Flowers For Algernon Book. Flowers for algernon tackles many complex issues from the mistreatment and misunderstanding of the mentally handicapped the burden of knowledge that every person with common sense thinks they experience but doesn t truly understand to the meaning of existence and the human condition. Flowers for algernon by daniel keyes.
Alice kinnian charlie s teacher at the beekman college center for retarded adults has recommended charlie for the experiment because of his exceptional eagerness to learn. He is sweet kind and wants to learn everything he wants. Book summary flowers for algernon is a character study of one man charlie gordon.
He is sweet kind and wants to learn everything he wants.
More than 1 million books in pdf epub mobi tuebl and audio book formats. Charlie gordon a mentally retarded thirty two year old man is chosen by a team of scientists to undergo an experimental surgery designed to boost his intelligence. Book summary flowers for algernon is a character study of one man charlie gordon. 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.
