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Algernon Dialectical Journal

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1. Charlie doesn’t feel like he belongs ever. Either he is not smart enough or too smart. There is never a happy medium with society. When he can tell he obviously is different it makes it harder when everyone points it out. He wants to have real friends that treat him with respect. When he sees the people laughing at the retarded boy, he realises society will tear you apart if you are the slightest bit different. He finally sees there is no normal. 5. I think that having Algernon being a mouse ties the book together. Of coarse Algernon could have been something other than a mouse, but the mazes make more since having him being a mouse. I feel that having him as a mouse can relate them more. Mice are seen as stupid pest, although some have
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