Post 2: Flowers for Algernon - Royce Le

Going further into the book, I realize that physiological and religious boundaries are coming into play when researching and experimenting on Charlie’s mind. “She says mabey I better prey to god to ask him to forgiv what they done to me” (p. 16). This is part of the reason why I think Hila, the nurse that works for the professor and doctor was not working at the hospital anymore, because she could not keep her religious aspects to herself. I think this is a major role not only in the book but also in real life where religion conflicts with aspects of life such as thoughts of others and science. Further along the book, Charlie reminds myself as a child and reminds me that one golden rule is still true, ignorance is bliss. Before he started going through the operation, he hasn’t realized all the jibes and insults thrown at him, but now he is starting to realize it, and I am very hurt by what his workmates have to say, by workmates, I mean the workers in the bakery that Charlie works at. “He really pulled a Charlie Gordon that time. I don’t know why they say it but they always laff and I laff too” (p. 23). All I wanted to do was jump in the book and teach those fools a lesson. No book has ever made me want to take part in the book and become part of the story, which is why I find this book unique and interesting in a way so that attract readers that no book has ever done before. I hate how Charlie is being oppressed without even knowing it. He remembers when his sister Norma mocked him for saying he wanted to be a painter and when his workers made him dance like a goof at a bar. I cannot stand bullying and discrimination. The difference between the two books I have read so far between Oliver Twist and Flowers for Algernon is that in one, the main character lives in destitute and oppression, but has the ability to change something about it and wants to, but in Flowers for Algernon the main character wants to change out of the horrible situation he is in and his living condition, but he has not the ability to change anything, yet he is being mocked for being born that way. This aggravates me to no end. I see that the author had very much passion when writing Flowers for Algernon for Daniel Keyes has thought of a unique way to do a theme of self-realization and finding oneself in a new and totally unique way!