Flowers For Algernon Movie Comparison

“Flowers for Algernon” is a short story by Daniel Keyes and was made into a film by Mark Winemaker in 2000. It is about a low intelligence man, named Charlie Gordon, who had an operation to become smart. He is a genius but he faces many hardships because he is intelligent. He gradually becomes dumb again. The story and the motion picture can leave audiences with diverse views. In comparing and contrasting the “Flowers for Algernon” short story and film, there were many similarities and differences in the story elements. These include theme, characters and plot. The themes are both very similar in the short story and film. But in the movie the theme of ethical boundaries is show directly during the convention in Chicago. Charlie points it

The characters that are similar are Charlie, Frank, Burt, Algernon, Mrs. Kinnian, and Dr. Strauss. Even though these are the same characters some of their roles are different in the film. There are also some new characters introduced in the film also. In the film Frank and Gimpy were Charlie’s so called friends but there was still bullying like there was in the story. In the film, they aren’t as dirty to Charlie. In the story, they ditch him and keep on tripping him in the bar. During the movie, Gimpy tries to trip Charlie with his cane but Charlie stands up for himself. Burt had a much larger role in the movie because Dr. Nemur was not in the film. He appeared much more and worked closely with Dr. Strauss. Mrs. Kinnian’s relationship with Charlie Gordon was much more romantic. They became close friends. In the short story, Charlie’s mother wasn’t acknowledged whereas in the movie it shows the relationship between them. She signed the paper allowing the procedure to be performed on him. She had abandoned him earlier in life and he went back to visit her after the operation. Dr. Strauss took on some of Dr. Nemurs’ traits in the story. He had much more of an ambition for