We Know Algernon Analysis

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Both jack and Algernon are very complex in their own way. Jack creates an alternate identity so that can be confusing in itself. He says so himself by saying "I have always pretended I have a younger brother of the name of Earnest" he uses this 'younger brother as another identity, which also shows he is not earnest at all. However Algernon is a confusing way of thinking of thing such as the line "the truth is rarely pure and never simple." However unlike Jack from what we know Algernon is earnest as he is very suspicious of jack when he thinks jack stole the cigarette case. This makes us believe that Algernon is trustworthy or

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