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With more than five million copies sold, Flowers for Algernon is the beloved, classic story of a mentally disabled man whose experimental quest for intelligence mirrors that of Algernon, an extraordinary lab mouse. In poignant diary entries, Charlie tells how a brain operation increases his... read more
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Cast of Characters/Important People
- Charlie Gordon: Narrator - A mentally retarded adult, in his mid to late 30s
- Alice Kinnian / Miss Kinnian: Charlie's teacher at the Beekman College for Retarded Adults
- Doctor Strauss: Doctor who works at Beekman College, functions as a medical researcher A collegue of Professor Nemur
- Professor Nemur: Scientist who works at Beekman College, functions as a science researcher A collegue of Doctor Strauss
- Algernon: Lab rat
Memorable Quotes
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“I see now that the path I choose through the maze makes me what I am. I am not only a thing, but also a way of being - one of the many ways - and knowing the paths I have followed and the ones left to tak will help me understand what I am becoming.”
Charlie Gordon -
“She was right in refusing to torture herself by being with me. We no longer had anything in common. Simple conversation has become strained. And all there was between us now was the embarrassed silence and unsatisfied longing in a darkened room.”
Charlie Gordon -
“He's just an ordinary man trying to do a great man's work, while the great men are all busy trying to make bombs.”
Burt -
“A child may not know how to feed itself, or what to eat, yet it knows hunger.”
Charlie Gordon -
“I am afraid. Not of life, or death, or nothingness, but of wasting it as if I had never been.”
Charlie Gordon -
“It's painful to think about that, but what we have, I suspect, is more than most people find in a lifetime.”
Charlie Gordon
First Sentence
Dr Strauss says I shoud rite down what I think and remembir and evrey thing that happins to me from now on.
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Authors & Contributors
- Daniel Keyes (Author)
Awards
- Nebula (1966: Best science fiction or fantasy novel)
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