Examples Of Charlie In Flowers For Algernon

I believe the way Charlie writes in both the beginning and end of the short story “Flowers for Algernon” accurately represents how a real disabled person would write. There are many pieces of evidence that back up how Charlie writes like someone who has disabilities. My first example of this comes up in the beginning of the story when Charlie writes in his journal, “I tryed hard but I still coudnt find the picturs I only saw the ink”(285). In this sentence from Charlie's journal entry there are a few glaring mistakes. He did not spell tried correctly, he forgot to put a comma between but and I, he did not spell couldn’t right, and he spelled pictures incorrectly. These are mistakes that no man in his thirties would make unless they have a disability. Because the of how many mistakes he had in that sentence, it represents how a disabled person would write. Another example of how Charlies writing

In the beginning he was very unaware of how people really treated him. One example of this happened at Charlies work when the text states, Then Frank Reilly said what did you do Charlie forget your key and open your door the hard way.That made me laff. Their really my friends and they like me”(289). This example was from the beginning of the book when Charlie has no clue how people are treating him. Charlie thinks that Charlie is laughing at him because they are friends, but as a reader we can see that Frank is just laughing because of his disability. Although it is sad to see someone not aware of people making fun of them, Charlie becomes much more aware towards the end of the book. An example of this occurs when Charlie thinks to himself, “But today in looking at that boy, for the first time I saw what I had been. I was just like him”(299). This shows how Charlie now recognizes how poorly he was treated by his work “friends.” I believe the ending of the story is tragic because Charlie realizes how lonely he really