I just finished reading the book Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes for my English class. It's a good book and at the same time, very emotional and heartbreaking. The story tells about a 32 year old person named Charlie Gordon who was born with an unusually low intelligence and IQ who is chosen by researchers for a brain surgery that later in the book, becomes a scientific breakthrough with a little bit of help and all thanks to a lab mouse named Algernon. But Algernon slowly dies away-in the mind and his body itself, leaving Charlie back to the way he was. It's a good book. (You should read it, Ravleen, it is a good book.)
Flowers for Algernon
Author: Daniel Keyes
ISBN-0-15-603008-x
Publisher: Harcourt
About the Author:
Daniel Keyes is the author of eight books, was born in Brooklyn, New York, and received his B.A.
and M.A. degrees from Brooklyn College. He is also professor emeritus at Ohio State University
and he lives in Boca Raton, Florida.
The book has been awarded several awards including the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award and is the classic novel that inspired the 1970s Academy Award-winning movie Charly, which I will provide the review sooner or later. My hands hurt from typing.
Bye. Enjoy. Read the book, Ravleen.
2 comments:
It sounds really good, thanks for reccommending it! I'm going to pick it up at my school library and tell you what I think! :)
Ravleen
Why don't you pick it up? Tell me what you think!
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