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First published April 1, 1966
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About the author
Daniel Keyes
98听books2,334听followersDaniel Keyes was an American author best known for his Hugo award-winning short story and Nebula award-winning novel Flowers for Algernon. Keyes was given the Author Emeritus honor by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 2000.
Keyes was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York. At age 17, he joined the U.S. Maritime Service as ship's purser. He obtained a B.A. in psychology from Brooklyn College, and after a stint in fashion photography (partner in a photography studio), earned a Master's Degree in English and American Literature at night while teaching English in New York City public schools during the day and writing weekends.
In the early 1950s, he was editor of the pulp magazine Marvel Science Fiction for publisher Martin Goodman. Circa 1952, Keyes was one of several staff writers, officially titled editors, who wrote for such horror and science fiction comics as Journey into Unknown Worlds, for which Keyes wrote two stories with artist Basil Wolverton. From 1955-56, Keyes wrote for the celebrated EC Comics, including its titles Shock Illustrated and Confessions Illustrated, under both his own name and the pseudonyms Kris Daniels, A.D. Locke and Dominik Georg.
The short story and subsequent novel, Flowers for Algernon, is written as progress reports of a mentally disabled man, Charlie, who undergoes experimental surgery and briefly becomes a genius before the effects tragically wear off. The story was initially published in the April 1959 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and the expanded novel in 1966. The novel has been adapted several times for other media, most prominently as the 1968 film Charly, starring Cliff Robertson (who won an Academy Award for Best Actor) and Claire Bloom. He also won the Hugo Award in 1959 and the Nebula Award in 1966.
Keyes went on to teach creative writing at Wayne State University, and in 1966 he became an English and creative writing professor at Ohio University, in Athens, Ohio, where he was honored as a professor emeritus in 2000.
Keyes' other books include The Fifth Sally, The Minds of Billy Milligan, The Touch, Unveiling Claudia, and the memoir Algernon, Charlie, and I: A Writer's Journey.
Keyes was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York. At age 17, he joined the U.S. Maritime Service as ship's purser. He obtained a B.A. in psychology from Brooklyn College, and after a stint in fashion photography (partner in a photography studio), earned a Master's Degree in English and American Literature at night while teaching English in New York City public schools during the day and writing weekends.
In the early 1950s, he was editor of the pulp magazine Marvel Science Fiction for publisher Martin Goodman. Circa 1952, Keyes was one of several staff writers, officially titled editors, who wrote for such horror and science fiction comics as Journey into Unknown Worlds, for which Keyes wrote two stories with artist Basil Wolverton. From 1955-56, Keyes wrote for the celebrated EC Comics, including its titles Shock Illustrated and Confessions Illustrated, under both his own name and the pseudonyms Kris Daniels, A.D. Locke and Dominik Georg.
The short story and subsequent novel, Flowers for Algernon, is written as progress reports of a mentally disabled man, Charlie, who undergoes experimental surgery and briefly becomes a genius before the effects tragically wear off. The story was initially published in the April 1959 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and the expanded novel in 1966. The novel has been adapted several times for other media, most prominently as the 1968 film Charly, starring Cliff Robertson (who won an Academy Award for Best Actor) and Claire Bloom. He also won the Hugo Award in 1959 and the Nebula Award in 1966.
Keyes went on to teach creative writing at Wayne State University, and in 1966 he became an English and creative writing professor at Ohio University, in Athens, Ohio, where he was honored as a professor emeritus in 2000.
Keyes' other books include The Fifth Sally, The Minds of Billy Milligan, The Touch, Unveiling Claudia, and the memoir Algernon, Charlie, and I: A Writer's Journey.
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May 8, 2023
progriss riport 1
I reed this book and I liked it and I should rite down what I think. Its a story about how a boy got smart. I dont remembir I should reed it again.
progriss riport 2
So the boy got smart and then went stupid and its important cause it was about how we shouldn鈥檛 mess with nature and test on people because it effects other things we don鈥檛 get yet. It also had a mouse in it. I dont remembir much more I should reed it again.
Progress Report 3
Its easier to understand each time. I learnt how to spell better because the book has lots of big words that sound all sciency though the book doesnt quite read like other sciency books I tried to read. Its more like a case study that questions what it is to be human in a world that demands we be smart when not all of us are but we are still people no matter how we think. I dont remembir much more I should reed it again.
Progress Report 4
I remember much more this time. This book is very clever and I like it more and more each time I read it. I remember all the characters that affect the boy鈥檚 life and a mouse called Algernon that mirrors his own journey through the narrative. It鈥檚 almost like the writer is trying to tell us something but I can鈥檛 quite say what it is just yet. I should read it again and pay closer attention to the themes and how the boy failed to develop emotionally despite his intellectual growth.
Progress Report 5
It鈥檚 all starting to fall into place, the sexual themes, the deep rooted psychological trauma, the questions about how we treat other people with disabilities: it is all making perfect sense. This book is brilliant and it has made me feel so smart. I even wrote a full paper about it that I am going to submit to a university journal. I showed it to my mother and she was amazed that I had written it. From here, I am going to read so many books so I can analyse them properly and make full use of my transformation.
Progress Report 6
I rested today then I got drunk because the book left me feeling sad and I feel sorry for Alergonon and the boy. The alcohol stops me from feeling anything and it makes my mind go slow again for a short while. I had sex with a stranger I met because she made me feel relaxed and I could forget about the book for a little while.
Progress Report 7
Becoming absent minded. I haven鈥檛 read for a while and I forget what it is I am supposed to do with my life. I wander the streets thinking about Algernon鈥檚 story and I know I should keep reading to try and keep my mind sharp. But is becoming harder again and I can't remember the book much or all that it taught me.
Progress Report 8
I read through my earlier reports today and my paper but I couldn鈥檛 quite understand everything I said about the book. I want to read the book again but I cant keep focused on it.
progriss report 9
I tried to rite about the book today but I havent red it in a while and words are hard again and make my head hurt and I feel angry when I cant remembir the book.
progriss riport 10
I should post my riports on goodreeds so I don鈥檛 forget about a mouse called Algernon and a boy who got smart.
I reed this book and I liked it and I should rite down what I think. Its a story about how a boy got smart. I dont remembir I should reed it again.
progriss riport 2
So the boy got smart and then went stupid and its important cause it was about how we shouldn鈥檛 mess with nature and test on people because it effects other things we don鈥檛 get yet. It also had a mouse in it. I dont remembir much more I should reed it again.
Progress Report 3
Its easier to understand each time. I learnt how to spell better because the book has lots of big words that sound all sciency though the book doesnt quite read like other sciency books I tried to read. Its more like a case study that questions what it is to be human in a world that demands we be smart when not all of us are but we are still people no matter how we think. I dont remembir much more I should reed it again.
Progress Report 4
I remember much more this time. This book is very clever and I like it more and more each time I read it. I remember all the characters that affect the boy鈥檚 life and a mouse called Algernon that mirrors his own journey through the narrative. It鈥檚 almost like the writer is trying to tell us something but I can鈥檛 quite say what it is just yet. I should read it again and pay closer attention to the themes and how the boy failed to develop emotionally despite his intellectual growth.
Progress Report 5
It鈥檚 all starting to fall into place, the sexual themes, the deep rooted psychological trauma, the questions about how we treat other people with disabilities: it is all making perfect sense. This book is brilliant and it has made me feel so smart. I even wrote a full paper about it that I am going to submit to a university journal. I showed it to my mother and she was amazed that I had written it. From here, I am going to read so many books so I can analyse them properly and make full use of my transformation.
Progress Report 6
I rested today then I got drunk because the book left me feeling sad and I feel sorry for Alergonon and the boy. The alcohol stops me from feeling anything and it makes my mind go slow again for a short while. I had sex with a stranger I met because she made me feel relaxed and I could forget about the book for a little while.
Progress Report 7
Becoming absent minded. I haven鈥檛 read for a while and I forget what it is I am supposed to do with my life. I wander the streets thinking about Algernon鈥檚 story and I know I should keep reading to try and keep my mind sharp. But is becoming harder again and I can't remember the book much or all that it taught me.
Progress Report 8
I read through my earlier reports today and my paper but I couldn鈥檛 quite understand everything I said about the book. I want to read the book again but I cant keep focused on it.
progriss report 9
I tried to rite about the book today but I havent red it in a while and words are hard again and make my head hurt and I feel angry when I cant remembir the book.
progriss riport 10
I should post my riports on goodreeds so I don鈥檛 forget about a mouse called Algernon and a boy who got smart.
January 27, 2019
I am finding it hard to put into words the vast range of emotions I experienced while reading this tale of hope, perseverance, truth and humanity. When it comes to science fiction in general, I would hesitate before declaring myself a fan. The books I have enjoyed most from this genre tend to be the softer, more humanity-focused stories. Like this one. I'm a huge fan of science fiction that doesn't seem too far away; something that I could imagine being just around the corner - and that's how I felt about .
This story is about Charlie Gordon who - with an IQ of 68 - can only hope to sweep the floors at the bakery. Well, that is until he is invited to participate in an experiment previously only tested on animals. The experiment is an operation that will gradually make him a genius and allow him to become the person he's always longed to be.
But intelligence comes with a price. Charlie learns that the people he's known for years are not what he'd always thought. Where he once associated laughter with friendship, he soon learns that it is mockery. It has been said that intelligence is mostly about having a good memory - and Charlie Gordon finds that out the hard way. Memories that had been forgotten come flooding back, bringing pain with them.
looks at so many different things: mental disabilities, human nature, intelligence and love. It made me feel sad, angry, frustrated and hopeful. It made me shake my head at people's abhorrent behaviour, and it made me incredibly thankful for so many things-- I know how cliche that sounds but it's true.
Even though Charlie's intelligence grows to beyond that of a normal human, he is emotionally still very much a child and has to learn the things other people learned long ago. He doesn't understand what is happening when his body becomes sexually responsive to a woman and he often doesn't understand why people say one thing but mean something completely different. It's a very sad story and it made me think about so many things. The ending just about broke my heart.
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This story is about Charlie Gordon who - with an IQ of 68 - can only hope to sweep the floors at the bakery. Well, that is until he is invited to participate in an experiment previously only tested on animals. The experiment is an operation that will gradually make him a genius and allow him to become the person he's always longed to be.
But intelligence comes with a price. Charlie learns that the people he's known for years are not what he'd always thought. Where he once associated laughter with friendship, he soon learns that it is mockery. It has been said that intelligence is mostly about having a good memory - and Charlie Gordon finds that out the hard way. Memories that had been forgotten come flooding back, bringing pain with them.
looks at so many different things: mental disabilities, human nature, intelligence and love. It made me feel sad, angry, frustrated and hopeful. It made me shake my head at people's abhorrent behaviour, and it made me incredibly thankful for so many things-- I know how cliche that sounds but it's true.
Even though Charlie's intelligence grows to beyond that of a normal human, he is emotionally still very much a child and has to learn the things other people learned long ago. He doesn't understand what is happening when his body becomes sexually responsive to a woman and he often doesn't understand why people say one thing but mean something completely different. It's a very sad story and it made me think about so many things. The ending just about broke my heart.
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June 28, 2019
All I knew about this classic when I went into was that it was about a mouse.
Clearly I knew nothing.
You're watching Charlie, the main character, go through an experimental procedure that increases his IQ. The whole book, written in diary entries, let us see how it affects his life and how he struggles through it.
I rarely cry while reading a book but I couldn't help myself here.
It's a classic for a reason. Read it. You won't be able to put it down.
Clearly I knew nothing.
You're watching Charlie, the main character, go through an experimental procedure that increases his IQ. The whole book, written in diary entries, let us see how it affects his life and how he struggles through it.
I rarely cry while reading a book but I couldn't help myself here.
It's a classic for a reason. Read it. You won't be able to put it down.
June 11, 2009
Heartbreaking and beautiful. Required reading, as far as I am concerned.
March 5, 2023
Sometimes ignorance is bliss.
Charlie Gordon works cleaning the floors in a store, and attends learning classes at Beekman College Center for Retarded Adults. All his life all he ever wanted was to learn, so he could become intelligent and be normal and have lots of friends. An opportunity arises for a revolutionary operation, and he is the first human to be selected. The procedure had amazing results in Algernon, a lab mouse whose intelligence multiplied tenfold. And as Charlie鈥檚 IQ increases exponentially, he begins to understand and see everything in a different way. Intelligence opens the doors to a world full of new perceptions and experiences, and not always pleasant ones. But the procedure is not guaranteed to have permanent results. Will his intelligence remain?> And why is Algernon behaving erratically now?
This was BEYOND GOOD, this was PERFECTION. 6 stars. A kind of book I think everyone should read at least once in their lifetime. This is more than an ode to intelligence, it鈥檚 about life, and what it means to be a person. This was absolutely riveting, heartwarming and heartbreaking, from the first page to the last, without exception. Innumerable quotes and moments to remember by. LOVED Charlie with all my heart, a character I don鈥檛 think I鈥檒l ever forget. SO HUMAN. Also loved Algernon, and Alice, and maybe even Donner and Burt a little. I have mixed feelings regarding Strauss, Nemur, Frank, Joe, Gimpy, Fay, Matt and Norma. Hated Rose. In all, a truly unforgettable journey, a flawless masterpiece, one I would love to reread as the first time. A spot more than rightfully earned in my exclusive Perfection shelf. EXTREMELY RECOMMENDABLE.
WARNING: There are 2 books out there. A short story and a novel. If you ever go for this book I strongly suggest going first for the SHORT STORY (6 stars), as it is virtually impossible to dislike it. Everything moves so fast (100p) there is like literally no time to dislike anything at all. The NOVEL (3.5+ stars) is also great, but as the plot expands (300p+), it is invariably likely some parts may feel like dragging, and one two or more things you might or might not dislike. The novel is basically the same as the short story, but it extends the story with expanded plot Personally I think the novel was almost as good as the short story, but after the first one hundred pages, some parts started to feel like dragging, convoluted and over repetitive.
*** Flowers for Algernon (2000) is an exceptionally touching adaptation. The plot is a mixture between the short story and the long novel. The romance with Alice Kinian plays a major part in the film, wonderfully portrayed and the best by far. The science convention was also included, and a brief appearance of Faye and Rose. Matthew Modine plays a superbly endearing version of Charlie, and Kelli Williams a great complement with Alice. Some very powerful moments, two at least that made me tear . Some funny scenes, and some awkward ones too. Not the best film ever, but a very memorable one and worthy to watch. Decently faithful to the book, all things considering. Highly Recommendable.
*** Charly (1968) is an acceptable adaptation at best. The plot also a mixture, including the relationship with Alice and the convention, but none of Faye or Rose. The film largely felt extremely detached, the romance with Alice very cringy and flat, as well as the friendship with Algernon and Charlie鈥檚 coworkers. None of it moving, or barely at most. Some wildly anticlimactic scenes, embarrassing sometimes, and laughable special effects. Cliff Robertson displaying a weird but powerful performance, worthy of recognition and maybe deserving of the Oscar award. The science convention was the best part of the movie by far, impressive addition and very memorable. A very flawed and somewhat faithful adaptation. Overall watchable, but hardly enjoyable. Not recommendable.
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PERSONAL NOTE :
[1959 / 1966] [100p / 300p] [Classics] [EXTREMELY Recommendable] [Minnie <3]
[鈥淎ll my life I wantid to be smart and not dumb. But its very hard to be smart.鈥漖 [鈥淎fter the operashun Im gonna try to be smart. Im gonna try awful hard.鈥漖 [鈥淚 had lots of tests and different kind of races with Algernon. I hate that mouse. He always beats me.鈥漖
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A veces la ignorancia es felicidad.
Charlie Gordon trabaja limpiando los pisos en una tienda, y atiende clases de ense帽anza en la Escuela Beekman para adultos retartados. Toda su vida lo que siempre ha querido es aprender, para poder ser normal y tener muchos amigos. Una oportunidad surge para una revolucionaria operaci贸n, y 茅l es el primer humano en ser seleccionado. El procedimiento ha tenido asombrosos resultados en Algern贸n, un rat贸n de laboratorio cuya inteligencia se ha multiplicado varias veces. Cuando el IQ de Charlie se incrementa exponencialmente, empieza a entender y ver todo de una manera diferente. La inteligencia abre la puerta a un mundo lleno de percepciones y experiencias nuevas, y no siempre placenteras. Pero el procedimiento no est谩 garantizado en tener resultados permanentes. 驴Se mantendr谩 su inteligencia? 驴Y por qu茅 Algern贸n empieza a comportarse err谩ticamente?
