a long time. Mr. Donner has him as a janitor and a delivery boy. He pays him 11 dollars a week and cake or bread if he likes. When Charlie gets smart Mr. Donner lets him go because he doesn't need the job anymore or as he says it "charity". "Arthur Donner, as long as you got a bakery and a business over your head, you're going to look after Charlie. He is going to have a place to work, a bed to sleep in, and bread in his mouth"(pg72). Mr. Donner is kind to do all these things for Charlie even though he is not his son he treats him like one. Fay Lillman is Charlie's neighbor in his new apartment. She is a free spirited artist, she has a relationship with Charlie but Charlie got stuck in his work and they drifted away. " the place was thick with the odor compounded of paint, linseed oil, and turpentine".(pg120)
One of the one of the main settings of the novel is the International Psychological Convention. There Charlie and Algernon are the main attraction of the convention. Charlie feels like he is a side show there and is not being treated like a human or the respect. During the presentation Charlie lets Algernon out of his cage and runs away with him back to New York. "Algernon's loose!" Algernon jumped down from the table onto the platform and then to the floor"(pg113). The second main setting is Donner's bakery where Charlie used to work at. Charlie has been working there