I knew it would happen. I always said it would happen someday. I tried everything I could. You were too young to remember, but I tried. I told them all that you’d go to college and become a professional man and make your mark in the world. They laughed, but I told them.”
I don’t like this ‘mom forgiveness’ closure because it contradicts the novel’s message. The mom finally showers Charlie with all the love and appreciation that she denied him his entire life because he no longer has the intellectual disability. She is happy because her prayers have been answered — she prayed he would become someone he is not. So now everything’s okay… as if pre-op Charlie didn’t deserve the same love and affection?