Esto fue MAS ALLA DE BUENOI, esto fue PERFECCION. 6 estrellas. Un tipo de libro que creo todos deber铆an leer al menos una vez en su vida. Esto es m谩s que una oda a la inteligencia, es sobre la vida, y lo que significa ser una persona. Esto fue absolutamente compenetrante, c谩lido y doloroso al coraz贸n, desde la primera hasta la 煤ltima p谩gina, sin excepci贸n. Innumerables citas y momentos para el recuerdo. AME a Charlie con todo mi coraz贸n, un personaje que creo nunca voy olvidar. TAN HUMANO. Tambi茅n am茅 a Algern贸n, y Alice, y tal vez hasta Donner y Burt un poquito. Tengo sentimientos cruzados respecto a Strauss, Nemur, Frank, Joe, Gimpy, Fay, Matt y Norma. Odi茅 a Rose. En resumen, un viaje verdaderamente inolvidable, una obra maestra magistral, una que amar铆a poder releer como la primera vez. Un lugar mucho m谩s que bien bien ganado en mi exclusivo estante de Perfecci贸n. EXTREMADAMENTE RECOMENDABLE.
ADVERTENCIA: Hay 2 libros ah铆 afuera. Un cuento corto y una novela. Si alguna vez van por este libro sugiero fuertemente ir primero por el CUENTO CORTO (6 estrellas), ya que es virtualmente imposible de no gustar. Todo se mueve tan r谩pido (100p) que es c贸mo si literariamente no hubiera tiempo de no gustar algo en absoluto. La NOVELA (3.5 estrellas) tambi茅n es genial, pero mientras la trama se expande (300p+), es invariablemente probable que algunas partes puedan sentirse que arrastran, y una dos o tres cosas que pueden o no pueden disgustar. La novela es b谩sicamente lo mismo que el cuento corto, pero alarga la historia con trama extendida Personalmente creo que la novella es casi tan Buena como el cuento corto, pero despu茅s de las cien p谩ginas, empiezan a sentirse como que algunas partes arrastran, desarticuladas y sobre repetitivas.
*** Flores para Algernon (2000) es una excepcionalmente conmovedora adaptaci贸n. La trama una mezcla entre la historia corta y la novela larga. EL romance con Alice Kinian una parte integral del film, maravillosamente retratado y lo mejor por lejos. La convenci贸n cient铆fica tambi茅n incluida, y una breve aparici贸n de Faye y Rose. Matthew Modine realiza una sobresaliente enternecedora versi贸n de Charlie, y Kelli Williams un gran complemento con Alice. Algunos momentos muy poderosos, dos al menos que me rompieron . Algunas escenas graciosas, y algunas extra帽as tambi茅n. No la mejor pel铆cula ni por asomo, pero s铆 una muy memorable y valiosa de ver. Decentemente fiel al libro, dentro de todo. Altamente Recomendable.
*** Charly (1968) es una aceptable adaptaci贸n cuando mucho. La trama tambi茅n una mezcla, incluyendo la relaci贸n con Alice y la convenci贸n, pero nada de Faye o Rose. El film se sinti贸 largamente carente de emoci贸n, el romance con Alice muy soso, as铆 como la amistad con Algernon y los compa帽eros de trabajo. Nada de ello conmovedor, o solo un poco cuando mucho. Algunas escenas incre铆blemente anticlim谩ticas, vergonzosas a veces, y re铆bles efectos especiales. Cliff Robertson haciendo una rara pero ponderosa interpretaci贸n, digna de reconocimiento y tal vez merecedora del Oscar. La convenci贸n cient铆fica fue lo mejor de la pel铆cula por lejos, una impresionante adici贸n y muy memorable Una muy fallida y medianamente fiel adaptaci贸n. Dentro de todo ve铆ble, pero escasamente disfrutable. No recomendable.
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NOTA PERSONAL :
[1959 / 1966] [100p / 300p] [Cl谩sicos] [EXTREMADAMENTE Recomendable] [Minnie <3]
[鈥淭oda mi vida quize ser inteligente y no tonto. Pero es muy dif铆cil ser inteligente.鈥漖 [鈥淒espu茅s de la operazion voy a intentar ser inteligente. Voy a intentar muy duro.鈥漖 [鈥淭uve un mont贸n de pruebas y diferentes tipos de carreras con Algern贸n. Odio ese rat贸n. Siempre me gana.鈥漖
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Charlie Gordon works cleaning the floors in a store, and attends learning classes at Beekman College Center for Retarded Adults. All his life all he ever wanted was to learn, so he could become intelligent and be normal and have lots of friends. An opportunity arises for a revolutionary operation, and he is the first human to be selected. The procedure had amazing results in Algernon, a lab mouse whose intelligence multiplied tenfold. And as Charlie鈥檚 IQ increases exponentially, he begins to understand and see everything in a different way. Intelligence opens the doors to a world full of new perceptions and experiences, and not always pleasant ones. But the procedure is not guaranteed to have permanent results. Will his intelligence remain?> And why is Algernon behaving erratically now?
This was BEYOND GOOD, this was PERFECTION. 6 stars. A kind of book I think everyone should read at least once in their lifetime. This is more than an ode to intelligence, it鈥檚 about life, and what it means to be a person. This was absolutely riveting, heartwarming and heartbreaking, from the first page to the last, without exception. Innumerable quotes and moments to remember by. LOVED Charlie with all my heart, a character I don鈥檛 think I鈥檒l ever forget. SO HUMAN. Also loved Algernon, and Alice, and maybe even Donner and Burt a little. I have mixed feelings regarding Strauss, Nemur, Frank, Joe, Gimpy, Fay, Matt and Norma. Hated Rose. In all, a truly unforgettable journey, a flawless masterpiece, one I would love to reread as the first time. A spot more than rightfully earned in my exclusive Perfection shelf. EXTREMELY RECOMMENDABLE.
WARNING: There are 2 books out there. A short story and a novel. If you ever go for this book I strongly suggest going first for the SHORT STORY (6 stars), as it is virtually impossible to dislike it. Everything moves so fast (100p) there is like literally no time to dislike anything at all. The NOVEL (3.5+ stars) is also great, but as the plot expands (300p+), it is invariably likely some parts may feel like dragging, and one two or more things you might or might not dislike. The novel is basically the same as the short story, but it extends the story with expanded plot Personally I think the novel was almost as good as the short story, but after the first one hundred pages, some parts started to feel like dragging, convoluted and over repetitive.
*** Flowers for Algernon (2000) is an exceptionally touching adaptation. The plot is a mixture between the short story and the long novel. The romance with Alice Kinian plays a major part in the film, wonderfully portrayed and the best by far. The science convention was also included, and a brief appearance of Faye and Rose. Matthew Modine plays a superbly endearing version of Charlie, and Kelli Williams a great complement with Alice. Some very powerful moments, two at least that made me tear . Some funny scenes, and some awkward ones too. Not the best film ever, but a very memorable one and worthy to watch. Decently faithful to the book, all things considering. Highly Recommendable.
*** Charly (1968) is an acceptable adaptation at best. The plot also a mixture, including the relationship with Alice and the convention, but none of Faye or Rose. The film largely felt extremely detached, the romance with Alice very cringy and flat, as well as the friendship with Algernon and Charlie鈥檚 coworkers. None of it moving, or barely at most. Some wildly anticlimactic scenes, embarrassing sometimes, and laughable special effects. Cliff Robertson displaying a weird but powerful performance, worthy of recognition and maybe deserving of the Oscar award. The science convention was the best part of the movie by far, impressive addition and very memorable. A very flawed and somewhat faithful adaptation. Overall watchable, but hardly enjoyable. Not recommendable.
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PERSONAL NOTE :
[1959 / 1966] [100p / 300p] [Classics] [EXTREMELY Recommendable] [Minnie <3]
[鈥淎ll my life I wantid to be smart and not dumb. But its very hard to be smart.鈥漖 [鈥淎fter the operashun Im gonna try to be smart. Im gonna try awful hard.鈥漖 [鈥淚 had lots of tests and different kind of races with Algernon. I hate that mouse. He always beats me.鈥漖
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A veces la ignorancia es felicidad.
Charlie Gordon trabaja limpiando los pisos en una tienda, y atiende clases de ense帽anza en la Escuela Beekman para adultos retartados. Toda su vida lo que siempre ha querido es aprender, para poder ser normal y tener muchos amigos. Una oportunidad surge para una revolucionaria operaci贸n, y 茅l es el primer humano en ser seleccionado. El procedimiento ha tenido asombrosos resultados en Algern贸n, un rat贸n de laboratorio cuya inteligencia se ha multiplicado varias veces. Cuando el IQ de Charlie se incrementa exponencialmente, empieza a entender y ver todo de una manera diferente. La inteligencia abre la puerta a un mundo lleno de percepciones y experiencias nuevas, y no siempre placenteras. Pero el procedimiento no est谩 garantizado en tener resultados permanentes. 驴Se mantendr谩 su inteligencia? 驴Y por qu茅 Algern贸n empieza a comportarse err谩ticamente?
Esto fue MAS ALLA DE BUENOI, esto fue PERFECCION. 6 estrellas. Un tipo de libro que creo todos deber铆an leer al menos una vez en su vida. Esto es m谩s que una oda a la inteligencia, es sobre la vida, y lo que significa ser una persona. Esto fue absolutamente compenetrante, c谩lido y doloroso al coraz贸n, desde la primera hasta la 煤ltima p谩gina, sin excepci贸n. Innumerables citas y momentos para el recuerdo. AME a Charlie con todo mi coraz贸n, un personaje que creo nunca voy olvidar. TAN HUMANO. Tambi茅n am茅 a Algern贸n, y Alice, y tal vez hasta Donner y Burt un poquito. Tengo sentimientos cruzados respecto a Strauss, Nemur, Frank, Joe, Gimpy, Fay, Matt y Norma. Odi茅 a Rose. En resumen, un viaje verdaderamente inolvidable, una obra maestra magistral, una que amar铆a poder releer como la primera vez. Un lugar mucho m谩s que bien bien ganado en mi exclusivo estante de Perfecci贸n. EXTREMADAMENTE RECOMENDABLE.
ADVERTENCIA: Hay 2 libros ah铆 afuera. Un cuento corto y una novela. Si alguna vez van por este libro sugiero fuertemente ir primero por el CUENTO CORTO (6 estrellas), ya que es virtualmente imposible de no gustar. Todo se mueve tan r谩pido (100p) que es c贸mo si literariamente no hubiera tiempo de no gustar algo en absoluto. La NOVELA (3.5 estrellas) tambi茅n es genial, pero mientras la trama se expande (300p+), es invariablemente probable que algunas partes puedan sentirse que arrastran, y una dos o tres cosas que pueden o no pueden disgustar. La novela es b谩sicamente lo mismo que el cuento corto, pero alarga la historia con trama extendida Personalmente creo que la novella es casi tan Buena como el cuento corto, pero despu茅s de las cien p谩ginas, empiezan a sentirse como que algunas partes arrastran, desarticuladas y sobre repetitivas.
*** Flores para Algernon (2000) es una excepcionalmente conmovedora adaptaci贸n. La trama una mezcla entre la historia corta y la novela larga. EL romance con Alice Kinian una parte integral del film, maravillosamente retratado y lo mejor por lejos. La convenci贸n cient铆fica tambi茅n incluida, y una breve aparici贸n de Faye y Rose. Matthew Modine realiza una sobresaliente enternecedora versi贸n de Charlie, y Kelli Williams un gran complemento con Alice. Algunos momentos muy poderosos, dos al menos que me rompieron . Algunas escenas graciosas, y algunas extra帽as tambi茅n. No la mejor pel铆cula ni por asomo, pero s铆 una muy memorable y valiosa de ver. Decentemente fiel al libro, dentro de todo. Altamente Recomendable.
*** Charly (1968) es una aceptable adaptaci贸n cuando mucho. La trama tambi茅n una mezcla, incluyendo la relaci贸n con Alice y la convenci贸n, pero nada de Faye o Rose. El film se sinti贸 largamente carente de emoci贸n, el romance con Alice muy soso, as铆 como la amistad con Algernon y los compa帽eros de trabajo. Nada de ello conmovedor, o solo un poco cuando mucho. Algunas escenas incre铆blemente anticlim谩ticas, vergonzosas a veces, y re铆bles efectos especiales. Cliff Robertson haciendo una rara pero ponderosa interpretaci贸n, digna de reconocimiento y tal vez merecedora del Oscar. La convenci贸n cient铆fica fue lo mejor de la pel铆cula por lejos, una impresionante adici贸n y muy memorable Una muy fallida y medianamente fiel adaptaci贸n. Dentro de todo ve铆ble, pero escasamente disfrutable. No recomendable.
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NOTA PERSONAL :
[1959 / 1966] [100p / 300p] [Cl谩sicos] [EXTREMADAMENTE Recomendable] [Minnie <3]
[鈥淭oda mi vida quize ser inteligente y no tonto. Pero es muy dif铆cil ser inteligente.鈥漖 [鈥淒espu茅s de la operazion voy a intentar ser inteligente. Voy a intentar muy duro.鈥漖 [鈥淭uve un mont贸n de pruebas y diferentes tipos de carreras con Algern贸n. Odio ese rat贸n. Siempre me gana.鈥漖
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February 5, 2025
I read this some years ago, before I started writing more detailed reviews. I am not planning to modify my thoughts from back then but I want to add my father's thoughts. I gifted this book to him last Christmas and he finally got to read it. He was as deeply moved by this magnificent heart wrenching novel as I was and he felt the need to send me a message when he finished to tell how impressed he was. It was the first time he sent me an emotional message about a book so with his permission, I will paste here most of his words:
"Intelligence, a gift or a course? Yes, I finished the book and I am overwhelmed by many thoughts. Flowers for Algernon is one of those books that after you read you realize how much you would have lost if you hadn't read it. We can think of Charlie or of each of us who, as he does, we accumulate and then we loose what we got through hard work. However, as he, we need to know that it wasn't for nothing. Knowledge, accumulation, though, happiness, sadness, they all come from learning, books, from the ones around us. Intelligence might be a gift but it still has a price which we have to pay." There is more but that is a private daddy-daughter talk. I love sharing my love of books with my dad and I am emotional each time he loves one of the books i recommend.
Read Flowers for Algernon! It is amazing, words cannot describe it.
My original review:
This book is extraordinary, one of my favorites. It is a fast read but it is very powerful and heartbreaking. I read it in the plane and I felt a little embarrassed when I started to weep at the end of the book. Even though I was expecting the ending, the way it is written still broke my heart.
I loved the way the book is written, as journal entries of an adult retard which is the subject of an experiment that makes him smart (a lot smarter). The writing is very childish at first, but as the narrator changes, so does the writing. Very clever.
One of the things that I found to be most powerful was the way the narrator changed his view of others after becoming more intelligent and the way others changed their attitude towards him.
I believe this should be read by everybody. Highly recommended.
"Intelligence, a gift or a course? Yes, I finished the book and I am overwhelmed by many thoughts. Flowers for Algernon is one of those books that after you read you realize how much you would have lost if you hadn't read it. We can think of Charlie or of each of us who, as he does, we accumulate and then we loose what we got through hard work. However, as he, we need to know that it wasn't for nothing. Knowledge, accumulation, though, happiness, sadness, they all come from learning, books, from the ones around us. Intelligence might be a gift but it still has a price which we have to pay." There is more but that is a private daddy-daughter talk. I love sharing my love of books with my dad and I am emotional each time he loves one of the books i recommend.
Read Flowers for Algernon! It is amazing, words cannot describe it.
My original review:
This book is extraordinary, one of my favorites. It is a fast read but it is very powerful and heartbreaking. I read it in the plane and I felt a little embarrassed when I started to weep at the end of the book. Even though I was expecting the ending, the way it is written still broke my heart.
I loved the way the book is written, as journal entries of an adult retard which is the subject of an experiment that makes him smart (a lot smarter). The writing is very childish at first, but as the narrator changes, so does the writing. Very clever.
One of the things that I found to be most powerful was the way the narrator changed his view of others after becoming more intelligent and the way others changed their attitude towards him.
I believe this should be read by everybody. Highly recommended.
March 10, 2021
"que estranho 茅 o fato de pessoas de sensibilidade e sentimentos honestos, que n茫o tirariam vantagem de um homem que nasceu sem bra莽os ou pernas ou olhos, n茫o verem problema em maltratar um homem com pouca intelig锚ncia."
dif铆cil demais ler esse livro e n茫o sentir inc么modo. uma aula de empatia do in铆cio ao fim, abordando as amarras que um deficiente intelectual enfrenta (para al茅m do capacitismo).
4,5 猸�
dif铆cil demais ler esse livro e n茫o sentir inc么modo. uma aula de empatia do in铆cio ao fim, abordando as amarras que um deficiente intelectual enfrenta (para al茅m do capacitismo).
