Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon
How does Charlie react when the boy in the diner drops the dishes?
How does Charlie react when the boy in the diner drops the dishes?
Charlie laughs along with everyone else.
I felt sick inside as I looked at his dull, vacuous smile-the wide, bright eyes of a child, uncertain but eager to please, and I realized what I had recognized in him. They were laughing at him because he was retarded.
And at first I had been amused along with the rest.
Suddenly, I was furious at myself and all those who were smirking at him. I wanted to pick up the dishes and throw them. I wanted to smash their laughing faces. I jumped up and shouted: "Shut up! Leave him alone! He can't understand. He can't help what he is... but for God's sake, have some respectl He's a human beingl"
Flowers for Algernon