Books like Flowers for Algernon are the most difficult to explain why I enjoyed, because I just did.
The book follows 30-someFIVE stars and I mean it.
Books like Flowers for Algernon are the most difficult to explain why I enjoyed, because I just did.
The book follows 30-something-year-old Charlie Gordon who describes himself as a "retarded adult". In truth, he suffers from a mental disorder that places his IQ in the lower percentile for adults his age. Luckily, scientific advancements have emerged that enable scientists to surgically enhance an individual's IQ and Charlie volunteers to be the first human tested on. In just a few weeks, he goes from an IQ of 60 to something even more.
Originally, I picked up FfA for a class assignment that I was prepared to read, write my essay on, and submit without much thought. Oh boy.
It was 1 am and I still couldn't put it down.
We follow Charlie's internal journey as he quickly evolves into something way beyond his wildest dreams. He's becoming a new person--a new man--and he knows it; it's frightening, exhilarating, and intriguing to him as he's finally obtained the one thing that seemed the most impossible to have.
The book uses diary entries from Charlie's perspective, which gave a more intimate view into his mind and how he's processing the changes around him. Other time, the book uses flashbacks from his childhood to better explain the significance of these changes and how this 'new Charlie' hopes to face them. There is a constant battle within Charlie as he encounters demons from the past and present, and this makes his emotional struggles all the more touching to the reader.
I especially loved how these changes weren't just affecting him internally, but also how they changed his social life and sex life, and how the opinions and motives of others weren't always as they seemed.
I guess I can thank my English teacher for this one since I didn't ever think Flowers for Algernon would be a book to touch me so deeply and I'm thankful for that.
Merged review:
FIVE stars and I mean it.
Books like Flowers for Algernon are the most difficult to explain why I enjoyed, because I just did.
The book follows 30-something-year-old Charlie Gordon who describes himself as a "retarded adult". In truth, he suffers from a mental disorder that places his IQ in the lower percentile for adults his age. Luckily, scientific advancements have emerged that enable scientists to surgically enhance an individual's IQ and Charlie volunteers to be the first human tested on. In just a few weeks, he goes from an IQ of 60 to something even more.
Originally, I picked up FfA for a class assignment that I was prepared to read, write my essay on, and submit without much thought. Oh boy.
It was 1 am and I still couldn't put it down.
We follow Charlie's internal journey as he quickly evolves into something way beyond his wildest dreams. He's becoming a new person--a new man--and he knows it; it's frightening, exhilarating, and intriguing to him as he's finally obtained the one thing that seemed the most impossible to have.
The book uses diary entries from Charlie's perspective, which gave a more intimate view into his mind and how he's processing the changes around him. Other time, the book uses flashbacks from his childhood to better explain the significance of these changes and how this 'new Charlie' hopes to face them. There is a constant battle within Charlie as he encounters demons from the past and present, and this makes his emotional struggles all the more touching to the reader.
I especially loved how these changes weren't just affecting him internally, but also how they changed his social life and sex life, and how the opinions and motives of others weren't always as they seemed.
I guess I can thank my English teacher for this one since I didn't ever think Flowers for Algernon would be a book to touch me so deeply and I'm thankful for that....more
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