Flowers for Algernon
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Why do you think Charlie kept Algernon and put flowers on Algernon's grave?
Kianna
Oct 08, 2013 05:33PM
Why do you think Charlie kept Algernon and put flowers on Algernon's grave? Explain.
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What Robert said.
Charlie knew he and Algernon had a connection. Charlie almost definitely didn't realise this intellectually at the end, but his subconscience still did. The whole point of the story, IMO.
Charlie knew he and Algernon had a connection. Charlie almost definitely didn't realise this intellectually at the end, but his subconscience still did. The whole point of the story, IMO.
He felt bad because he knew he was going to have the same fate as him
Charlie most likely came to this conclusion after thinking about it
because otherwise, the title of the book would have no meaning.
Because Algernon was always HIM. For Charlie there is no difference, it wasn't a mouse that died, it was a part of him. It was the hope he had for a better life and possibilities, when that died, he couldn't let go of it. The most heartbreaking part of the story is when Algernon dies. Because, in all reality, that is when Charlie started to die for the reader as well. They share each others lives, they are parallel they are same. They are both just test monkeys to scientists but so much more to each other and the reader.
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