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ARRoGANT CoURiERS WiTH ESSaYS
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Grade Level: Type of Work Subject/Topic is on:
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[x]6-8 [ ]Class Notes [An elementary book ]
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[ ]9-10 [ ]Cliff Notes [report on Flowers for ]
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[ ]11-12 [x]Essay/Report [Algernon. ]
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[ ]College [ ]Misc [ ]
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Dizzed: 07/94 # of Words:625 School: co-ed public State: NY
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>Chop Here>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON
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SUPPLEMENTARY BOOK REVIEW
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The book, "Flowers for Algernon", was an exciting science fiction novel
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written by . The main characters of the story are the
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central character, Charlie, who is a mentally retarded individual involved
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in a remarkable experiment which increased his I.Q., Alice, a teacher at
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the special education faculty at Beekman College who taught Charlie how to
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read and write, the professors who performed the experiment on Charlie,
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Fay, one of Charlie's aquaintances which he meets as the book progresses,
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and last but not least Algernon.
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The novel is exciting and contains very original material. The moods
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which are created in the reader, being me, are ones of sorrow, anger, and
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guilt. One of the elements of the story which contributes greatly to the
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mood the reader experiences would be the plot. In the story, Charlie, is
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subject to an experiment which increases his intelligence in hopes of
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knowing more in the soul purpose of impressing people to gain friends.
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Unfortunately some of his anticipations were not met.
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The main characters in the novel include Charlie, Alice, Algernon, and
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Fay, a character who did not make much of an appearance, but in my eyes
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believed, that she played a very important part in Charlie's involvement in
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trying to sort out his past and figure out his present and future plans.
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Charlie is a mentally retarded person who has impressing people and gaining
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friends as one of his top priorities. He then hears of an experiment which
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could possibly make him smart. He makes himself subject to this human
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experiment with the hopes of gaining knowledge in a sole purpose of gaining
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friends. As the book progresses, Charlie goes through dramatic changes
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mentally, and instead of making him gain friends he actually is looked on
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in the same way if not worse. For example, at Charlie's old work his
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"friends" made fun of him and enjoyed his company just because Charlie had
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amused them. Yet after the operation, Charlie discovers that he had not
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made his friends like him more, but in actual fact, had pushed them away.
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Charlie understood now that his friends had done to him in the past, and
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starts to look down upon them. Alice, Charlie's teacher, is the person who
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introduced Charlie to the idea of giving the experiment a chance. She
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believes that Charlie has the determination, desire, and will power to make
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the experiment work. She then, later on in the book, gets emotionally
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involved with Charlie and helps Charlie learn more about himself.
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Algernon, is a lab animal who also has the experiment done on him and as
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result makes him smarter than the average mouse. Algernon also plays a
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very important part in the novel because he represents Charlie and
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foreshadows what will happen to Charlie later on in the book. Fay, is an
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artist who certainly has views on life which can be rarely found in an
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individual. As the book progresses, Fay, helps Charlie reveal his physical
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and emotional capabilities.
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There are many exciting parts which occur in the book, yet one
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however, in my opinion which proved to be the most memorable would probably
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be when he had been trying to find what had gone wrong in the experiment
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before the inevitable happened to him. After he had discovered what had
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gone wrong he had started to descend down the escalator of intelligence and
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attempted to make several desperate attempts to try and walk up an
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escalator going down.
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The only thing that I do not agree with is how the book concludes.
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The conclusion of the book in my eyes leaves the reader hanging like...
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this. If I would make a change I would write about what happened after
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Charlie Gordon's death. An example of this would be possible progress and
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success in the field, or maybe because of the events which had occurred in
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the past in this field, it was given up for dead, or maybe Fay or Alice
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had conceived a child and grew older had pursued his/her father's
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theory/discovery which in turn leads into a sequel. If anyone were to ask
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me if they should read Flowers For Algernon, I would regard it as an
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excellent book to read because it makes the reader think of how a mentally
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retarded person feels, and mabye will show us a new respect for them. This
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book has made me realize just how much more determination a mentally
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retarded person could possibly have, and makes me realize just how lucky I
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am.
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