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Flowers for Algernon
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mentioned in segment September 25, 2012

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Aug 30, 2012 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
I remember the powerful emotion this book gave me when i read it. This book's psychological and existential examination of one man's and a rodent's tragic journey. It really can if possible, if you allow it make you or teach you compassion for the least among us from a perspective that you rarely don't see. ...more
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Aug 24, 2011 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Conflicting thoughts on this one. I also read the abridged short story version in middle school, and the premise of the book and the emotion conveyed in the diary entries has always stayed with me. As a graduate student suffering through burnout right now, Charlie's awareness of his mental decay and subsequent depression hits me harder than I'd like to admit - there are several times when I've looked back at things I've wrote/classes I've took - and pulled a Charlie Gordon peering back into the ...more
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