4,5 猸�
August 7, 2013
There is nothing specific in this book that dates it -- it could have been written 4 years ago instead of 40 -- except for it's obsession with a certain brand of psychology and sex with near strangers. In this way, it just screams "I WAS WRITTEN IN THE 60s!"
I dunno. Books from this era just bug me in general. They are so smugly sure of their analysis of the whys and wherefores of human nature, yet they still cling to the archetypes. Charlie knows The Puffed-up Scientist and The Down-to-earth Scientist. The women in his life are The Cruel Mother, The Whore, and The Angel. (One of the reasons this book screams the 60s is because The Angel is ok with his relationship with The Whore. In fact, she encourages it. Brilliant. Can we tell the author was a man and the book was written in the era of "free love"?) All of this in a book that is supposed to be about a man coming to grips with new found intelligence without turning into an intellectual jerk and divining the REAL NATURE of the women in his life. Am I the only one who sees the irony of this?
People were, and are, ga-ga about this book. And while I think that the premise is interesting, all the futz surrounding the premise was formulaic.
Snore.
I dunno. Books from this era just bug me in general. They are so smugly sure of their analysis of the whys and wherefores of human nature, yet they still cling to the archetypes. Charlie knows The Puffed-up Scientist and The Down-to-earth Scientist. The women in his life are The Cruel Mother, The Whore, and The Angel. (One of the reasons this book screams the 60s is because The Angel is ok with his relationship with The Whore. In fact, she encourages it. Brilliant. Can we tell the author was a man and the book was written in the era of "free love"?) All of this in a book that is supposed to be about a man coming to grips with new found intelligence without turning into an intellectual jerk and divining the REAL NATURE of the women in his life. Am I the only one who sees the irony of this?
People were, and are, ga-ga about this book. And while I think that the premise is interesting, all the futz surrounding the premise was formulaic.
Snore.
January 10, 2021
For many years I had been aware of this book title but never knew what it was about. I鈥檓 glad I decided to read it. SPOILERS FOLLOW
The story is of a 32-year-old man with an intellectual disability. He lives in an apartment with a landlord who keeps an eye out for him and he works in a bakery owned by his uncle where he enjoys his 鈥渇riends.鈥� Unfortunately some of his 鈥渇riends鈥� are guys who kick his legs out from under him and get him drunk to dance with a lampshade on his head.
He鈥檚 selected to be the first person to undergo a brain operation to improve his mental capacity. The procedure worked wonders on a laboratory mouse named Algernon.
REMAINDER OF REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS
It works on Charlie Gordon (that鈥檚 his name) and he becomes a genius. He鈥檚 so brilliant he learns foreign languages and alphabets in a week and starts to compete with his doctors in knowledge about his condition and prognosis. Charlie comes to believe: 鈥淭he depressing thing is that so many of the ideas on which our psychologists base their beliefs about human intelligence, memory, and learning are all wishful thinking.鈥�
At times in his life he had been institutionalized and he feels that, for folks like him who attempt to live outside an institution: 鈥淭he world doesn鈥檛 want them and they soon know it.鈥�
Another unfortunate occurrence: Algernon鈥檚 brilliance starts to decline and he reverts to his former level of mouse intelligence. Will the same happen to Charlie?
As Charlie鈥檚 intelligence improves, he also recovers memories he had forgotten for years. So we learn of many terrible traumas of his boyhood with a mother who beat him and refused to believe he couldn鈥檛 learn like other kids. She was embarrassed by him. One of the saddest parts of the story is his memories, framed by a window, of watching other kids play because she did not allow him to leave the house.
Most of the story is told through a journal that Charlie has to keep. We watch his intelligence and written language abilities develop. We see him struggle with IQ tests, mazes and Rorschach inkblots. We watch Charlie struggle with romance and sex. We share his feelings when his doctors and psychologists exhibit him at a medical conference like a 鈥渇reak show.鈥�
An excellent story that we can consider science fiction 鈥� until it is not. I note that it has a very high rating on GR (4.15) with almost half-a-million people rating it. The book has been made into plays, TV dramas and a 1968 film, Charly, starring Cliff Robertson, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. The book has been a frequent target of those who want to censor library acquisitions.
Daniel Keyes (1927-2014) was an English professor at Ohio University where I worked for much of my career. He retired in 2000, two years after I arrived, but I never got to meet him and I wasn鈥檛 aware of his work at the time.
The story is of a 32-year-old man with an intellectual disability. He lives in an apartment with a landlord who keeps an eye out for him and he works in a bakery owned by his uncle where he enjoys his 鈥渇riends.鈥� Unfortunately some of his 鈥渇riends鈥� are guys who kick his legs out from under him and get him drunk to dance with a lampshade on his head.
He鈥檚 selected to be the first person to undergo a brain operation to improve his mental capacity. The procedure worked wonders on a laboratory mouse named Algernon.
REMAINDER OF REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS
It works on Charlie Gordon (that鈥檚 his name) and he becomes a genius. He鈥檚 so brilliant he learns foreign languages and alphabets in a week and starts to compete with his doctors in knowledge about his condition and prognosis. Charlie comes to believe: 鈥淭he depressing thing is that so many of the ideas on which our psychologists base their beliefs about human intelligence, memory, and learning are all wishful thinking.鈥�
At times in his life he had been institutionalized and he feels that, for folks like him who attempt to live outside an institution: 鈥淭he world doesn鈥檛 want them and they soon know it.鈥�
Another unfortunate occurrence: Algernon鈥檚 brilliance starts to decline and he reverts to his former level of mouse intelligence. Will the same happen to Charlie?
As Charlie鈥檚 intelligence improves, he also recovers memories he had forgotten for years. So we learn of many terrible traumas of his boyhood with a mother who beat him and refused to believe he couldn鈥檛 learn like other kids. She was embarrassed by him. One of the saddest parts of the story is his memories, framed by a window, of watching other kids play because she did not allow him to leave the house.
Most of the story is told through a journal that Charlie has to keep. We watch his intelligence and written language abilities develop. We see him struggle with IQ tests, mazes and Rorschach inkblots. We watch Charlie struggle with romance and sex. We share his feelings when his doctors and psychologists exhibit him at a medical conference like a 鈥渇reak show.鈥�
An excellent story that we can consider science fiction 鈥� until it is not. I note that it has a very high rating on GR (4.15) with almost half-a-million people rating it. The book has been made into plays, TV dramas and a 1968 film, Charly, starring Cliff Robertson, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. The book has been a frequent target of those who want to censor library acquisitions.
Daniel Keyes (1927-2014) was an English professor at Ohio University where I worked for much of my career. He retired in 2000, two years after I arrived, but I never got to meet him and I wasn鈥檛 aware of his work at the time.
March 12, 2023
Getting smarter and stultification have hardly ever been that deep
Freaking first person POV trip
More an introspective journey than a real novel, the work uses thoughts and thereby the manifestations of the mental capacity of the protagonist to illustrate the consequences of upping and downing IQs. Part of that is not just the razorblade sharp mind getting tarnished to the not brightest candle on the cake until the mental light goes out, but
The ingeniously used language and inner monologues
Without that, it would maybe just be another tragic tale, but by having both extremely sophisticated and intellectually reduced passages, the reader gets a hardcore dive deep into the protagonists' feelings.
Inspired by real life
Keyes got the idea through a mixture of personal issues with his parents and working with students with special needs. Already the real life action is heartbreaking enough to make sensitive readers sad, but how Keyes reinforced the impact by increasing the intelligence gap is even more disturbing.
Morals of medicine
How to treat mentally sick and backward people is a topic that shouldn麓t be touched with a pitchfork. When the book was published decades ago, the circumstances in mental asylums, the ways medical research was done, the psychiatric dogmas, etc. were so wacky and inhuman that it freaks the heck out of 21st century people. Also a reason why this book has sometimes been put on the index, because it麓s pointing the fingers at some problems that still haven麓t been solved. Nowadays chemical mace is certainly better than physical torture, isolation, unprofessional electroshock therapies, and lobotomies, but it can only be the magic bullet until scientific and medical progress provide better medication and minimally invasive brain surgery or implants.
Tropes show how literature is conceptualized and created and which mixture of elements makes works and genres unique:
Freaking first person POV trip
More an introspective journey than a real novel, the work uses thoughts and thereby the manifestations of the mental capacity of the protagonist to illustrate the consequences of upping and downing IQs. Part of that is not just the razorblade sharp mind getting tarnished to the not brightest candle on the cake until the mental light goes out, but
The ingeniously used language and inner monologues
Without that, it would maybe just be another tragic tale, but by having both extremely sophisticated and intellectually reduced passages, the reader gets a hardcore dive deep into the protagonists' feelings.
Inspired by real life
Keyes got the idea through a mixture of personal issues with his parents and working with students with special needs. Already the real life action is heartbreaking enough to make sensitive readers sad, but how Keyes reinforced the impact by increasing the intelligence gap is even more disturbing.
Morals of medicine
How to treat mentally sick and backward people is a topic that shouldn麓t be touched with a pitchfork. When the book was published decades ago, the circumstances in mental asylums, the ways medical research was done, the psychiatric dogmas, etc. were so wacky and inhuman that it freaks the heck out of 21st century people. Also a reason why this book has sometimes been put on the index, because it麓s pointing the fingers at some problems that still haven麓t been solved. Nowadays chemical mace is certainly better than physical torture, isolation, unprofessional electroshock therapies, and lobotomies, but it can only be the magic bullet until scientific and medical progress provide better medication and minimally invasive brain surgery or implants.
Tropes show how literature is conceptualized and created and which mixture of elements makes works and genres unique:
March 2, 2022
Wow I'm so glad I finally read it. I had only read passages of it before but it was totally with sitting and reading the whole thing through. I don't even know what to say I can't stop crying because of how things are for Charlie and I guess I just wish that they way he was treated wasnt so close to reality. Also it's kind of painful to have to question things like intimacy vs intelligence and self actualization which are brought up so poignantly in the book. I don't even know if anything I'm saying is making any sense but the book really got to me and now I need to be alone to cry and consolidate myself with it and the new ideas it has made me consider.
September 6, 2024
I first came across Flowers For Algernon as a short story in a science fiction anthology many years ago. It seemed an enjoyably poignant and perceptive slight tale. By 1966 the author Daniel Keyes had developed his story into this full length novel, the joint winner of the year's Nebula award for the best Science Fiction novel. It was the high point of Daniel Keyes鈥檚 career. As well as nonfiction he has written several other science fiction books which explore the workings of the mind. But the classic Flowers for Algernon has sold more than five million copies, and has never been out of print since its original publication.
Daniel Keyes's science fiction stories were intermittently published during the 1950s, before he became a fiction editor at Marvel Science Fiction. He also worked as a high school teacher for developmentally disabled adults. These two experiences resulted in the masterpiece, Flowers for Algernon. Daniel Keyes said that the idea for the story struck him while he waited for an elevated train to take him from Brooklyn to New York University in 1945. In his 1999 memoir, he wrote,
"I thought: My education is driving a wedge between me and the people I love. And then I wondered: 'What would happen if it were possible to increase a person's intelligence?'"
The best speculative stories start from a simple idea: "What if?" This is such a story. It has no need for alien worlds, galactic swashbucklers, bug-eyed monsters or complicated spaceship technology. This is not the world of hard Sci Fi, focusing on science and the inhuman aspects of other worlds. Like all classic science fiction, it seems to transcend the limitations of the genre. It explores universal human themes such as the nature of intelligence, the nature of emotion, and how the two interact with each other. Even the intelligence-enhancing surgery is not detailed, except for brief mentions of the workings of the brain, and the rare genetic condition phenylketonuria, to add authenticity to the enhanced intellectual capabilities of the narrator.
The story is told from the point of view of a thirty-two-year-old man, who has been assessed as having an IQ of 68. The narrator, Charlie Gordon, works at Donner鈥檚 Bakery in New York City as a janitor and delivery boy. He writes that he,
"reely wantd to lern I wantid it more even then pepul who are smarter even then me 鈥� all my life I wantid to be smart and not dumb".
His teacher Alice Kinnian, who works at the "Beekman College Centre for Retarded Adults", recognises his strong motivation and desire to learn. She has put him forward as a potential candidate to undergo experimental surgery designed to boost his intelligence.
A team of University researchers have already performed the experiment successfully on the lab mouse Algernon. Charlie has a number of tests, including a comparison with Algernon to indicate how quickly he can solve a maze. This part of the book sets the tone for the gentle humour which is to follow. Charlie reports the tests with perfect childlike clarity and literal incomprehension. He has no imagination; no ability to invent. The directors of the experiment, Dr. Strauss and Professor Nemur, agree that Charlie is a good choice, and ask Charlie to keep a journal,
鈥淒r Strauss says I shoud rite down what I think and remembir and evrey thing that happins to me from now on.鈥�
The entire narrative of Flowers for Algernon is composed of this series of 鈥減rogress reports鈥� which Charlie writes in his diary. Charlie is excited and optimistic, despite the scientists' caution,
"You know Charlie we are not shure how this experamint will werk on pepul because we only tried it up to now on animils."
At this point the reader realises that not only we will be able to anticipate Charlie's progress by watching Algernon's burgeoning intelligence, but we will be able to deduce it by the content and linguistic competence of Charlie's journal. It is a brilliantly inspired device on the part of Daniel Keyes. Charlie's teacher Alice continues to help him improve his spelling and grammar, and he determinedly reads adult books, filling his brain with knowledge from a wide range of academic fields. His progress is slow at first, but his comprehension accelerates as he devours his reading, delighting in his new-found knowledge and understanding,
"This is beauty, love, and truth all rolled into one. This is joy."
The story follows both the events in the laboratory, and events in Charlie's personal life. It becomes clear that the owner of the bakery is being kind to Charlie in keeping him in work, and that it has really been an act of charity. His co-workers however frequently make fun of and mock him. Charlie, on the other hand, has always viewed them as his true friends. The realisation that what he thought of as shared jokes are taunts, and that he is a laughing stock, is very hurtful to him. We feel his pain through his faithful record,
"I never knew before that Joe and Frank and the others liked to have me around just to make fun of me. Now I know what they mean when they say 'to pull a Charlie Gordon'. I'm ashamed."
as he begins to realise the truth of the psychiatrist Dr. Strauss's observation,
"The more intelligent you get the more problems you'll have Charlie."
Charlie continues to work hard at the bakery,
"Before, they had laughed at me, despising me for my ignorance and dullness; now, they hated me for my knowledge and understanding."
Perplexed, Charlie approaches the scientists to help him, and the advice from each reflects their differing world views. Alice recognises that he needs to develop and experience moral quandries for himself, and tells him to trust his heart. This is an everyday moral dilemma, but one which has no easy or right answer.
"What's right? Ironic that all my intelligence doesn't help me solve a problem like this."
There are many layers to Charlie Gordon. As he develops, his personality changes. Thrilled at first to learn, he begins to be alternately angry and embarrassed when he remembers what he sees as his earlier foolish self. He also begins to remember his early childhood, and we learn all about his parents, Rose and Matt Gordon. All the flashbacks are interspersed with the narrative, so that the stories of Charlie鈥檚 present and past intertwine and reflect upon each other, adding to both Charlie's and the reader's understanding of the current situation.
As his brain becomes more incisive, Charlie learns sarcasm, suspicion, and resentment. His faith in the people around him begins to crumble,
"Now I understand that one of the reasons for going to college and getting an education is to learn that the things you've believed in all your life aren't true, and that nothing is what it appears to be."
"I'm confused. I don't know what I know any more."
Charlie's feeling of his "other self" becomes stronger as the novel proceeds, continually resurfacing at crucial points, in the form of the old Charlie, perceived as a separate entity existing outside of himself. In this and other ways, the past persists in the present.
For instance, he remembers long ago watching through a window in his apartment, as other children played. Later, with his enhanced intelligence, he feels as if the old Charlie is watching him through a window. The window seems to represent an emotional distance: a barrier to normal society, which the mentally disabled Charlie cannot cross. Later, he is just as distanced from his former self as the children he used to watch playing had been. Once he sees the other Charlie face-to-face in a mirror, a glimpse of his other self: a very frightening experience.
Delighted with Charlie's progress, Dr. Strauss and Professor Nemur take both Charlie and Algernon to a scientific convention in Chicago. But Charlie has reservations,
"How different they seem now. And how foolish I was ever to have thought that professors were intellectual giants. They're people - and afraid the rest of the world will find out."
"I'm not an inanimate object ... I'm a person ... I was a person before the operation. In case you forgot."
Dr. Strauss has always been concerned with his psychological health, but Charlie feels that Nemur treats him like just another lab animal. It is transparently clear that Charlie鈥檚 scientific knowledge has advanced beyond Professor Nemur鈥檚.
