Comparing Charly And Flowers For Algernon

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The film Charly and the book it’s based off, Flowers for Algernon, have multiple similarities and differences such as most of the plot, settings, and Charlie’s relationship with Miss Kinnian. To begin, the plot followed many of the same events in both the movie and book, such as Charlie racing Algernon, who is always a white mouse, getting the operation to increase his intelligence, and losing that intelligence after Algernon revealed it would occur before dying. Additionally, Charlie begins to gain affection for Miss Kinnian as he becomes smarter, and has to end the relationship that began in both versions after he realizes he would lose his newfound intelligence. However, the settings in the film and book differ at large points with one

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