A significant range of social aspects, like discussions of emotions of people in society with a mental disability, the ways their difference is perceived by others and risks involved in applying scientific technology were shown by Daniel Keyes. ... So, Daniel Keyes' characterisations effectively portrayed the social issue of sentiments of people with impairment because these realisations created a sense of understanding towards the emotions of people with incapacities in society. ... So the usage of first person point of view by Daniel Keyes created an effective way to communicate opinio...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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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Two novels that have very comparable themes are: Flowers For Algernon, by Daniel Keyes and The Notebook, by Nicholas Sparks. Both have many comparable situations and themes, even though both books are different in many ways. The Notebook, is a romantic love story that some might call a tra...

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• Grade Level: High School