Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes This book is about Charlie Gordon a thirty-two old year man with an IQ of sixty-eight and is a poor speller. Has a job at Donner’s Bakery, and takes Miss Alice Kinnian's literacy class three times a week at the Beekman College Center for Retarded Adults. Charlie is brought to a laboratory to do an experiment, whose goal is to make him smart. Charlie is ambitious and really wants to do anything to become intelligent like his friends at the Bakery. He is tested by the doctors to test his intelligence and to see where it is at the moment. Before they do the famous "operation" they do a Rorschach test, which Charlie thinks he failed. Later, he is asked to solve a maze, which he can't figure out for a while, and is taken to a room where they introduce Algernon, a very smart mouse who seems to always solve the maze before him. Charlie is very impressed by Algernon's abilities, yet he later gets mad at him for always beating him in the race. Dr Strauss, who along with Professor Nemur is the director of the experiment, has instructed Charlie to write everything he thinks and feels in progress reports. Chrlie is also introduced to a TV that will help him remember while he sleeps and doesn't understand it's purpose but ends up having a dream, and actually is a memory, which is a big chnage after the operation. In the beginning of this book you are introduced by the first progress report, and right away you're able to notice his grammar and spelling mistakes. You can see how later after the operation is done and he goes to school more often you are able to see his progress in his writing and thinking. This is a very interesting book, and I thought that it was a great way to portray progress, mentally, from an adults' infant perspective. I am really looking forward to see how his life changes emotionally and how his "friends" from the bakery react to his progress. I also want to find out how Charlie's emotional progress will affect his relationships with his "friends", since they don't treat him with respect due to his disability, and find out how they feel about his situation.
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Paulina
2/5/2018 11:26:47 am
I think so far you have really enjoyed reading this book and you only have good things to say about it. I noticed you are curious to see how his relationships will change what can you predict will happen by inferring from the text? You can write about how differently a progress report is to a different type of writing and what do you like about writing from his perspective? Can you connect with the characters more or is it the opposite?
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Noel Ramirez
2/5/2018 07:47:38 pm
I think that this book sounds very interesting so far and might consider reading it. I like how descriptive your thought were on this book but one thing that I noticed is some minor spelling errors. Overall I think you did a great job, it sounds like you are really into this book.
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Jenny Lovstrom
2/5/2018 09:58:37 pm
From the summary, I think that the book sounds very interesting and it is going to be a good read. I think you did a really good job at explaining what you have read so far. I can really understand what is happening in the book. How do you think Charlie's writing will improve from now and at the end of the book? You also mentioned you are looking forward to see his emotional progress so do you think this progress will change his personality or even him as a person?
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