Charlie Gordon's Flowers For Algernon

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Flowers for Algernon is narrated by Charlie Gordon, who is not smart as other people, but later he has an operation and becomes intelligent. In the beginning of the book, Charlie’s words are written as if a child wrote the book and progressed later. Though, Charlie is 32 years old and still goes to school just for retarded adults. He isn’t a know-it-all but, he really tries to know more than people his age. However, if an omniscient person told the story, it would be different and more effective because the writing would be revised and the background story would be from someone who knows everything. Since this book is written in Charlie’s perspective, there are many limitations. For instance, you don’t know background information about other

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