Because Flowers For Algernon is essentially about the human condition, it is a timeless tale, touching upon many different ethical and moral themes. As such it can be seen as a moral fable about society鈥檚 mistreatment of the mentally disabled. Charlie's story reveals that all the attitudes towards his early self were rooted in feelings of superiority. Some were cruel, some were kind; but nearly all were condescending.
"The best of them have been smug and patronising - using me to make themselves superior and secure in their own limitations. Anyone can feel intelligent beside a moron."
Because Charlie was regarded as an intellectual inferior, an assumption was made consequent on that: that this made him less of a human being. Yet even here there are nuances. In one episode Charlie takes people to task for making fun of a mentally disabled boy in a restaurant. But later, horrified by the blank faces of the mentally disabled people he encounters when visiting the Warren Street home, he displays the same feelings. Is this because he does not want to accept that he was once like them and may soon be like them again? Or is it a latent tendency he has inherited from his mother? How much does society demand that we conform to its ideas of normality?
There is much in the book which explores the apparent conflict between the intellect and the emotion. The early Charlie is trusting and friendly with a good heart. But as his intelligence increases he becomes distant and detached, and sometimes arrogant. At one point he even says that his genius has erased his love for Alice. Because Charlie is the subject of an experiment, he has aptly internalised a lot of science's methodology, and eventually his knowledge surpasses Professor Nemur鈥檚. But Professor Nemur is not a good role model for Charlie. These two factors have made Charlie view the "scientific method" as being the only way to approach life, and he approaches his emotional problems in a scientific manner.
The two emotional extremes are represented by Professor Nemur and Charlie's free-spirited neighbour Fay. Professor Nemur is highly intelligent, but lacks any humour or friends. Dr. Strauss is more empathic - but it is Fay who is an embodiment of the opposite extreme. She is ruled entirely by her feelings, acting both foolishly and illogically. Alice however represents human warmth and kindness. She never believes that a disability makes anyone a lesser human, but takes genuine satisfaction from helping people. She also greatly admires Charlie鈥檚 strong desire and motivation to learn, encouraging him to integrate both his intellect and his emotion.
Charlie employs the scientific method throughout his intelligence-boosted phase. It is all he has seen, and becomes his guiding principle. But when he becomes aware that in order to further his research, he is manipulating other people - especially Alice - and treating them like laboratory rats, he begins to deplore what he is doing. His highest level of emotional development is when he becomes aware of the dangers of dehumanisation which accompany the scientific pursuit of knowledge. Twinned with this is his determination to go on living as long as he can, keeping on with his progress reports, in order to pass on his unique knowledge to humanity. His miraculous experience has given him a new perspective on life.
Flowers For Algernon dates from 1959, as an acclaimed short story in a magazine, winning the Hugo award for best short story a year later. It has been successfully adapted for television in both 1961 and 2000. In 1968 the film "Charly", won an Oscar, and its star an Academy Award. It was even adapted as a Broadway musical in 1978.
To expand a short story into a masterly novel such as this does not often succeed. Far too often the reader can see the "cracks" and realise which parts have been artificially padded out. Flowers For Algernon's popularity alone proves that this is not the case here. Daniel Keyes has taken his promising initial idea, and developed it into a perfectly balanced and satisfying novel. The best science fiction has the potential to explore various philosophical ideas to do with ethics and responsibility. The author has chosen this scenario to explore the extremes of human nature, by imagining an altered version of the world, peopled with realistic characters, in a realistic environment. His genius lies in creating a work which appeals both to the people who are usually indifferent to science fiction, and also to those who love it.
The blurb on the cover of my copy says,
"The story of a young man's quest for intelligence and knowledge. Charlie Gordon will break your heart."
How true that is. The story of Charlie Gordon did indeed break my heart.
Please ... please ... don't let me forget how to reed and rite.
PS please if you get a chanse put some flowrs on Algernons grave in the bak yard.
Daniel Keyes's science fiction stories were intermittently published during the 1950s, before he became a fiction editor at Marvel Science Fiction. He also worked as a high school teacher for developmentally disabled adults. These two experiences resulted in the masterpiece, Flowers for Algernon. Daniel Keyes said that the idea for the story struck him while he waited for an elevated train to take him from Brooklyn to New York University in 1945. In his 1999 memoir, he wrote,
"I thought: My education is driving a wedge between me and the people I love. And then I wondered: 'What would happen if it were possible to increase a person's intelligence?'"
The best speculative stories start from a simple idea: "What if?" This is such a story. It has no need for alien worlds, galactic swashbucklers, bug-eyed monsters or complicated spaceship technology. This is not the world of hard Sci Fi, focusing on science and the inhuman aspects of other worlds. Like all classic science fiction, it seems to transcend the limitations of the genre. It explores universal human themes such as the nature of intelligence, the nature of emotion, and how the two interact with each other. Even the intelligence-enhancing surgery is not detailed, except for brief mentions of the workings of the brain, and the rare genetic condition phenylketonuria, to add authenticity to the enhanced intellectual capabilities of the narrator.
The story is told from the point of view of a thirty-two-year-old man, who has been assessed as having an IQ of 68. The narrator, Charlie Gordon, works at Donner鈥檚 Bakery in New York City as a janitor and delivery boy. He writes that he,
"reely wantd to lern I wantid it more even then pepul who are smarter even then me 鈥� all my life I wantid to be smart and not dumb".
His teacher Alice Kinnian, who works at the "Beekman College Centre for Retarded Adults", recognises his strong motivation and desire to learn. She has put him forward as a potential candidate to undergo experimental surgery designed to boost his intelligence.
A team of University researchers have already performed the experiment successfully on the lab mouse Algernon. Charlie has a number of tests, including a comparison with Algernon to indicate how quickly he can solve a maze. This part of the book sets the tone for the gentle humour which is to follow. Charlie reports the tests with perfect childlike clarity and literal incomprehension. He has no imagination; no ability to invent. The directors of the experiment, Dr. Strauss and Professor Nemur, agree that Charlie is a good choice, and ask Charlie to keep a journal,
鈥淒r Strauss says I shoud rite down what I think and remembir and evrey thing that happins to me from now on.鈥�
The entire narrative of Flowers for Algernon is composed of this series of 鈥減rogress reports鈥� which Charlie writes in his diary. Charlie is excited and optimistic, despite the scientists' caution,
"You know Charlie we are not shure how this experamint will werk on pepul because we only tried it up to now on animils."
At this point the reader realises that not only we will be able to anticipate Charlie's progress by watching Algernon's burgeoning intelligence, but we will be able to deduce it by the content and linguistic competence of Charlie's journal. It is a brilliantly inspired device on the part of Daniel Keyes. Charlie's teacher Alice continues to help him improve his spelling and grammar, and he determinedly reads adult books, filling his brain with knowledge from a wide range of academic fields. His progress is slow at first, but his comprehension accelerates as he devours his reading, delighting in his new-found knowledge and understanding,
"This is beauty, love, and truth all rolled into one. This is joy."
The story follows both the events in the laboratory, and events in Charlie's personal life. It becomes clear that the owner of the bakery is being kind to Charlie in keeping him in work, and that it has really been an act of charity. His co-workers however frequently make fun of and mock him. Charlie, on the other hand, has always viewed them as his true friends. The realisation that what he thought of as shared jokes are taunts, and that he is a laughing stock, is very hurtful to him. We feel his pain through his faithful record,
"I never knew before that Joe and Frank and the others liked to have me around just to make fun of me. Now I know what they mean when they say 'to pull a Charlie Gordon'. I'm ashamed."
as he begins to realise the truth of the psychiatrist Dr. Strauss's observation,
"The more intelligent you get the more problems you'll have Charlie."
Charlie continues to work hard at the bakery,
"Before, they had laughed at me, despising me for my ignorance and dullness; now, they hated me for my knowledge and understanding."
Perplexed, Charlie approaches the scientists to help him, and the advice from each reflects their differing world views. Alice recognises that he needs to develop and experience moral quandries for himself, and tells him to trust his heart. This is an everyday moral dilemma, but one which has no easy or right answer.
"What's right? Ironic that all my intelligence doesn't help me solve a problem like this."
There are many layers to Charlie Gordon. As he develops, his personality changes. Thrilled at first to learn, he begins to be alternately angry and embarrassed when he remembers what he sees as his earlier foolish self. He also begins to remember his early childhood, and we learn all about his parents, Rose and Matt Gordon. All the flashbacks are interspersed with the narrative, so that the stories of Charlie鈥檚 present and past intertwine and reflect upon each other, adding to both Charlie's and the reader's understanding of the current situation.
As his brain becomes more incisive, Charlie learns sarcasm, suspicion, and resentment. His faith in the people around him begins to crumble,
"Now I understand that one of the reasons for going to college and getting an education is to learn that the things you've believed in all your life aren't true, and that nothing is what it appears to be."
"I'm confused. I don't know what I know any more."
Charlie's feeling of his "other self" becomes stronger as the novel proceeds, continually resurfacing at crucial points, in the form of the old Charlie, perceived as a separate entity existing outside of himself. In this and other ways, the past persists in the present.
For instance, he remembers long ago watching through a window in his apartment, as other children played. Later, with his enhanced intelligence, he feels as if the old Charlie is watching him through a window. The window seems to represent an emotional distance: a barrier to normal society, which the mentally disabled Charlie cannot cross. Later, he is just as distanced from his former self as the children he used to watch playing had been. Once he sees the other Charlie face-to-face in a mirror, a glimpse of his other self: a very frightening experience.
Delighted with Charlie's progress, Dr. Strauss and Professor Nemur take both Charlie and Algernon to a scientific convention in Chicago. But Charlie has reservations,
"How different they seem now. And how foolish I was ever to have thought that professors were intellectual giants. They're people - and afraid the rest of the world will find out."
"I'm not an inanimate object ... I'm a person ... I was a person before the operation. In case you forgot."
Dr. Strauss has always been concerned with his psychological health, but Charlie feels that Nemur treats him like just another lab animal. It is transparently clear that Charlie鈥檚 scientific knowledge has advanced beyond Professor Nemur鈥檚.
Because Flowers For Algernon is essentially about the human condition, it is a timeless tale, touching upon many different ethical and moral themes. As such it can be seen as a moral fable about society鈥檚 mistreatment of the mentally disabled. Charlie's story reveals that all the attitudes towards his early self were rooted in feelings of superiority. Some were cruel, some were kind; but nearly all were condescending.
"The best of them have been smug and patronising - using me to make themselves superior and secure in their own limitations. Anyone can feel intelligent beside a moron."
Because Charlie was regarded as an intellectual inferior, an assumption was made consequent on that: that this made him less of a human being. Yet even here there are nuances. In one episode Charlie takes people to task for making fun of a mentally disabled boy in a restaurant. But later, horrified by the blank faces of the mentally disabled people he encounters when visiting the Warren Street home, he displays the same feelings. Is this because he does not want to accept that he was once like them and may soon be like them again? Or is it a latent tendency he has inherited from his mother? How much does society demand that we conform to its ideas of normality?
There is much in the book which explores the apparent conflict between the intellect and the emotion. The early Charlie is trusting and friendly with a good heart. But as his intelligence increases he becomes distant and detached, and sometimes arrogant. At one point he even says that his genius has erased his love for Alice. Because Charlie is the subject of an experiment, he has aptly internalised a lot of science's methodology, and eventually his knowledge surpasses Professor Nemur鈥檚. But Professor Nemur is not a good role model for Charlie. These two factors have made Charlie view the "scientific method" as being the only way to approach life, and he approaches his emotional problems in a scientific manner.
The two emotional extremes are represented by Professor Nemur and Charlie's free-spirited neighbour Fay. Professor Nemur is highly intelligent, but lacks any humour or friends. Dr. Strauss is more empathic - but it is Fay who is an embodiment of the opposite extreme. She is ruled entirely by her feelings, acting both foolishly and illogically. Alice however represents human warmth and kindness. She never believes that a disability makes anyone a lesser human, but takes genuine satisfaction from helping people. She also greatly admires Charlie鈥檚 strong desire and motivation to learn, encouraging him to integrate both his intellect and his emotion.
Charlie employs the scientific method throughout his intelligence-boosted phase. It is all he has seen, and becomes his guiding principle. But when he becomes aware that in order to further his research, he is manipulating other people - especially Alice - and treating them like laboratory rats, he begins to deplore what he is doing. His highest level of emotional development is when he becomes aware of the dangers of dehumanisation which accompany the scientific pursuit of knowledge. Twinned with this is his determination to go on living as long as he can, keeping on with his progress reports, in order to pass on his unique knowledge to humanity. His miraculous experience has given him a new perspective on life.
Flowers For Algernon dates from 1959, as an acclaimed short story in a magazine, winning the Hugo award for best short story a year later. It has been successfully adapted for television in both 1961 and 2000. In 1968 the film "Charly", won an Oscar, and its star an Academy Award. It was even adapted as a Broadway musical in 1978.
To expand a short story into a masterly novel such as this does not often succeed. Far too often the reader can see the "cracks" and realise which parts have been artificially padded out. Flowers For Algernon's popularity alone proves that this is not the case here. Daniel Keyes has taken his promising initial idea, and developed it into a perfectly balanced and satisfying novel. The best science fiction has the potential to explore various philosophical ideas to do with ethics and responsibility. The author has chosen this scenario to explore the extremes of human nature, by imagining an altered version of the world, peopled with realistic characters, in a realistic environment. His genius lies in creating a work which appeals both to the people who are usually indifferent to science fiction, and also to those who love it.
The blurb on the cover of my copy says,
"The story of a young man's quest for intelligence and knowledge. Charlie Gordon will break your heart."
How true that is. The story of Charlie Gordon did indeed break my heart.
Please ... please ... don't let me forget how to reed and rite.
PS please if you get a chanse put some flowrs on Algernons grave in the bak yard.
March 3, 2019
Well, that was depressing.
(ETA:Across social media, people are asking me how I got out of high school without reading this book 鈥� I didn't go to high school. I left after a partial year.)
(look, don't do as I do, do as I say: STAY IN SCHOOL)
(ETA:Across social media, people are asking me how I got out of high school without reading this book 鈥� I didn't go to high school. I left after a partial year.)
(look, don't do as I do, do as I say: STAY IN SCHOOL)
May 13, 2025
I chose one of my favorite heart-wrenching, powerful, unconventional, and unique stories for Flashback Saturday! 10 years later, I鈥檓 rereading it to see how Charlie鈥檚 self-discovery story will affect me!
Charlie Gordon, a 32-year-old developmentally disabled man, becomes a volunteer for a surgical procedure which will result in the increasing of his mental capabilities. The procedure was already tested on mice. But the scientists are not sure the probable increase in intelligence will be permanent.
Thankfully, the procedure turns into a success. Charlie鈥檚 cognitive skills start improving, which helps him have more insight into his situation. His perception of the world dramatically changes. Because Charlie cannot remember his past relationship dynamics in his life, a sudden jump in his intelligence level makes it harder to build new relationships when he suffers from a lack of social intelligence. But he still tries harder.
He finds the courage to ask the evening class teacher for a date, as he has had a long-time crush on her. But as his intelligence level increases, he loses his interest in her and falls for a talented artist.
He also writes notes about his scientific discoveries and finds a fatal flaw in his procedure, which only means his superpower will be gone in a short time, and he will die eventually.
He leaves instructions for the people to follow the procedures before his death, and as his decline starts, he falls back into his same rabbit hole, attending to the evening classes, seeing the teacher without knowing they had a short-time intimate relationship. After he鈥檚 gone, only his notes were left behind from his scientific discoveries from his short-time genius-level intelligence.
This is one of the saddest stories I鈥檝e read. A man is only wanting to have enough intelligence to explore the world from a different window! It was heart-wrenching, definitely thought-provoking, and also a stunning short story!
Here are my most favorite and extremely powerful quotes from the book:
鈥淚 don鈥檛 know what鈥檚 worse: to not know what you are and be happy, or to become what you鈥檝e always wanted to be, and feel alone.鈥�
鈥淭hank God for books and music and things I can think about.鈥�
鈥淚 am afraid. Not of life, or death, or nothingness, but of wasting it as if I had never been.鈥�
鈥淗ow strange it is that people of honest feelings and sensibility, who would not take advantage of a man born without arms or legs or eyes鈥攈ow such people think nothing of abusing a man with low intelligence.鈥�
鈥淎 child may not know how to feed itself, or what to eat, yet it knows hunger. 鈥�
鈥淭here are so many doors to open. I am impatient to begin. 鈥�
Charlie Gordon, a 32-year-old developmentally disabled man, becomes a volunteer for a surgical procedure which will result in the increasing of his mental capabilities. The procedure was already tested on mice. But the scientists are not sure the probable increase in intelligence will be permanent.
