Frank Flowers For Algernon. Characters include charlie gordon alice kinnian professor harold nemur dr. It s a bittersweet novel of a mentally disabled man named charlie who undergoes an experimental procedure to gain higher intelligence.
Pdf downloads of all 1372 litcharts literature guides and of every new one we publish. Flowers for algernon is the title of a science fiction short story and a novel by american writer 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. All page numbers and citation info for the quotes below refer to the harcourt edition of flowers for.
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Algernon alice kinnian mr. Algernon alice kinnian mr. Strauss burt selden and more charlie gordon the protagonist and author of the progress reports that form the text of flowers for algernon. He hadn t given algernon or charlie a long enough waiting period to see if the changes were permanent he didn t do the surgery correctly he didn t give algernon and charlie the same type of surgery when you purchase books using links on our website bookroo or.
