Read the excerpt from "Flowers for Algernon."That crazy TV kept up all night. How can I sleep with something yelling crazy things all night in my ears. And the nutty pictures. Wow. I don't know what it says when Im up so how am I going to know when Im sleeping.How does Charlie’s opinion of the doctors’ tests change from the beginning of the story?
Read the excerpts from "Flowers for Algernon."I dint get all the words but it sounded like Dr Strauss was on my side and like the other one wasnt.Then Dr Nemur nodded he said all right maybe your right. We will use Charlie. When he said that I got so exited I jumped up and shook his hand for being so good to me. I told him thank you doc you wont be sorry for giving me a second chance. And I mean it like I told him.What can readers conclude about Charlie based on his description of this event?
Read the excerpts from "Flowers for Algernon."He was very nice and talked slow like Miss Kinnian does and he explaned it to me that it was a raw shok. He said pepul see things in the ink.***Later I had more crazy tests today. The nice lady who gave it to me told me the name and I asked her how do you spell it so I can rite it my progris riport THEMATIC APPERCEPTION TEST.What does Charlie’s use of the word "nice” tell readers about his character?
Read the excerpt from "Flowers for Algernon."But he said if I want to get smart I got to do what he says. I told him I dint think I was going to get smart and he puts his hand on my sholder and said Charlie you dont know it yet but your getting smarter all the time. You wont notice for a while. I think he was just being nice to make me feel good because I dont look any smarter.How does Charlie feel in this passage?
Read the excerpts from "Flowers for Algernon."I asked Dr Strauss if Ill beat Algernon in the race after the operashun and he said maybe. If the operashun works Ill show that mouse I can be as smart as he is. Maybe smarter.***They let me hold him [Algernon] for a minit. Hes not so bad. Hes soft like a ball of cotton. He blinks and when he opens his eyes their black and pink on the eges.I said can I feed him because I felt bad to beat him and I wanted to be nice and make friends.How does Charlie’s view of Algernon change?
Read the excerpt from "Flowers for Algernon."What a dope I am! I didn't even understand what she was talking about. I read the grammar book last night and it explanes the whole thing. Then I saw it was the same way as Miss Kinnian was trying to tell me, but I didn't get it.After I figured out how punctuation worked, I read over all my old Progress Reports from the beginning. Boy, did I have crazy spelling and punctuation!The language choices in this passage show that Charlie
Read the excerpt from "Flowers for Algernon."I tryed hard but I only saw the ink. I told him maybe I need new glases. He rote something down on a paper and I got skared of faling the test. I told him it was a very nice inkblot with littel points all around the edges. He looked very sad so that wasnt it. I said please let me try agen. Ill get it in a few minits becaus Im not so fast sometimes. Im a slow reeder too in Miss Kinnians class for slow adtilts but I'm trying very hard.What conclusion can readers draw about Charlie based on his description of taking the Rorschach test?
Read the excerpt from "Flowers for Algernon.". . . he wantid me to say what was in the ink. I dint see nuthing in the ink but he said there was picturs there other pepul saw some picturs. I couldnt see any picturs. I reely tryed. I held the card close up and then far away.What does the reader understand about the inkblots that Charlie doesn’t?
The first-person narration in "Flowers for Algernon" gives readers
Read the excerpt from "Flowers for Algernon."He told me Algernon is so smart that every day he has to solve a test to get his food. Its a thing like a lock on a door that changes every time Algernon goes in to eat so he has to lern something new to get his food. That made me sad because if he couldnt lern he woud be hungry.I don't think its right to make you pass a test to eat. How woud Dr Nemur like it to have to pass a test every time he wants to eat.What conclusion can be drawn about Charlie based on this passage?
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