Thankfully, the procedure turns into a success. Charlie鈥檚 cognitive skills start improving, which helps him have more insight into his situation. His perception of the world dramatically changes. Because Charlie cannot remember his past relationship dynamics in his life, a sudden jump in his intelligence level makes it harder to build new relationships when he suffers from a lack of social intelligence. But he still tries harder.
He finds the courage to ask the evening class teacher for a date, as he has had a long-time crush on her. But as his intelligence level increases, he loses his interest in her and falls for a talented artist.
He also writes notes about his scientific discoveries and finds a fatal flaw in his procedure, which only means his superpower will be gone in a short time, and he will die eventually.
He leaves instructions for the people to follow the procedures before his death, and as his decline starts, he falls back into his same rabbit hole, attending to the evening classes, seeing the teacher without knowing they had a short-time intimate relationship. After he鈥檚 gone, only his notes were left behind from his scientific discoveries from his short-time genius-level intelligence.
This is one of the saddest stories I鈥檝e read. A man is only wanting to have enough intelligence to explore the world from a different window! It was heart-wrenching, definitely thought-provoking, and also a stunning short story!
Here are my most favorite and extremely powerful quotes from the book:
鈥淚 don鈥檛 know what鈥檚 worse: to not know what you are and be happy, or to become what you鈥檝e always wanted to be, and feel alone.鈥�
鈥淭hank God for books and music and things I can think about.鈥�
鈥淚 am afraid. Not of life, or death, or nothingness, but of wasting it as if I had never been.鈥�
鈥淗ow strange it is that people of honest feelings and sensibility, who would not take advantage of a man born without arms or legs or eyes鈥攈ow such people think nothing of abusing a man with low intelligence.鈥�
鈥淎 child may not know how to feed itself, or what to eat, yet it knows hunger. 鈥�
鈥淭here are so many doors to open. I am impatient to begin. 鈥�
September 6, 2024
i new after the frist few chapturs that this wood end bad but i kept on reeding cos i thot I mite be rong and it wood end gud but it did end bad and now i ain't happy and now i don't like it no more
notty buk made me not happy so I don't give it no more than sum stars 鈽癸笍
notty buk made me not happy so I don't give it no more than sum stars 鈽癸笍
June 24, 2020
Flores para Algernon era um livro que n茫o me chamava muita aten莽茫o. Eu vi o lan莽amento da nova edi莽茫o pela Aleph aqui no Brasil, via algumas pessoas falando sobre ele e sempre elogiando bastante. Mas nada que fizesse eu querer ler. Por茅m, quando eu estava montando a minha lista de 30 antes dos 30 acabei pegando o livro e agrade莽o demais esse momento de epifania j谩 que se tornou um livro muito, muito importante na minha vida.
O livro 茅 sobre um homem chamado Charlie, que tem defici锚ncia intelectual, mas em nenhum momento temos um diagn贸stico definitivo dele, at茅 porque esse livro foi publicado pela primeira vez em 1959 (em um conto) e depois em 1966 virou um romance. Desde ent茫o a ci锚ncia avan莽ou bastante nos diagn贸sticos e 茅 claro que a gente come莽a a fazer suposi莽玫es a partir do conhecimento que temos hoje, mas n茫o temos algo concreto. Inclusive o livro usa termos que j谩 est茫o em desuso como "retardado". Que 茅 bastante ofensivo e me incomodaram bastante.
O que a gente tem certeza 茅 que 茅 muito mais relacionado a cogni莽茫o do que a parte motora. 脡 dificuldade de aprendizado, mem贸ria, reter informa莽玫es, percep莽茫o de subtextos de ironia, mal铆cia, etc... Enfim, s茫o coisas que percebemos desde o come莽o j谩 que o livro 茅 um romance epistolar narrado como se fosse um di谩rio. No livro 茅 chamado relat贸rio de progresso. O Charlie come莽a a narrar neste relat贸rio tudo que acontece com ele pois far谩 parte de um experimento cient铆fico e ser谩 submetido a uma cirurgia que o deixar谩 mais inteligente.
Uma coisa bastante interessante 茅 que o autor usa exatamente essa narra莽玫es para nos apresentar uma evolu莽茫o do Charlie. No come莽o, ele escreve muitas palavras erradas em frases curtas e pouco elaboradas e, depois que ele passa pela cirurgia, 茅 poss铆vel acompanhar sua evolu莽茫o atrav茅s da sua escrita.
Quando eu via as pessoas falando sobre o livro, achava que seria uma fic莽茫o cient铆fica de a莽茫o. Ele ficando mais inteligente e sei l谩, se transformando em algo parecido com um rob么 mesmo. N茫o sei porque eu imaginava isso. Mas a verdade 茅 que 茅 um drama e um dos dramas beeeeem pesados. Porque com o crescimento da intelig锚ncia, o Charlie come莽a a fazer liga莽玫es com coisas que aconteciam na vida dele, com "amigos" e com a fam铆lia que o abandonou. 脡 muito triste quando o Charlie come莽a a se dar conta que as pessoas que ele achava que eram seus amigos porque riam na sua presen莽a, na verdade estavam fazendo piada dele e se aproveitando da defici锚ncia. Tem cenas muito, muito angustiantes que me abalaram profundamente. O livro vai ficando cada vez mais pesado porque, como eu disse, ele vai resgatando mem贸rias do passado e vamos descobrindo o que aconteceu com a fam铆lia dele e porque ele foi abandonado. O sentimento de vergonha e falta de carinho 茅 horroroso. E meu sentimento como leitora era de necessidade de dar o apoio e conforto necess谩rio para o pequeno Charlie.
Uma das principais mensagens do livro 茅 sobre que ter apenas intelig锚ncia n茫o 茅 suficiente quando voc锚 n茫o se desenvolve emocionalmente. Quando n茫o recebe afeto e base suficiente para se sentir seguro.
Enfim, 茅 um livro incr铆vel. Para quem quiser come莽ar a ler fic莽茫o cient铆fica 茅 uma 贸tima op莽茫o porque n茫o tem nada de termos novos ou grandes explica莽玫es cient铆ficas que deixam a leitura massante (que afasta muitos leitores). Como eu disse, 茅 algo mais para o drama mesmo. S贸 leiam. Por favor. Acho que 茅 um livro muito necess谩rio para exercer empatia.
Eu tamb茅m falei sobre o livro no meu canal do youtube:
O livro 茅 sobre um homem chamado Charlie, que tem defici锚ncia intelectual, mas em nenhum momento temos um diagn贸stico definitivo dele, at茅 porque esse livro foi publicado pela primeira vez em 1959 (em um conto) e depois em 1966 virou um romance. Desde ent茫o a ci锚ncia avan莽ou bastante nos diagn贸sticos e 茅 claro que a gente come莽a a fazer suposi莽玫es a partir do conhecimento que temos hoje, mas n茫o temos algo concreto. Inclusive o livro usa termos que j谩 est茫o em desuso como "retardado". Que 茅 bastante ofensivo e me incomodaram bastante.
O que a gente tem certeza 茅 que 茅 muito mais relacionado a cogni莽茫o do que a parte motora. 脡 dificuldade de aprendizado, mem贸ria, reter informa莽玫es, percep莽茫o de subtextos de ironia, mal铆cia, etc... Enfim, s茫o coisas que percebemos desde o come莽o j谩 que o livro 茅 um romance epistolar narrado como se fosse um di谩rio. No livro 茅 chamado relat贸rio de progresso. O Charlie come莽a a narrar neste relat贸rio tudo que acontece com ele pois far谩 parte de um experimento cient铆fico e ser谩 submetido a uma cirurgia que o deixar谩 mais inteligente.
Uma coisa bastante interessante 茅 que o autor usa exatamente essa narra莽玫es para nos apresentar uma evolu莽茫o do Charlie. No come莽o, ele escreve muitas palavras erradas em frases curtas e pouco elaboradas e, depois que ele passa pela cirurgia, 茅 poss铆vel acompanhar sua evolu莽茫o atrav茅s da sua escrita.
Quando eu via as pessoas falando sobre o livro, achava que seria uma fic莽茫o cient铆fica de a莽茫o. Ele ficando mais inteligente e sei l谩, se transformando em algo parecido com um rob么 mesmo. N茫o sei porque eu imaginava isso. Mas a verdade 茅 que 茅 um drama e um dos dramas beeeeem pesados. Porque com o crescimento da intelig锚ncia, o Charlie come莽a a fazer liga莽玫es com coisas que aconteciam na vida dele, com "amigos" e com a fam铆lia que o abandonou. 脡 muito triste quando o Charlie come莽a a se dar conta que as pessoas que ele achava que eram seus amigos porque riam na sua presen莽a, na verdade estavam fazendo piada dele e se aproveitando da defici锚ncia. Tem cenas muito, muito angustiantes que me abalaram profundamente. O livro vai ficando cada vez mais pesado porque, como eu disse, ele vai resgatando mem贸rias do passado e vamos descobrindo o que aconteceu com a fam铆lia dele e porque ele foi abandonado. O sentimento de vergonha e falta de carinho 茅 horroroso. E meu sentimento como leitora era de necessidade de dar o apoio e conforto necess谩rio para o pequeno Charlie.
Uma das principais mensagens do livro 茅 sobre que ter apenas intelig锚ncia n茫o 茅 suficiente quando voc锚 n茫o se desenvolve emocionalmente. Quando n茫o recebe afeto e base suficiente para se sentir seguro.
Enfim, 茅 um livro incr铆vel. Para quem quiser come莽ar a ler fic莽茫o cient铆fica 茅 uma 贸tima op莽茫o porque n茫o tem nada de termos novos ou grandes explica莽玫es cient铆ficas que deixam a leitura massante (que afasta muitos leitores). Como eu disse, 茅 algo mais para o drama mesmo. S贸 leiam. Por favor. Acho que 茅 um livro muito necess谩rio para exercer empatia.
Eu tamb茅m falei sobre o livro no meu canal do youtube:
September 15, 2021
Flowers for Algernon, Daniel Keyes
Flowers for Algernon is a science fiction short story and subsequent novel written by Daniel Keyes. The short story, written in 1958 and first published in the April 1959 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1960.
Algernon is a laboratory mouse who has undergone surgery to increase his intelligence by artificial means. The story is told by a series of progress reports written by Charlie Gordon, the first human test subject for the surgery, and it touches upon many different ethical and moral themes such as the treatment of the mentally disabled.
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鬲丕乇蹖禺 亘賴賳诏丕賲 乇爻丕賳蹖 28/09/1399賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 23/06/1400賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
Flowers for Algernon is a science fiction short story and subsequent novel written by Daniel Keyes. The short story, written in 1958 and first published in the April 1959 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1960.
Algernon is a laboratory mouse who has undergone surgery to increase his intelligence by artificial means. The story is told by a series of progress reports written by Charlie Gordon, the first human test subject for the surgery, and it touches upon many different ethical and moral themes such as the treatment of the mentally disabled.
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April 2, 2021
No dia 30/03, 脿s 17:17, em um dia frio e nebuloso da cidade de Tubar茫o, editheus finishes to read Flores para Algernon acompanhado de bela rodriga e um bel铆ssimo chat.
Sem d煤vidas essa 茅 a ediresenha mais dif铆cil que j谩 fiz, o sentimento que tenho 茅 de completa impot锚ncia, conheci um personagem incr铆vel chamado Charlie e fiz parte de uma hist贸ria emocionalmente complexa e tocante. A cada cap铆tulo que avan莽ava na hist贸ria, ficava me questionando sobre como nossa percep莽茫o de mundo est谩 diretamente ligada a nossa capacidade de entender o que est谩 no nosso exterior e interior, sendo o interior muito mais indecifr谩vel e abstrato.
Passamos a vida tentando entender como lidar com nossos sentimentos, temos essa no莽茫o j谩 definida do que 茅 o mundo e como ele funciona, e neste livro tive a perspectiva de um personagem com defici锚ncia intelectual desenvolvendo esse entendimento do mundo e de si mesmo em quest茫o de semanas. 脡 emocionante demais estar na pele de Charlie e ver a evolu莽茫o da sua capacidade de raciocinar e como seu conflito interno 茅 absurdamente pesado e carregado de traumas da inf芒ncia que nem ele mesmo sabia que carregava, minha vontade muitas vezes era de entrar no livro e dar um caloroso abra莽o no personagem e dizer que vai ficar tudo bem. Aprendi muito com esse livro e com certeza levarei esse conhecimento para o resto da minha vida.
Outro ponto que achei genial 茅 a forma como foi escrita o livro, n茫o vou falar como foi feito para deixar voc锚 com #curiosidade, mas 茅 diferente de tudo que j谩 li e fiquei impressionado como isso s贸 contribuiu para me colocar na pele do personagem principal.
Diante desta hist贸ria, eu, homem que faz anivers谩rio no dia primeiro de abril (e que n茫o 茅 mentira), dou 5 edilikes lend谩rios, desde o come莽o da leitura j谩 senti que esse livro seria coroado com esta nota, ler ele at茅 o final s贸 me deu mais certeza disso.
Para mais resenhas me siga no videolog e no meu fotolog: ediresenhas_tops, agrade莽o a vossa aten莽茫o e nos vemos na pr贸xima jornada.
Sem d煤vidas essa 茅 a ediresenha mais dif铆cil que j谩 fiz, o sentimento que tenho 茅 de completa impot锚ncia, conheci um personagem incr铆vel chamado Charlie e fiz parte de uma hist贸ria emocionalmente complexa e tocante. A cada cap铆tulo que avan莽ava na hist贸ria, ficava me questionando sobre como nossa percep莽茫o de mundo est谩 diretamente ligada a nossa capacidade de entender o que est谩 no nosso exterior e interior, sendo o interior muito mais indecifr谩vel e abstrato.
Passamos a vida tentando entender como lidar com nossos sentimentos, temos essa no莽茫o j谩 definida do que 茅 o mundo e como ele funciona, e neste livro tive a perspectiva de um personagem com defici锚ncia intelectual desenvolvendo esse entendimento do mundo e de si mesmo em quest茫o de semanas. 脡 emocionante demais estar na pele de Charlie e ver a evolu莽茫o da sua capacidade de raciocinar e como seu conflito interno 茅 absurdamente pesado e carregado de traumas da inf芒ncia que nem ele mesmo sabia que carregava, minha vontade muitas vezes era de entrar no livro e dar um caloroso abra莽o no personagem e dizer que vai ficar tudo bem. Aprendi muito com esse livro e com certeza levarei esse conhecimento para o resto da minha vida.
Outro ponto que achei genial 茅 a forma como foi escrita o livro, n茫o vou falar como foi feito para deixar voc锚 com #curiosidade, mas 茅 diferente de tudo que j谩 li e fiquei impressionado como isso s贸 contribuiu para me colocar na pele do personagem principal.
Diante desta hist贸ria, eu, homem que faz anivers谩rio no dia primeiro de abril (e que n茫o 茅 mentira), dou 5 edilikes lend谩rios, desde o come莽o da leitura j谩 senti que esse livro seria coroado com esta nota, ler ele at茅 o final s贸 me deu mais certeza disso.
Para mais resenhas me siga no videolog e no meu fotolog: ediresenhas_tops, agrade莽o a vossa aten莽茫o e nos vemos na pr贸xima jornada.
April 2, 2022
鈥淚 don鈥檛 know what鈥檚 worse: to not know what you are and be happy, or to become what you鈥檝e always wanted to be, and feel alone.鈥�
I first read Daniel Keyes' Flowers for Algernon in junior high school. At the time, I had no idea it was such a groundbreaking novel. Reading it again many years later, I'm not surprised that it is powerful, but I am surprised at just how complete the story is. There were parts of the story that stuck with me all these years: Charlie's belief that his life would be better if he were somehow more intelligent and the heartache of his return to his former condition.
It's difficult to verbalize why this regression should be so heartbreaking. Wasn't Charlie able to experience a life which somehow existed beyond his abilities (sort of like Lt. Barclay in Star Trek the Next Generation's "Nth Degree" episode)? Even if his newfound intelligence didn't last long, how long do any of us get to live at our full potential? Charlie's reclaiming of memories and relationships he forms after gaining intelligence make Charlie feel like a real character who, in spite of the odds, we are rooting for. Flowers for Algernon stays with you long after you finish it!
I first read Daniel Keyes' Flowers for Algernon in junior high school. At the time, I had no idea it was such a groundbreaking novel. Reading it again many years later, I'm not surprised that it is powerful, but I am surprised at just how complete the story is. There were parts of the story that stuck with me all these years: Charlie's belief that his life would be better if he were somehow more intelligent and the heartache of his return to his former condition.
