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If all of the elements of this lesson plan are employed, students will develop the following powers, skills, and understanding:
To trace Charlie Gordon's character development throughout the novel, and unpack its relationship to his intelligence.
To analyze the novel's themes of disability awareness.
To read the text with a critical eye.
To understand the way the epistolary form and style shape the narrative.
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The Question and Answer section for Flowers for Algernon is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
Section please?
Sorry, this is a literature space.
Charlie dislikes being pitied. He was once "smart" and now he is no longer. He does not want to be around people's condescending judgments of him any longer. Sad and disillusioned, Charlie feels that he needs normal, familiar surroundings, so he...
