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!Tetrahemahemak! Jackson Morrison Tyler Clint James Cornelius Leonardo Griswold Nick Smith

Charlie Gordon Algernon

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 * Tyler Griswold: Quote Finder:**

"And I hate school! I hate it! I'll stop studying, and I'll be a dummy like him. I'll forget everything I learned and then I'll be just like him." She runs out of the room, shrieking: "It's happening to me already. I'm forgetting everything...I'm forgetting...I don't remember anything I learned any more! (Page 118)."

This quote, found on page 118 of //Flowers for Algernon// by Daniel Keyes, comes from a flashback from Charlie's life as a child. More specifically, it's when Norma receives an A on her history test and wants her parents to give her a dog as a reward. However, her father doesn't allow this to happen because she doesn't agree to let Charlie help take care of the dog, and Norma threatens to become dumb like Charlie in order to get her way. She was jealous of the fact that Charlie was getting more attention han her, and feels that if she were the same way, she would get similar treatment. This is one of few times during the novel when someone who knows Charlie actually feels jealousy toward the disability that he had. Also, not only was Norma's "I don't remember anithing I learned any more!" quote show anger towards her parents, it also foreshadows the decrease in intelligence that Charlie experiences near the end of the book.

"And he said that meens Im doing something grate for sience and Ill be famus and my name will go down in the books. I dont care so much about beeing famus. I just want to be smart like other pepul so I can have lots of frends who like me (Pages 12-13)."

This quote, on pages 12-13, is when Charlie remembers a conversation he had with Professor Nemur before the operation, and Nemur can't guarantee the success of the operation, but he tries to cheer Charlie up anyway. When Nemur tells Charlie of all the fame that Charlie will have after the operation, it shows that he is really thinking about himself rather than Charlie, although Charlie doesn't understand this yet. However, Charlie wishes to be intelligent so that he will have more friends in his life. Consequently, it is ironic that Charlie actually lost quite a few friends with his growing intelligence.

Tyler Griswold: Character Analysis:

Professor Nemur has a huge intellectual ability, but he can sometimes have trouble fully understanding other people. Nemur never even cares about Charlie Gordon's feelings, unlike Dr. Strauss. The only interest that Professor Nemur has in Charlie is his possibility for measurable advancement as an experiment, not as an actual person. Nemur constantly wants other people to think of him as a genius, but he hates the act that Charlie surpasses ihim intellectually after the operational procedure. However, although Charlie disliked Nemur for a long period of time, Charlie eventually picks up the traits that Nemur possesses.


 * Jackson Morrison: Vocabulary specialist**
 * More will be added when I finish the book*

Apathetic: Lacking emotion or interest

Conscious: Aware of one's own existence, thoughts, surroundings, etc

Subconscious: Existing or operating in the mind beneath or beyond consciouness

Adroit: Skillful, adept

Begrudge: To give reluctantly, to envy ones enjoyment or personal possession

Blasphemous: Irreverent, profane

Blunder: To make a mistake as a result of stupidity or carelessness

Plateau: A period or state of little or no growth or decline

Mar: To impair the soundness, perfection, or integrity of

Cynic: A person who believes that people are motivated purely by self-interest rather than acting for honorable or unselfish

Feeble: Lacking in force, strength