Flowers for Algernon (New Windmill)
by Daniel Keyes
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Author: Daniel KeyesEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1989-03-31
ISBN: 0435123432
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Heinemann ed
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Book Review: Flowers for Alzheimer's
Summary: 5 Stars
When I first read Flowers for Algernon some forty years ago, I was fascinated by the way Charlie, after being considered stupid his entire life, quickly became smarter and smarter, mastering increasingly difficult subjects and solving complex problems of science, math, and even linguistics. I was less interested in his emotional problems and his social difficulties. I remember the horror of realizing that he was going to lose his mental abilities and that he would be aware of what was happening to him, yet helpless to prevent it.
I reread the story after I helped my aunt move into a nursing home five years ago. Her Alzheimer's had made it unsafe for her to live on her own or even to go out by herself. She used to be mentally sharp, loved to travel, and took a brisk walk every day. She understood what was happening to her brain and knew there was nothing that she could do about it. Even as she struggled with remembering everyday words like "calendar" and "TV," she was remarkably philosophical about what was happening to her, explaining to her friends that that's just the way it is.
But it had to be terribly frustrating to have your own brain let you down and to know that it would keep getting worse, and that no one could do anything to stop it. I was hesitant to read Flowers for Algernon again, afraid it would be too close to home this time. It's a fast-moving story that gets going right away. Soon I was caught up in the changes Charlie is going through and dreading the inevitable ending.
To my surprise, the ending did not leave me feeling helpless and depressed. Although it was a shame that Charlie couldn't remain a genius, he seemed more at peace with his life in the end, and even more mature as a human being. In the story, as in real life, if you have a choice (and most of us do), you should choose to be smarter. If, on the other hand, you really no longer have a choice, there's something to be said for accepting that.
Summary of Flowers for Algernon (New Windmill)
Traditional Chinese edition of Flowers for Algernon, the Daniel Keyes classic. Charlie, a simple young man who was born with a very low IQ, became a perfect subject for an experimental surgery to improve his intelligence, an experiment that was successful for Algernon, a mouse A novella that won the Hugo Award in 1960 and the Nebula in 1966 and inspired the film Charly for which Cliff Robertson received an Oscar for Best Actor in 1969. In Chinese. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.Classics Books
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