It's difficult to verbalize why this regression should be so heartbreaking. Wasn't Charlie able to experience a life which somehow existed beyond his abilities (sort of like Lt. Barclay in Star Trek the Next Generation's "Nth Degree" episode)? Even if his newfound intelligence didn't last long, how long do any of us get to live at our full potential? Charlie's reclaiming of memories and relationships he forms after gaining intelligence make Charlie feel like a real character who, in spite of the odds, we are rooting for. Flowers for Algernon stays with you long after you finish it!
June 27, 2022
Update Is it better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all, especially if you hardly remember what you have lost? I don't just mean this mysteriously disappeared review, I mean Algernon too.
This is very odd. The book is on my shelves,there are a few likes but the ENTIRE REVIEW has disappeared. How on earth could that happen? GR has deleted my reviews, hidden quite a few but since I am usually signed in I don't know that only friends can see them, is this a new thing, deleting the body of the review, all the text? Or maybe it disappeared some other way??? Aliens, men on the moon who eat green cheese and reviews? Book worms eating pixels instead of dead wood... the mind boggles. But I am as pissed off as I am puzzled.
This is very odd. The book is on my shelves,there are a few likes but the ENTIRE REVIEW has disappeared. How on earth could that happen? GR has deleted my reviews, hidden quite a few but since I am usually signed in I don't know that only friends can see them, is this a new thing, deleting the body of the review, all the text? Or maybe it disappeared some other way??? Aliens, men on the moon who eat green cheese and reviews? Book worms eating pixels instead of dead wood... the mind boggles. But I am as pissed off as I am puzzled.
January 8, 2020
Captivating and heartbreaking.
Daniel Keyes 1958 novel about an intellectually disabled man who, through an experimental medical procedure, gains genius level IQ is a classic of science fiction.
Charlie Gordon began attending classes at night for 鈥渞etarded adults鈥� so that he could learn to read and to 鈥渂e like other people鈥�. With the assistance of his night school teacher, he is interviewed by scientists and is accepted into the experimental program.
At the laboratory he meets Algernon, a mouse who has undergone a similar treatment and who can traverse a series of mazes faster than Charlie. Once through the procedure, Charlie first becomes able to out pace Algernon in the maze game and then advances far beyond what the researchers thought possible.
But intellectual advancement is not the same as emotional and social development and Charlie runs into problems as his life is turned upside down by the changes. His family and social interactions undergo significant transformations. Charlie is not the same person as he was before.
Keyes鈥� conflict develops when Algernon begins to show signs of reversals and the question becomes: will Charlie also lose that which he has gained?
Presented as a series of 鈥減rogress reports鈥� written by Charlie to document and chronicle his perceptions during the months long experiment, the reader is taken on a journey through Charlie鈥檚 unfortunate past, the amazingly rapid intellectual improvements and the sad terrors of what may come. Told with empathy and compassion, Keyes explores what it means to be human and what is most important.
A book that everyone should read.
Daniel Keyes 1958 novel about an intellectually disabled man who, through an experimental medical procedure, gains genius level IQ is a classic of science fiction.
Charlie Gordon began attending classes at night for 鈥渞etarded adults鈥� so that he could learn to read and to 鈥渂e like other people鈥�. With the assistance of his night school teacher, he is interviewed by scientists and is accepted into the experimental program.
At the laboratory he meets Algernon, a mouse who has undergone a similar treatment and who can traverse a series of mazes faster than Charlie. Once through the procedure, Charlie first becomes able to out pace Algernon in the maze game and then advances far beyond what the researchers thought possible.
But intellectual advancement is not the same as emotional and social development and Charlie runs into problems as his life is turned upside down by the changes. His family and social interactions undergo significant transformations. Charlie is not the same person as he was before.
Keyes鈥� conflict develops when Algernon begins to show signs of reversals and the question becomes: will Charlie also lose that which he has gained?
Presented as a series of 鈥減rogress reports鈥� written by Charlie to document and chronicle his perceptions during the months long experiment, the reader is taken on a journey through Charlie鈥檚 unfortunate past, the amazingly rapid intellectual improvements and the sad terrors of what may come. Told with empathy and compassion, Keyes explores what it means to be human and what is most important.
A book that everyone should read.
January 26, 2025
Who do you think you are?
鈥�Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.鈥� - Confucius (allegedly).
It鈥檚 no coincidence that is the title of a TV genealogy series. To know oneself in the present, let alone imagine possible futures, one needs to know, remember, and understand one鈥檚 past.
32-year old Charlie Gordon lives alone, has an IQ of 68, and a cleaning job in a bakery. He lives in the here and now, with very few memories. Then he is selected as the first human subject in an experiment to rapidly increase intelligence. It worked on Algernon, the mouse.
His knowledge increases exponentially, his understanding and emotional growth lag a little, and he gradually regains distressing memories of his childhood. Charlie craves intellectual information (鈥�feeding a hunger that can鈥檛 be satisfied鈥�), but is increasingly driven to discover his past, so that he can know himself, and understand his likely future. The mazes Algernon is trained and tested in become an analogy of Charlie鈥檚 life and newfound quest.
Image: A man amid a maze (: cover of 鈥淟abyrinths鈥� by The Orchestra of the Swan)
The book covers nearly nine months (plus backstory), told by Charlie in a regular 鈥減rogris riport鈥� (later, a 鈥淧rogress Report鈥�) - an intimate diary.
The sci-fi aspect is the single surgical procedure, coupled with some enzymes. Apart from that, it鈥檚 a gripping, and sometimes heartbreaking, story that is set when and where it was written (using language of the time), but is still relevant today.
Ethics
鈥�Intelligence and education that hasn鈥檛 been tempered by human affection isn鈥檛 worth a damn.鈥�
Charlie's story demonstrates that very high intelligence is as much a special educational need, and can be as much of a personal burden, as very low. Also, that emotional intelligence and empathy are vital for happiness - both individual and societal.
You can enjoy and be moved by this novel for the story alone. However, it constantly, quietly raises ethical questions on a range of themes, without preaching, trivialising, or spoon-feeding answers.
Consent
Difference, disability, and the desire to 鈥渇ix鈥� it
My grandfather was fond of the conundrum: 鈥渨ould you rather look more stupid than you are or be more stupid than you look?鈥� Here, acceptance, adaptation, denial, and degrees of intervention and treatment form a complex knot, tugging in multiple directions.
Blissful ignorance?
鈥�I wanted to know the truth, and yet I was afraid of what I might learn.鈥�
Image: The ten classic Rorschach cards ()
Intelligence, worth, and memory
Sex and love
Abuse with love
Human rights
Institutional 鈥渃are鈥�
The end
Image: A jigsaw man piecing himself together - or maybe taking himself apart, by Stephan Schmitz ()
Publication
This was published as a short story in 1958 and expanded to a novel in 1966. It has won numerous awards, mainly as sci-fi.
I don鈥檛 think it鈥檚 well-known in the UK, except perhaps by sci-fi fans, but I gather it鈥檚 often read in US high schools. It鈥檚 also been challenged and banned in some instances, because Charlie struggles to understand his sexual feelings, and how to act on them appropriately.
It may be YA, but it has enough depth and breadth that is a worthwhile and moving read for adults. However, if you have a teen at home, it would be even more fruitful to read and discuss alongside them.
See also
Ted Chiang's short story about suddenly-acquired superintelligence, Understanding, which I reviewed .HERE
鈥�Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.鈥� - Confucius (allegedly).
It鈥檚 no coincidence that is the title of a TV genealogy series. To know oneself in the present, let alone imagine possible futures, one needs to know, remember, and understand one鈥檚 past.
32-year old Charlie Gordon lives alone, has an IQ of 68, and a cleaning job in a bakery. He lives in the here and now, with very few memories. Then he is selected as the first human subject in an experiment to rapidly increase intelligence. It worked on Algernon, the mouse.
His knowledge increases exponentially, his understanding and emotional growth lag a little, and he gradually regains distressing memories of his childhood. Charlie craves intellectual information (鈥�feeding a hunger that can鈥檛 be satisfied鈥�), but is increasingly driven to discover his past, so that he can know himself, and understand his likely future. The mazes Algernon is trained and tested in become an analogy of Charlie鈥檚 life and newfound quest.
Image: A man amid a maze (: cover of 鈥淟abyrinths鈥� by The Orchestra of the Swan)
The book covers nearly nine months (plus backstory), told by Charlie in a regular 鈥減rogris riport鈥� (later, a 鈥淧rogress Report鈥�) - an intimate diary.
The sci-fi aspect is the single surgical procedure, coupled with some enzymes. Apart from that, it鈥檚 a gripping, and sometimes heartbreaking, story that is set when and where it was written (using language of the time), but is still relevant today.
Ethics
鈥�Intelligence and education that hasn鈥檛 been tempered by human affection isn鈥檛 worth a damn.鈥�
Charlie's story demonstrates that very high intelligence is as much a special educational need, and can be as much of a personal burden, as very low. Also, that emotional intelligence and empathy are vital for happiness - both individual and societal.
You can enjoy and be moved by this novel for the story alone. However, it constantly, quietly raises ethical questions on a range of themes, without preaching, trivialising, or spoon-feeding answers.
Consent
Difference, disability, and the desire to 鈥渇ix鈥� it
My grandfather was fond of the conundrum: 鈥渨ould you rather look more stupid than you are or be more stupid than you look?鈥� Here, acceptance, adaptation, denial, and degrees of intervention and treatment form a complex knot, tugging in multiple directions.
Blissful ignorance?
鈥�I wanted to know the truth, and yet I was afraid of what I might learn.鈥�
Image: The ten classic Rorschach cards ()
Intelligence, worth, and memory
Sex and love
Abuse with love
Human rights
Institutional 鈥渃are鈥�
The end
Image: A jigsaw man piecing himself together - or maybe taking himself apart, by Stephan Schmitz ()
Publication
This was published as a short story in 1958 and expanded to a novel in 1966. It has won numerous awards, mainly as sci-fi.
I don鈥檛 think it鈥檚 well-known in the UK, except perhaps by sci-fi fans, but I gather it鈥檚 often read in US high schools. It鈥檚 also been challenged and banned in some instances, because Charlie struggles to understand his sexual feelings, and how to act on them appropriately.
It may be YA, but it has enough depth and breadth that is a worthwhile and moving read for adults. However, if you have a teen at home, it would be even more fruitful to read and discuss alongside them.
See also
Ted Chiang's short story about suddenly-acquired superintelligence, Understanding, which I reviewed .HERE
March 5, 2025
This is one of the most heartbreaking and important stories I鈥檝e ever had the pleasure of reading.
If every single person on earth read this book, I truly believe we would be living in a much more accepting and kind world.
The main character, Charlie Gordon, shows the reader the cost of intelligence. Through his experiences, we see the cruelty that comes with being seen as 鈥渓ess than鈥� or 鈥渋nferior.鈥� On the flip side, we also see the loneliness and frustration that comes with a heighten awareness of humanity. Knowledge is a blessing and a curse for Charlie, but is it worth bearing such a gift, such a burden?
This is a story I will not soon forget.
*sobbing*
If every single person on earth read this book, I truly believe we would be living in a much more accepting and kind world.
The main character, Charlie Gordon, shows the reader the cost of intelligence. Through his experiences, we see the cruelty that comes with being seen as 鈥渓ess than鈥� or 鈥渋nferior.鈥� On the flip side, we also see the loneliness and frustration that comes with a heighten awareness of humanity. Knowledge is a blessing and a curse for Charlie, but is it worth bearing such a gift, such a burden?
This is a story I will not soon forget.
*sobbing*
January 18, 2022
Obra maestra, obra perfecta, obra que me ha destrozado el alma. Un libro que ha llegado a mi vida para no olvidarlo nunca.
Este libro ha partido mi coraz贸n en mil pedazos, y aunque han pasado m谩s de tres meses desde que finalic茅 esta historia, a煤n no logro encontrar todos los fragmentos de mi coraz贸n. Con este libro he llorado much铆simo, y me ha dolido lo m谩s profundo de mi alma. Pero a la vez, he sentido odio, much铆simo odio 鈥攑erd贸n la expresi贸n鈥� hacia todas esas personas tan hijueputas que disfrutan burl谩ndose de los problemas que viven personas como Charlie. Ni siquiera se les deber铆a llamar personas porque son la putrefacci贸n del mundo, me da asco su existencia. Ya explicar茅 en los siguientes p谩rrafos porque siento tanto desprecio por esos individuos.
Flores para Algernon nos narra la cruel historia de Charlie Gordon, un hombre adulto que al igual que miles de personas en el mundo tiene problemas de discapacidad mental. Sin embargo, un d铆a se le presenta la oportunidad de su vida: Un experimento. Experimento que intenta mejorar su vida, por medio de una operaci贸n que busca aumentar su inteligencia. Naturalmente Charlie se someter谩 a dicha operaci贸n porque 茅l desea ser m谩s inteligente, por lo que desde all铆 en adelante, empezaremos a conocer el doloroso pasado de Charlie, y el desconcierto que siente en el presente tras ser sometido a aquella cirug铆a. Como pueden notar el argumento es sencillo por lo que es muy f谩cil leer este libro; pero, lo que no es f谩cil, es ir avanzando p谩gina tras p谩gina sin sentir el dolor de todo lo que ha tenido Charlie que soportar y vivir. Es en este punto donde te duele la maldad de las personas; te duelen las burlas hacia el indefenso; te duele cada frase que Charlie expresa con inocencia aunque no entiende, pero a ti te duele porque t煤 si la entiendes. Siempre que caminamos por la calle y vemos a una persona que act煤a de forma anormal, como si fuera un 芦loco禄, o un 芦retrasado禄, lo ignoramos y ya est谩, pero despu茅s de leer esta historia cambiar谩s completamente la percepci贸n que tienes de esas personas.
驴Por qu茅 me ha afectado tanto esta historia? Pues bien, les contar茅. A lo largo de mi vida he tenido la oportunidad de estar cerca de tres personas con problemas mentales. La primera, es mi vecina que me lleva dos a帽os, tiene problemas de aprendizaje, y nunca pudo estudiar porque su propia familia le neg贸 la oportunidad de hacerlo, ya que nunca quisieron enviarla a ninguna instituci贸n porque eso era una 芦perdedera de plata禄. Por tanto, con el paso de los a帽os, ella result贸 reciclando y cargando pesados bultos todos los d铆as para intentar sobrevivir. La segunda persona es una t铆a de mi madre, que naci贸 con retraso mental, y de la cual muchos se burlaban. Sin embargo, fue una persona 鈥攕铆, fue, porque ya falleci贸 hace muchos a帽os鈥� que le hizo durante much铆simos a帽os compa帽铆a a mi madre, e incluso mi madre confiesa que ella fue la mejor amiga que ha tenido en su vida. En cambio, con la tercera persona compart铆 mucho m谩s. Su nombre es Iv谩n, tiene mi misma edad, y es muy inteligente. Su problema consiste en que no puede realizar ciertos movimientos motores correctamente, y que la forma de expresar sus emociones siempre ser谩n los de un ni帽o peque帽o, sin importar la edad que tenga. Este libro me hizo recordar todo el tiempo a mi amigo Iv谩n, porque estudi茅 con 茅l seis a帽os, se gradu贸 de bachiller tambi茅n conmigo, pero durante su estancia en el colegio siempre mis compa帽eros 鈥攓ue eran maliciosos por naturaleza鈥� se burlaron de 茅l sin contemplaci贸n. 脡l ni se daba cuenta que se le burlaban, cre铆a que ellos se re铆an porque eran sus amigos, cuando realmente se aprovechaban de 茅l. Y aqu铆, es donde empiezo a sentir odio porque recuerdo la forma como algunos lo atacaron: Le robaban las onces, se le copiaban las tareas, se le burlaban en la cara, las mujeres le empezaban a coquetear para preguntarle sobre su vida 铆ntima y sexual, y lo peor que le hicieron fue cuando un d铆a, un tremendo imb茅cil, se atrevi贸 a meterle el pene en la boca. Vinieron expulsiones, denuncias y dem谩s, pero al final 驴eso de que sirve? Cuando el mal ya est谩 hecho, los traumas no se olvidan. Desde all铆, entre los que lo apreci谩bamos de verdad, empezamos a intentar protegerlo lo mejor posible hasta el momento de su graduaci贸n. A Iv谩n, siempre lo tendr茅 en mi coraz贸n, y tiene mi m谩s absoluto respeto. En verdad es un gran hombre, una persona muy educada, y que nunca caus贸 problemas. El mundo est谩 lleno de personas como Iv谩n, o Charlie, pero lamentablemente tambi茅n est谩 atiborrado de maldad y personas abusivas: A veces es demasiada cruel la realidad. Por ello, mientras le铆 este libro todo el tiempo me acord茅 de mi amigo, y no pude contener las l谩grimas. De hecho, mientras escribo estas palabras, no puedo ocultar que estoy llorando en este instante.
