At the end of Flowers for Algernon, Charlie Gordon is losing his intellect, the experiment that he has undergone is reversing, and will not return him to the intellect he had before but will completely debilitate him mentally. Due to this detrimental effect, Charlie must be committed to a home to be taken care of. After working through his issues, Charlie is discharged and allowed to go home. The movie ends with Sam and Patrick visiting Charlie and taking him to their favorite restaurant.
Algernon dies on September Charlie buries him in the backyard and puts wildflowers on his grave. Charlie senses that he is becoming absentminded, the first hint of the onset of his decline.
Algernon soon dies, and Charlie buries him in the backyard, putting flowers on the grave. In Flowers for Algernon, the mentally handicapped Charlie Gordon is transformed by a surgery that allows him to become intelligent. Charlie is caught at the house when Norma comes home, a reunion he doesn't want. Norma remembers little of their childhood and is thrilled to see Charlie. Many of the recovered memories that enabled Charlie to understand who he was, Norma believes were dreams she had.
The visit is brought to a close as Rose, suddenly living in the past, comes at Charlie with a knife, telling him to leave his sister alone. The past becomes the present, and Charlie leaves without ever telling Norma that the evolved Charlie is temporary.
The recurring theme of human dignity is brought to the fore-front in Charlie's visit to the Warren State Home. In trying to pre-pare for what may become his eventual future, Charlie tours the State Home, a destination that has been looming over his head for his entire life.
Although depressing at best, the staff and residents give each other the respect and dignity that all persons deserve. Ironically, Warren embodies the humanity for which Charlie has been searching. When the novel was written, entire institutions were built for the mentally retarded, at Warren, only 25 to 30 would be accepted from a waiting list of 1, Time has not eased the problem of providing adequate, much less superior, care for developmentally disabled individuals, though mainstreaming them into schools and other normal facilities has made acceptance and skill development easier.
It's some measure of the person that Charlie has become when Winslow lectures him on the patients' needs for compassionate care: "You can't understand it, can you, from way up there in your research ivory tower? What do you know about being shut out from every human experience as our patients have been? When Alice and Fay meet in Charlie's apartment, it should come as no surprise to the reader that they like each other. Their characters symbolize two different personality components; when they are brought together, they merely complement each other.
In his frenzy to finish his own research and make a contribution to the study of human intelligence, he has no time for Fay and the frivolous activities she enjoys. What are the dangers to Charlie from the surgery? Charlie might get too high IQ that was too low. Algernon dies after his motor activity slows and he loses coordination.
Charlie becomes able to learn many new subjects, including spelling, punctuation, foreign languages, and advanced math.
Charlie becomes more aware of his emotions and the actions of other people around him, from his teacher to his co- workers. Because Charlie and Algernon had the same surgery. How did the doctors know that the operation was not going to be permanently successful? He knew that he was going to lose his intelligence and he could only wait for it to happen.
Charlie was better off before the surgery because he thought he had friends, was a hard worker, wants to learn and had fun. Is Charlie Gordon a real person? The Inspiration for Charlie Gordon. But Charlie Gordon is not real , nor is he based on a real person : he is imagined or invented, probably a composite of many people I know -- including a little bit of me.
Rosanny Braco Pundit. What is ironic about the condition in which Charlie finds his mother? In a moment of sad irony , Charlie visits his mother Rose to find that she has developed a mental illness: dementia.
This is ironic because of her treatment of Charlie's mental incapacitation as an evil sickness; yet her son treats her with respect and calmness, despite the bitterness and pain inside of him. Jasna Roelcke Pundit. Why is Charlie afraid of losing his peanuts? Charlie is amazed in people who would never make fun of a person's physical deformity or disability, but would be cruel to someone with low intelligence.
Xianfen Kampen Pundit. What is the ending of Flowers for Algernon? At the end of Flowers for Algernon , Charlie Gordon is losing his intellect, the experiment that he has undergone is reversing, and will not return him to the intellect he had before but will completely debilitate him mentally. Due to this detrimental effect, Charlie must be committed to a home to be taken care of.
Lourdes Gistau Pundit. What has Charlie gained and lost by the end of the story? By the conclusion of Flowers for Algernon Charlie has gained an understanding of what it is like to have superior cognitive functioning. By the conclusion of the story , when Charlie has returned to his former cognitive state, he is forced to find a place to live that assists disabled adults. Galin Steinbeck Teacher. Why is it called Flowers for Algernon?
He bonds with a mouse named Algernon , whose seemingly successful operation to enhance his mouse intelligence leads to Charlie's own operation. He grieves when Algernon dies, and when he begins to lose his own intelligence, Charlie asks that flowers be put on Algernon's grave.
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