#64
Title: Flowers for Algernon
Author: Daniel Keyes
Read
by: Jeff Woodman
Genre: Fantasy
Category: Fiction
Rating: B
Published: 1959
Dates: 9/29/16
– 10/4/16
CDs/Hours: 8/9
Known as Charly in the movie version
Charlie Gordon knows he isn’t very bright.
He is 32 years old and mops the floor in a bakery and earns just enough
to get by. He studies at a center for
retarded adults three evenings a week.
As part of an experimental operation a group of doctors will attempt to
alter Charlie’s brain to increase his intelligence. It works as it did for Algernon, a lab rat, and
Charlie’s IQ soars over the course of three months as he learns to read, reason
and research his condition. Charlie’s brilliance points out a flaw in the
study that the doctors had not considered.
It’s bothersome to Charlie yet he keeps reports on the effects of his
transformation that will be helpful in the future to other mentally disabled
people.
I liked this book because it
demonstrates the humanness of all of us – especially the lowly who are treated
less than kindly; that we all need to love and be loved and try to be the best
we can be as our contribution to humanity.
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