Despu茅s de realizar una pausa, tomar agua, y secar mis l谩grimas, ahora paso a contar sobre la estructura del libro. Daniel Keyes ha elaborado su libro de forma magistral al asignarle el rol de narrador al mism铆simo Charlie, quien cuenta sus experiencias, sentimientos y pensamientos, a trav茅s de un informe de progresos. Pero recordemos, Charlie tiene discapacidad mental, por lo que no sabe escribir muy bien. Es por ello, que en los primeros cap铆tulos el libro est谩 escrito con la ortograf铆a y redacci贸n de una persona que no sabe escribir. Esto quiz谩s puede ser molesto para el lector, pero a m铆 personalmente me ha parecido una completa genialidad. Para m铆 lo es porque Daniel Keyes naturalmente sabe escribir, por lo que emplear una narraci贸n con errores de ortograf铆a y estructura, y que a la vez logre comprenderse perfectamente 鈥攃omo sucede鈥� no debe ser sencillo. Usar la propia prosa para darle profundidad a su protagonista es algo muy original y bien pensado. Adicionalmente, otro punto muy destacado sobre la estructura del libro, es el uso de flashbacks. Hay historias donde se siente que el uso de flashbacks es una obligaci贸n porque no est谩n escritos con la paciencia y delicadeza del resto del libro; sin embargo, Daniel Keyes le ha dedicado much铆sima atenci贸n a los flashbacks en su obra, llegando a ser capaz de suministrarle al lector una gran dosis de dolor y consternaci贸n en cada inyecci贸n del pasado de Charlie.
Considero que esta obra, que se ha ganado mi coraz贸n y nunca olvidar茅, es una fuerte cr铆tica al bullying, a la intolerancia, a los problemas familiares, a la falta de comprensi贸n, entre muchos temas m谩s. Es un libro que te ense帽a sobre la vida, y que te ofrece a trav茅s de Charlie, una perspectiva inocente sobre ella. Todos, absolutamente todos en alg煤n momento fuimos inocentes, pero al crecer dejamos de serlo, y al crecer tambi茅n olvidamos la mayor parte de pensamientos y creencias que tuvimos en esa etapa ingenua de nuestra naturaleza. Charlie es inocente, por lo que recorrer este camino junto a 茅l, nos mostrar谩 una perspectiva 煤nica sobre la forma como la sociedad se aprovecha de la ingenuidad. Al fin y al cabo, por ello es que cuando somos ni帽os necesitamos la protecci贸n de un adulto que ya conoce de la vida, de lo contrario la maldad del mundo nos tragar铆a enteros.
Sin embargo, avanzar谩n las p谩ginas, el estilo de redacci贸n cambiar谩, y de la misma forma comenzaremos a ser testigos del gran cambio que vivir谩 Charlie (Eso no es un spoiler, eso aparece en la sinopsis del libro). Ser谩 como acompa帽ar a un ni帽o en su proceso de crecimiento en el cual va aprendiendo a vivir, pensar, enfrentarse a los dilemas morales de la vida, se va enamorando, observa lo bueno y malo del mundo, vive su sexualidad, etc. Seremos testigos de que los traumas m谩s dif铆ciles de superar son los que adquirimos en nuestra infancia, y de que no basta con tener conocimientos o ser inteligentes cuando no hemos aprendido a manejar nuestras emociones, tanto negativas como entusiastas. Seremos testigos de que nuestra sociabilidad, caracter铆stica de los seres humanos, siempre ha condicionado nuestros comportamientos con el firme objetivo de sentirnos pertenecientes a un grupo, civilizaci贸n, o dem谩s. Seremos testigos de que la ciencia es una gran bendici贸n para la civilizaci贸n, pero tambi茅n una gran tortura para otros cuantos. Es un libro triste, pero precioso, que est谩 escrito de tal forma que te toca el coraz贸n, juega con tus sentimientos, y en verdad es muy, pero muy emotivo: Es el libro m谩s emotivo que he le铆do en mi vida.
Es en este punto donde necesito hacer la aclaraci贸n, de que a pesar de que esta historia est谩 incluida en la categor铆a de ciencia ficci贸n, no encontraremos m谩s elementos relacionados al g茅nero. Toda la ciencia ficci贸n de esta historia es el experimento, no hay m谩s. Claramente ese experimento obliga a que esta obra entre en dicha categor铆a, pero el libro est谩 enfocado completamente en Charlie, en su progreso, y en las cr铆ticas mencionadas anteriormente. Sin embargo, 驴qu茅 importa que no tenga m谩s ciencia ficci贸n? Eso deja de importar en este libro, esa es la verdad. Psicol贸gicamente, es un libro perfecto.
En resumen, un libro cruel pero bello, que te ofrece la oportunidad de descubrir que no eres tan villano como a veces sueles personificar ante los dem谩s. Ese rol, solo es una coraza que hemos ido fortaleciendo porque en el fondo hemos llorado, nos han lastimado emocionalmente de mil maneras, y no queremos volver a sentir dolor. Por ello, este libro te hace recordar que la maldad del mundo, el sufrimiento del indefenso, y la crueldad en general, s铆 te lastiman en el fondo as铆 te hagas el fuerte. Cada cap铆tulo es una punzada de dolor para el alma, y cada l谩grima derramada es una demostraci贸n de que tienes un lado muy bello que debes proteger del mal. Un libro que te hace sentir mucho m谩s humano, y que lo recomiendo a todo ser que viva alguna vez, en este planeta redondo llamado Tierra. 驴Calificaci贸n? No tuve ni que analizarlo. Cinco estrellas son muy poco para esta obra maestra. Libro s煤per recomendado.
芦He aprendido que la inteligencia por s铆 sola no significa gran cosa. Aqu铆, en su Universidad, la inteligencia, la educaci贸n, el saber, se han convertido en grandes 铆dolos. Pero ahora s茅 que hay un detalle que han olvidado: la inteligencia y la educaci贸n que no han sido templadas en el afecto humano no valen gran cosa.禄 鈥擟harlie Gordon.
Este libro ha partido mi coraz贸n en mil pedazos, y aunque han pasado m谩s de tres meses desde que finalic茅 esta historia, a煤n no logro encontrar todos los fragmentos de mi coraz贸n. Con este libro he llorado much铆simo, y me ha dolido lo m谩s profundo de mi alma. Pero a la vez, he sentido odio, much铆simo odio 鈥攑erd贸n la expresi贸n鈥� hacia todas esas personas tan hijueputas que disfrutan burl谩ndose de los problemas que viven personas como Charlie. Ni siquiera se les deber铆a llamar personas porque son la putrefacci贸n del mundo, me da asco su existencia. Ya explicar茅 en los siguientes p谩rrafos porque siento tanto desprecio por esos individuos.
Flores para Algernon nos narra la cruel historia de Charlie Gordon, un hombre adulto que al igual que miles de personas en el mundo tiene problemas de discapacidad mental. Sin embargo, un d铆a se le presenta la oportunidad de su vida: Un experimento. Experimento que intenta mejorar su vida, por medio de una operaci贸n que busca aumentar su inteligencia. Naturalmente Charlie se someter谩 a dicha operaci贸n porque 茅l desea ser m谩s inteligente, por lo que desde all铆 en adelante, empezaremos a conocer el doloroso pasado de Charlie, y el desconcierto que siente en el presente tras ser sometido a aquella cirug铆a. Como pueden notar el argumento es sencillo por lo que es muy f谩cil leer este libro; pero, lo que no es f谩cil, es ir avanzando p谩gina tras p谩gina sin sentir el dolor de todo lo que ha tenido Charlie que soportar y vivir. Es en este punto donde te duele la maldad de las personas; te duelen las burlas hacia el indefenso; te duele cada frase que Charlie expresa con inocencia aunque no entiende, pero a ti te duele porque t煤 si la entiendes. Siempre que caminamos por la calle y vemos a una persona que act煤a de forma anormal, como si fuera un 芦loco禄, o un 芦retrasado禄, lo ignoramos y ya est谩, pero despu茅s de leer esta historia cambiar谩s completamente la percepci贸n que tienes de esas personas.
驴Por qu茅 me ha afectado tanto esta historia? Pues bien, les contar茅. A lo largo de mi vida he tenido la oportunidad de estar cerca de tres personas con problemas mentales. La primera, es mi vecina que me lleva dos a帽os, tiene problemas de aprendizaje, y nunca pudo estudiar porque su propia familia le neg贸 la oportunidad de hacerlo, ya que nunca quisieron enviarla a ninguna instituci贸n porque eso era una 芦perdedera de plata禄. Por tanto, con el paso de los a帽os, ella result贸 reciclando y cargando pesados bultos todos los d铆as para intentar sobrevivir. La segunda persona es una t铆a de mi madre, que naci贸 con retraso mental, y de la cual muchos se burlaban. Sin embargo, fue una persona 鈥攕铆, fue, porque ya falleci贸 hace muchos a帽os鈥� que le hizo durante much铆simos a帽os compa帽铆a a mi madre, e incluso mi madre confiesa que ella fue la mejor amiga que ha tenido en su vida. En cambio, con la tercera persona compart铆 mucho m谩s. Su nombre es Iv谩n, tiene mi misma edad, y es muy inteligente. Su problema consiste en que no puede realizar ciertos movimientos motores correctamente, y que la forma de expresar sus emociones siempre ser谩n los de un ni帽o peque帽o, sin importar la edad que tenga. Este libro me hizo recordar todo el tiempo a mi amigo Iv谩n, porque estudi茅 con 茅l seis a帽os, se gradu贸 de bachiller tambi茅n conmigo, pero durante su estancia en el colegio siempre mis compa帽eros 鈥攓ue eran maliciosos por naturaleza鈥� se burlaron de 茅l sin contemplaci贸n. 脡l ni se daba cuenta que se le burlaban, cre铆a que ellos se re铆an porque eran sus amigos, cuando realmente se aprovechaban de 茅l. Y aqu铆, es donde empiezo a sentir odio porque recuerdo la forma como algunos lo atacaron: Le robaban las onces, se le copiaban las tareas, se le burlaban en la cara, las mujeres le empezaban a coquetear para preguntarle sobre su vida 铆ntima y sexual, y lo peor que le hicieron fue cuando un d铆a, un tremendo imb茅cil, se atrevi贸 a meterle el pene en la boca. Vinieron expulsiones, denuncias y dem谩s, pero al final 驴eso de que sirve? Cuando el mal ya est谩 hecho, los traumas no se olvidan. Desde all铆, entre los que lo apreci谩bamos de verdad, empezamos a intentar protegerlo lo mejor posible hasta el momento de su graduaci贸n. A Iv谩n, siempre lo tendr茅 en mi coraz贸n, y tiene mi m谩s absoluto respeto. En verdad es un gran hombre, una persona muy educada, y que nunca caus贸 problemas. El mundo est谩 lleno de personas como Iv谩n, o Charlie, pero lamentablemente tambi茅n est谩 atiborrado de maldad y personas abusivas: A veces es demasiada cruel la realidad. Por ello, mientras le铆 este libro todo el tiempo me acord茅 de mi amigo, y no pude contener las l谩grimas. De hecho, mientras escribo estas palabras, no puedo ocultar que estoy llorando en este instante.
Despu茅s de realizar una pausa, tomar agua, y secar mis l谩grimas, ahora paso a contar sobre la estructura del libro. Daniel Keyes ha elaborado su libro de forma magistral al asignarle el rol de narrador al mism铆simo Charlie, quien cuenta sus experiencias, sentimientos y pensamientos, a trav茅s de un informe de progresos. Pero recordemos, Charlie tiene discapacidad mental, por lo que no sabe escribir muy bien. Es por ello, que en los primeros cap铆tulos el libro est谩 escrito con la ortograf铆a y redacci贸n de una persona que no sabe escribir. Esto quiz谩s puede ser molesto para el lector, pero a m铆 personalmente me ha parecido una completa genialidad. Para m铆 lo es porque Daniel Keyes naturalmente sabe escribir, por lo que emplear una narraci贸n con errores de ortograf铆a y estructura, y que a la vez logre comprenderse perfectamente 鈥攃omo sucede鈥� no debe ser sencillo. Usar la propia prosa para darle profundidad a su protagonista es algo muy original y bien pensado. Adicionalmente, otro punto muy destacado sobre la estructura del libro, es el uso de flashbacks. Hay historias donde se siente que el uso de flashbacks es una obligaci贸n porque no est谩n escritos con la paciencia y delicadeza del resto del libro; sin embargo, Daniel Keyes le ha dedicado much铆sima atenci贸n a los flashbacks en su obra, llegando a ser capaz de suministrarle al lector una gran dosis de dolor y consternaci贸n en cada inyecci贸n del pasado de Charlie.
Considero que esta obra, que se ha ganado mi coraz贸n y nunca olvidar茅, es una fuerte cr铆tica al bullying, a la intolerancia, a los problemas familiares, a la falta de comprensi贸n, entre muchos temas m谩s. Es un libro que te ense帽a sobre la vida, y que te ofrece a trav茅s de Charlie, una perspectiva inocente sobre ella. Todos, absolutamente todos en alg煤n momento fuimos inocentes, pero al crecer dejamos de serlo, y al crecer tambi茅n olvidamos la mayor parte de pensamientos y creencias que tuvimos en esa etapa ingenua de nuestra naturaleza. Charlie es inocente, por lo que recorrer este camino junto a 茅l, nos mostrar谩 una perspectiva 煤nica sobre la forma como la sociedad se aprovecha de la ingenuidad. Al fin y al cabo, por ello es que cuando somos ni帽os necesitamos la protecci贸n de un adulto que ya conoce de la vida, de lo contrario la maldad del mundo nos tragar铆a enteros.
Sin embargo, avanzar谩n las p谩ginas, el estilo de redacci贸n cambiar谩, y de la misma forma comenzaremos a ser testigos del gran cambio que vivir谩 Charlie (Eso no es un spoiler, eso aparece en la sinopsis del libro). Ser谩 como acompa帽ar a un ni帽o en su proceso de crecimiento en el cual va aprendiendo a vivir, pensar, enfrentarse a los dilemas morales de la vida, se va enamorando, observa lo bueno y malo del mundo, vive su sexualidad, etc. Seremos testigos de que los traumas m谩s dif铆ciles de superar son los que adquirimos en nuestra infancia, y de que no basta con tener conocimientos o ser inteligentes cuando no hemos aprendido a manejar nuestras emociones, tanto negativas como entusiastas. Seremos testigos de que nuestra sociabilidad, caracter铆stica de los seres humanos, siempre ha condicionado nuestros comportamientos con el firme objetivo de sentirnos pertenecientes a un grupo, civilizaci贸n, o dem谩s. Seremos testigos de que la ciencia es una gran bendici贸n para la civilizaci贸n, pero tambi茅n una gran tortura para otros cuantos. Es un libro triste, pero precioso, que est谩 escrito de tal forma que te toca el coraz贸n, juega con tus sentimientos, y en verdad es muy, pero muy emotivo: Es el libro m谩s emotivo que he le铆do en mi vida.
Es en este punto donde necesito hacer la aclaraci贸n, de que a pesar de que esta historia est谩 incluida en la categor铆a de ciencia ficci贸n, no encontraremos m谩s elementos relacionados al g茅nero. Toda la ciencia ficci贸n de esta historia es el experimento, no hay m谩s. Claramente ese experimento obliga a que esta obra entre en dicha categor铆a, pero el libro est谩 enfocado completamente en Charlie, en su progreso, y en las cr铆ticas mencionadas anteriormente. Sin embargo, 驴qu茅 importa que no tenga m谩s ciencia ficci贸n? Eso deja de importar en este libro, esa es la verdad. Psicol贸gicamente, es un libro perfecto.
En resumen, un libro cruel pero bello, que te ofrece la oportunidad de descubrir que no eres tan villano como a veces sueles personificar ante los dem谩s. Ese rol, solo es una coraza que hemos ido fortaleciendo porque en el fondo hemos llorado, nos han lastimado emocionalmente de mil maneras, y no queremos volver a sentir dolor. Por ello, este libro te hace recordar que la maldad del mundo, el sufrimiento del indefenso, y la crueldad en general, s铆 te lastiman en el fondo as铆 te hagas el fuerte. Cada cap铆tulo es una punzada de dolor para el alma, y cada l谩grima derramada es una demostraci贸n de que tienes un lado muy bello que debes proteger del mal. Un libro que te hace sentir mucho m谩s humano, y que lo recomiendo a todo ser que viva alguna vez, en este planeta redondo llamado Tierra. 驴Calificaci贸n? No tuve ni que analizarlo. Cinco estrellas son muy poco para esta obra maestra. Libro s煤per recomendado.
