“ I read this book really interestingly. It was the first English book that made me to keep reading through by myself. From the start to the end, I never felt boring at all.
The story is mainly about the tragic life of a retarded adult, Charlie. It is written by Charlie himself, so as Charlie's intelligence changes the view and writing style changes correspondingly. And I consider this was the best aspect of this book which led me to an "addiction" to this book.
Favorite Quote
"One thing? I, like: about, Dear Miss Kinnian: (thats, the way? it goes; in a business, letter (if I ever go! into business?) is that, she: always gives me' a reason" when - I ask. She"s a gen'ius! I cou'd be smart like-her, Punctuation , is? fun!"
This quote is at the very beginning part of the story. I indeed think it's extremely interesting that his retardedness and innocence are expressed at the same time. Puntuation is indeed fun, I agree!
Favorite Scene
Picking out a scene I liked was very difficult because there were lots of scenes I loved to read over again and again.
To choose one of the best scenes in this book, the ending part, the last journal Charlie writes, is touching. Charlie once approached to a genius' brain by surgery, but soon he began to return to origin, and in this scene Charlie completely loses intelligence and memory as well. He makes spelling and grammar errors again. And what made most classmates and me to feel sad (some even sobbed) was that he doesn't recognize Alice at all, the teacher who had romantic relationship with him.
What I Would Do as a college roommate
Having a retarded roommate would bother me a lot for sure. And I am not really kind to help those people, so I would try to avoid facing Charlie or being in a same room with him. I might have to change myself to be kind to those people, but it's hard !
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