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Flowers For Algernon: Charlie Becoming Smart - College Term Papers

Flowers For Algernon: Charlie Becoming Smart

Charlie notices many changes in his life from the time he was slow to
when he was a genius. As he gets smarter, he views people differently who
he thought was his friend. For example, he viewed Frank Reilley
differently when he was slow. Charlie wanted to be smart like his friends.
He stated, "I cannot wait to get smart like my friends".
Charlie thought Frank was his friend when he wasn't that smart. But,
as we all know, he was not. Frank just wanted to get a good laugh and so
did the others. So, he made fun of Charlie, a mentally handicapped person.
Frank would tell Charlie to mop the toilets so that everyone would laugh at
Charlie. Frank and other friends would tell him to ...

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he already drank before and he felt sick the next morning. Frank
did not listen to Charlie. Instead, he spiked Charlie's drink to make him
look like a fool. Charlie did not know this and thought that the drink
just let a funny taste in his mouth. He started tripping over people's
feet and Frank says, "I have not laughed so much after we ditched him at
Muggsy's". Charlie started to blush and Joe called out to one of the other
girls that were there, "What did you do to Charlie? He never acted this way
before". Charlie was embarrassed and he ran out and became extremely sick.
Charlie says, "I guess Frank and Joe were not my real friends after all".
All along Charlie did not know that he was being taken advantage of
until he became smart. He wanted to be just like his friends, Frank
Reilley and Joe Carp. Charlie was not mad at them, because when he found
out that they were making fun of him, he felt ashamed for himself. He was
blaming everything on himself. ...

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Added: 12/14/2004 02:56:45 AM
Category: Book Reports
Type: Premium Paper
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