Analyzing Daniel Keyes 'Flowers For Algernon'

PART ONE: AUTHOR’S THESIS / PURPOSE:

Daniel Keyes wrote “Flowers for Algernon” to send the “mindset/thinking process” of mentally disabled people. Throughout the book you get to know how Charlie spells and thinks. Daniel Keyes also made this writing to send a message to people, and, that message is that you should not make fun of people who are mentally disabled, etc. Daniel Keyes also wrote this to speak on “Increasing Intelligence” and how it feels to be experimented on. Daniel Keyes shows you throughout the story how society looks at mentally disabled people. So, in conclusion, Daniel Keyes wrote this book to raise awareness and to give you an experience of what it is like to be mentally disabled, also to show that you should not want to change your intelligence and if you do, you may go back to what you were before.

PART TWO: ANALYZE THE STRUCTURE:

This short story is Fiction. The text comes from the point of view of Charlie. Charlie goes to

PART FIVE: SUMMARY: The short story “Flowers for Algernon” is about a man named Charlie Gordon. Charlie is 37 years old, yet thinks like a 6 to 7 year old. Charlie is mentally disabled and goes to adult night school, his teacher is Alice Kinnian. Charlie gets recommended by Alice for an experimental surgery, that will majorly increase his mental capabilities. He will be the first, it had only been done once before on a mouse named Algernon. Charlie is asked by Dr. Strauss, The Psychologist, and Professor Nemur, The Neurosurgeon, to document things that go on. Charlies writing capabilities are bad. As he documents, he undergoes tests and experiments to see if he is able to undergo the surgery. After a number of tests and experiments, Charlie gets chosen to undergo the surgery. After the surgery, Charlie can now beat the mouse, Algernon, in a maze. Charlies writing ability has increased and he can now recall past events. He lacks social intelligence. Charlie also starts to develop feelings for