May 1, 2018
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January 10, 2013
I first read this book in 8th grade, in my english class. I remembered enjoying it, being fascinated in how the author painted the picture that I really was reading Charlie's journal by use of spelling, grammar and punctuation related to the level Charlie was at when writing the entries. What I didn't know at the time was the people who created the text book I used felt it was okay to chop whole chapters out of the middle of the book. They felt pulling out whole sections was okay in the name of protecting children from "bad" concepts like sex, alcohol, and violence. They didn't consider that perhaps leaving the story intact and waiting for the children to mature before handing them this story was a better route.
I discovered this injustice when I was in a used bookstore, and remembered this story I read in class I enjoyed, so I dug up a copy and bought it. When I got home, I jumped right in and started to reread it, only to get a shock in the middle of the book where suddenly there were whole chapters about this neighbor Charlie gets involved with that I didn't remember. When I reread the book more recently, there were more things that I realized would have been chopped out of a version intended for 8th grade students to read, and I just hadn't noticed as much the first time reading the complete copy because they were tucked in with the more mundane things towards the beginning of Charlies developments.
All ranting aside, I find this book to be a fascinating look at human nature, personality and development. It's well written, and does a good job placing you into Charlie's head as he goes up and down through this experiment. If you read it in school like I first did, do yourself a favor and buy or borrow a complete copy of the book to read. The lessons learned by all characters in the book certainly give you lots of think about your own behavior and that of others.
EDIT: There have been a few comments pointing out that the story was a short story first, likely the version I read in my school textbook, that was later expanded into the novel. I only wanted to add this note to my review, as it seems some people comment without reading the other comments left, so I'm seeing both comments informing me of this fact and comments of outrage that the book was censored.
I discovered this injustice when I was in a used bookstore, and remembered this story I read in class I enjoyed, so I dug up a copy and bought it. When I got home, I jumped right in and started to reread it, only to get a shock in the middle of the book where suddenly there were whole chapters about this neighbor Charlie gets involved with that I didn't remember. When I reread the book more recently, there were more things that I realized would have been chopped out of a version intended for 8th grade students to read, and I just hadn't noticed as much the first time reading the complete copy because they were tucked in with the more mundane things towards the beginning of Charlies developments.
All ranting aside, I find this book to be a fascinating look at human nature, personality and development. It's well written, and does a good job placing you into Charlie's head as he goes up and down through this experiment. If you read it in school like I first did, do yourself a favor and buy or borrow a complete copy of the book to read. The lessons learned by all characters in the book certainly give you lots of think about your own behavior and that of others.
EDIT: There have been a few comments pointing out that the story was a short story first, likely the version I read in my school textbook, that was later expanded into the novel. I only wanted to add this note to my review, as it seems some people comment without reading the other comments left, so I'm seeing both comments informing me of this fact and comments of outrage that the book was censored.
November 11, 2015
"The walls between people are thin here, and if I listen quietly, I hear what is going on. Greenwich Village is like that too. Not just being close - because I don't feel it in a crowded elevator or on the subway during the rush - but on a hot night when everyone is out walking, or sitting in the theater, there is a rustling, and for a moment I brush against someone and sense the connection between the branch and trunk and the deep root. At such moments my flesh is thin and tight, and the unbearable hunger to be part of it drives me out to search in the dark corners and blind alleys of the night."
This book is absolutely a must-read! I've had it on my list to read for quite some time, not because I thought it would be fantastic, but because I thought to myself that here is a book almost everyone has read and somehow I have not. Well, having finished this masterpiece, I have to say wow! - Flowers for Algernon is truly incredible. So thought-provoking and almost emotionally overwhelming, I really felt this novel speaking to me about love, humanity, and our purpose and place in the world.
Categorized as "young adult" and "science fiction", Flowers for Algernon is most certainly not just for the young adult and is not a science fiction novel in the typical sense (no space travel or otherworldly beings in these pages), but is instead a novel that goes just outside the box of realistic fiction. It goes just beyond the boundaries of what we have accomplished in science and medicine. Charlie Gordon is a young man with an I.Q. of 68. He works in a bakery doing custodial work while taking classes to learn to read and write. He is a happy person, feels he has many friends, and is also driven to please people and to make himself smarter. Having been cast aside by his family, most notably his mother, much of Charlie's thoughts and actions throughout the book are a result of how he was treated and rebuked as a child and his desire to be viewed as a "normal" individual. In fact, much of this book causes the reader to think that each and every one of us has the right to be regarded with dignity and respect no matter what our deficiencies or differences. When given the opportunity to increase his intelligence by a procedure previously tried only in animals, Charlie jumps at this rare chance. Feeling confident in their positive results with a mouse named Algernon, the experts are prepared to make the first step with this experimental surgery in humans and agree that Charlie is an ideal candidate. "Dr. Strauss said I had something that was very good. He said I had a good motor-vation. I never even knowed I had that. I felt good when he said not everbody with an eye-Q of 68 had that thing like I had it. I dont know what it is or where I got it but he said Algernon had it too." Here, too, we can see Charlie's need to satisfy his family, even now that they are no longer a part of his life: "If the operashun werks and I get smart mabye Ill be abel to find my mom and dad and sister and show them. Boy woud they be serprised to see me smart just like them and my sister."
Following a successful surgery, Charlie indeed becomes smarter; he eventually surpasses the very individuals that achieved this medical and scientific accomplishment. But, with intelligence Charlie is confronted with hidden and often painful memories, an awareness of true human behavior and a struggle with the desire to rid himself of a feeling of loneliness. "Intelligence is one of the greatest human gifts. But all too often a search for knowledge drives out the search for love." Charlie shifts from being a humble, mentally handicapped young man with many friends (though some of these friends had in fact been laughing at him) to a brilliant man whose intelligence and attitude of superiority isolates him from those friends. He is tormented by emotional and sexual immaturity despite his genius I.Q. As the novel is written in diary format, the reader is privy to Charlie's innermost thoughts throughout his journey and I was completely consumed by Charlie's emotions. I felt hopeful, joyful, enlightened, angry, confused and heartbroken right along with Charlie鈥� I cried. Charlie begins to understand something very vital about human nature: "I could see how important physical love was... The universe was exploding, each particle away from the next, hurtling us into dark and lonely space, eternally tearing us away from each other - child out of the womb, friend away from friend, moving from each other, each through his own pathway toward the goal-box of solitary death. But this was the counterweight, the act of binding and holding. As when men to keep from being swept overboard in the storm clutch at each other's hands to resist being torn apart, so our bodies fused a link in the human chain that kept us from being swept into nothing."
I felt just as enraged as Charlie when he realized that prior to his surgery, he was not even considered a human being by some of the scientists to whom he owed his new-found intelligence. Professor Nemur termed his prior existence as being "nature's mistake" and went further to say that "Charlie Gordon did not really exist before this experiment." Here, Charlie turned a corner and a sudden realization prompted him to dissociate himself from the other scientists and immerse himself in his own research to predict the final outcome of this experiment on both Algernon and himself. Is artificially-induced intelligence a permanent state? What can Charlie contribute to this field and does he have time?
Flowers for Algernon is a beautiful and poignant story. Daniel Keyes effectively teaches us about the issue of living with a disability as well as parenting a child with a disability, love, respect, and the essential need for human connection and affection. If you have not yet read this book, I highly recommend that you take a moment and move this one up to the top of your list!
This book is absolutely a must-read! I've had it on my list to read for quite some time, not because I thought it would be fantastic, but because I thought to myself that here is a book almost everyone has read and somehow I have not. Well, having finished this masterpiece, I have to say wow! - Flowers for Algernon is truly incredible. So thought-provoking and almost emotionally overwhelming, I really felt this novel speaking to me about love, humanity, and our purpose and place in the world.
Categorized as "young adult" and "science fiction", Flowers for Algernon is most certainly not just for the young adult and is not a science fiction novel in the typical sense (no space travel or otherworldly beings in these pages), but is instead a novel that goes just outside the box of realistic fiction. It goes just beyond the boundaries of what we have accomplished in science and medicine. Charlie Gordon is a young man with an I.Q. of 68. He works in a bakery doing custodial work while taking classes to learn to read and write. He is a happy person, feels he has many friends, and is also driven to please people and to make himself smarter. Having been cast aside by his family, most notably his mother, much of Charlie's thoughts and actions throughout the book are a result of how he was treated and rebuked as a child and his desire to be viewed as a "normal" individual. In fact, much of this book causes the reader to think that each and every one of us has the right to be regarded with dignity and respect no matter what our deficiencies or differences. When given the opportunity to increase his intelligence by a procedure previously tried only in animals, Charlie jumps at this rare chance. Feeling confident in their positive results with a mouse named Algernon, the experts are prepared to make the first step with this experimental surgery in humans and agree that Charlie is an ideal candidate. "Dr. Strauss said I had something that was very good. He said I had a good motor-vation. I never even knowed I had that. I felt good when he said not everbody with an eye-Q of 68 had that thing like I had it. I dont know what it is or where I got it but he said Algernon had it too." Here, too, we can see Charlie's need to satisfy his family, even now that they are no longer a part of his life: "If the operashun werks and I get smart mabye Ill be abel to find my mom and dad and sister and show them. Boy woud they be serprised to see me smart just like them and my sister."
Following a successful surgery, Charlie indeed becomes smarter; he eventually surpasses the very individuals that achieved this medical and scientific accomplishment. But, with intelligence Charlie is confronted with hidden and often painful memories, an awareness of true human behavior and a struggle with the desire to rid himself of a feeling of loneliness. "Intelligence is one of the greatest human gifts. But all too often a search for knowledge drives out the search for love." Charlie shifts from being a humble, mentally handicapped young man with many friends (though some of these friends had in fact been laughing at him) to a brilliant man whose intelligence and attitude of superiority isolates him from those friends. He is tormented by emotional and sexual immaturity despite his genius I.Q. As the novel is written in diary format, the reader is privy to Charlie's innermost thoughts throughout his journey and I was completely consumed by Charlie's emotions. I felt hopeful, joyful, enlightened, angry, confused and heartbroken right along with Charlie鈥� I cried. Charlie begins to understand something very vital about human nature: "I could see how important physical love was... The universe was exploding, each particle away from the next, hurtling us into dark and lonely space, eternally tearing us away from each other - child out of the womb, friend away from friend, moving from each other, each through his own pathway toward the goal-box of solitary death. But this was the counterweight, the act of binding and holding. As when men to keep from being swept overboard in the storm clutch at each other's hands to resist being torn apart, so our bodies fused a link in the human chain that kept us from being swept into nothing."
I felt just as enraged as Charlie when he realized that prior to his surgery, he was not even considered a human being by some of the scientists to whom he owed his new-found intelligence. Professor Nemur termed his prior existence as being "nature's mistake" and went further to say that "Charlie Gordon did not really exist before this experiment." Here, Charlie turned a corner and a sudden realization prompted him to dissociate himself from the other scientists and immerse himself in his own research to predict the final outcome of this experiment on both Algernon and himself. Is artificially-induced intelligence a permanent state? What can Charlie contribute to this field and does he have time?
Flowers for Algernon is a beautiful and poignant story. Daniel Keyes effectively teaches us about the issue of living with a disability as well as parenting a child with a disability, love, respect, and the essential need for human connection and affection. If you have not yet read this book, I highly recommend that you take a moment and move this one up to the top of your list!
August 20, 2018
While this is clearly speculative fiction, the point of Flowers for Algernon isn't the technology that lets Charlie become more intelligent but rather how people react to him, both before and afterwards, as his perceptions of the world change. This is, in part, a sharp rebuke of the way that the mentally retarded are treated, but there are also interesting explorations of identity, friendship, and the results of revisiting one's past. There are several wonderfully memorable characters, particularly the free-living artist living next door.
The journal technique is quite effective in bringing the reader into the story and conveying Charlie's intelligence level, using spelling and grammar as superficial clues and the sophistication of Charlie's observations as a deeper clue to his current intelligence level. Over the course of the book, the writing slowly becomes more sophisticated, in tune with the underlying thoughts. I liked the balance between first-person immediacy and thoughtful retrospective that the format of a journal entry at the end of each day or two provides.
The reader's growing ability to understand Charlie and Charlie's attempts to understand himself touch on the exploration of alienness and human reactions to it that underpin so many great science fiction stories. Highly recommended.
December 15, 2016
When Charlie Gordon, a mentally disabled man, undergoes an experiment to increase his intelligence, his life changes in ways he never imagined. But will the intelligence increase be permanent.
I first became aware of Flowers for Algernon when it was mentioned in an episode of Newsradio. I forgot about it until that episode of The Simpsons inspired by it, when it was discovered Homer had a crayon lodged in his brain. I'd mostly forgotten about it again until it popped up for ninety-nine cents in one of my BookGorilla emails.
Flowers for Algernon is one of those stories I wish I would have read years earlier. It's simply marvelous. It's about the nature of intelligence and how intelligence can be divisive. It's a very emotional book.
Personally, this was a very powerful book for me. For a lot of my time in school, I was way ahead of the curve and didn't really click with other kids. As Charlie's intelligence grew, eventually surpassing even the scientists that experimented on him, his feelings of isolation increased and I felt a lot of kinship toward Charlie. His difficulties fitting in were the cherry on top of the loneliness sundae.
As Charlie's intelligence grew and he comprehended things from his past, it was hard not to feel sorry for him. Once he starts sliding backward, the book keeps getting more and more sad. Keyes doesn't mind kicking you in the emotional junk, that's for sure.
I love the way the book is written in periodic progress reports from Charlie. It's perfect vehicle to show his increase in intelligence and eventual decline. There were man-tears shed over the course of the book. I had to set the book down a few times to keep from sobbing in my cube.
Flowers for Algernon is one of those rare science fiction novels that transcends the genre. Five out of five stars.
I first became aware of Flowers for Algernon when it was mentioned in an episode of Newsradio. I forgot about it until that episode of The Simpsons inspired by it, when it was discovered Homer had a crayon lodged in his brain. I'd mostly forgotten about it again until it popped up for ninety-nine cents in one of my BookGorilla emails.
Flowers for Algernon is one of those stories I wish I would have read years earlier. It's simply marvelous. It's about the nature of intelligence and how intelligence can be divisive. It's a very emotional book.
Personally, this was a very powerful book for me. For a lot of my time in school, I was way ahead of the curve and didn't really click with other kids. As Charlie's intelligence grew, eventually surpassing even the scientists that experimented on him, his feelings of isolation increased and I felt a lot of kinship toward Charlie. His difficulties fitting in were the cherry on top of the loneliness sundae.
As Charlie's intelligence grew and he comprehended things from his past, it was hard not to feel sorry for him. Once he starts sliding backward, the book keeps getting more and more sad. Keyes doesn't mind kicking you in the emotional junk, that's for sure.
I love the way the book is written in periodic progress reports from Charlie. It's perfect vehicle to show his increase in intelligence and eventual decline. There were man-tears shed over the course of the book. I had to set the book down a few times to keep from sobbing in my cube.
Flowers for Algernon is one of those rare science fiction novels that transcends the genre. Five out of five stars.
May 22, 2021
SF Masterworks #25: Algernon is a mouse that undergoes surgery and lots of other work, that hugely increases his intelligence in a matter of weeks!
Charlie Gordon, is a simpleton with an IQ of 68, a floor sweeper in a bakery who is desperate to learn. Charlie is to become the first human test case for this newly confirmed memory enhancement process!
This book is pure speculative fiction with zero sci-fi content and it's a scorcher! Keyes writes a very human story in using Charlie's Progress Reports as the narrative tool. I got to really understand (and have empathy with) the simpleton Charlie, before going on the journey to intelligence with him. does some great work around how the past (memories) would be better understood and interpreted with a higher IQ. I found this a tremendously human and moving piece of modern fiction; staggering that it was first published in 1966, with all its insight into emotional intelligence and its hugely sympathetic take on people with lower IQs. One of the best Masterworks I've read so far! Almost a waste to have this book placed in the science fiction genre, it's a story with mass appeal that should be read by all! 9.5 out of 12
Charlie Gordon, is a simpleton with an IQ of 68, a floor sweeper in a bakery who is desperate to learn. Charlie is to become the first human test case for this newly confirmed memory enhancement process!
This book is pure speculative fiction with zero sci-fi content and it's a scorcher! Keyes writes a very human story in using Charlie's Progress Reports as the narrative tool. I got to really understand (and have empathy with) the simpleton Charlie, before going on the journey to intelligence with him. does some great work around how the past (memories) would be better understood and interpreted with a higher IQ. I found this a tremendously human and moving piece of modern fiction; staggering that it was first published in 1966, with all its insight into emotional intelligence and its hugely sympathetic take on people with lower IQs. One of the best Masterworks I've read so far! Almost a waste to have this book placed in the science fiction genre, it's a story with mass appeal that should be read by all! 9.5 out of 12
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