Two novels that have very comparable themes are: Flowers For Algernon, by Daniel Keyes and The Notebook, by Nicholas Sparks. ... Flowers For Algernon, is the story of a 32 year-old, mentally retarded man named, named Charlie. ... In Flowers for Algernon, Charlie becomes intelligent and he is mindful of his thoughts, and memories of the past. ... In Flowers for Algernon, Charlie doesn't really have any true friends, although he does have many acquaintances. ... In Flowers for Algernon, Charlie learns to remember when he becomes intelligent, only to find that once he returns to his r...

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One literary work which validates this statement is Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, inwhich Charlie Gordon experiences the parallels and differences of life as a "moron," compared to that of a "genuis." The novel by Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algernon, is set in New York City during the mid-1960s, Charlie Gordon, characterized as an affable, benevolent and eager to please mentally retarded man, is recommended by Alice Kinnian, a teacher at the Beekman College Center for Retarded Adults, to undergo an experimental surgery to increase his intelligence because she was impressed by t...

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Using a set text, analyse the methods authors use to discuss social issues Flowers for Algernon is a genuine example of how literature could be used effectively to convey social issues. ... Characterisations were effective in bringing out the theme of emotions of people with a disability in Flowers for Algernon. ... Characterisations in Flowers for Algernon were effective in bringing out the theme of perception of difference. ... The issues of risks involved in applying scientific technology, was reflected through the characterisations of Flowers for Algernon. ... Hence, the social issue o...

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Charlie Gordon, a handicapped man that tried to change the world, I believe is a better story told from a book than seen as a movie. You could see Charlie's improvements in the progress reports while the movie had no way of showing them. All of the characters in the book seemed to be more complex wh...

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In the novel 'Flowers or Algernon', by Daniel Keyes, another mentally challenged man, Charlie, loses his innocence and dreams, of being like everyone else, when, through the aid of an operation, realizes people were making fun of him rather than being his friends. ... Both leave Charlie heads to New York, with a last request for flower to be place on Algernon's grave, and Lennie dies, with picture of himself feeding the rabbits on his ranch. ...

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Of all the things he forgot he did remember one thing, to put flowers on Algernon's grave. ... Then he finds out that Algernon dies and that his operation is going to stop working. ... COMPARISON A) In the movie Awakenings and the book Flowers for Algernon there very alike. ...

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