Hello,
Today I want to tell you about the wonderful novel is Flowers for Algeron written by Daniel Keyes. Keyes created a masterpiece. I will not argue that the author selected topic that remains a rare nowadays, not at all. But the Keyes wrote the story much earlier, that is one of the first to develop this theme so widely.
Happy to tell you why this book is truly unique.
First, it is written in the form of a person's diary. Secondly, Daniel has kept the spelling and punctuation of the author of this diary! It would seem, what's the trick? And it is that this diary belongs to Charly Gordon is a young guy with a very low level of intelligence. The guy became a participant-volunteer medical experiment to increase the efficiency of the brain. Well and, thirdly, Keyes opened this topic not as do the current authors. He wrote from a position of kindness and sincerity. Humanity.
I admired of the story of man who changing from the inside. Charly grows wiser in all directions simultaneously, and these changes are simply amazing! Really believe that he is not the figment of imagination of a talented author, but a real, once living people, and you're holding his report. The report should be noted, very detailed and diligent, with sparkling dialogue and important details. And the more intelligent Charly becomes, the more detail he gives us, the more he adds his own thoughts and not just telling about what happened.
Of course, at first, to read his meager records it is very difficult, not even because of the fact that he makes mistakes in every word. Here everything is complicated by the incoherence, primitive Charly's thinking.
Throughout the series, Charly not only learns to write correctly, but begins to express more smoothly. In the book, several subplots, there is romance, and career, and the theme of friends, and the subject of reverent attitude to the experimental mouse.
Reading "Flowers for Algernon", I kept thinking about the fact that sometimes people with low IQ are more sensitive, kind than pundits and geniuses. To be honest, I like stupid Charly more than a genius Charly.
The book makes you think about what's most important in life - about love, about humanity, about relationships between people, about what really matters, and spend time on what is not necessary.
Today I want to tell you about the wonderful novel is Flowers for Algeron written by Daniel Keyes. Keyes created a masterpiece. I will not argue that the author selected topic that remains a rare nowadays, not at all. But the Keyes wrote the story much earlier, that is one of the first to develop this theme so widely.
Happy to tell you why this book is truly unique.
First, it is written in the form of a person's diary. Secondly, Daniel has kept the spelling and punctuation of the author of this diary! It would seem, what's the trick? And it is that this diary belongs to Charly Gordon is a young guy with a very low level of intelligence. The guy became a participant-volunteer medical experiment to increase the efficiency of the brain. Well and, thirdly, Keyes opened this topic not as do the current authors. He wrote from a position of kindness and sincerity. Humanity.
I admired of the story of man who changing from the inside. Charly grows wiser in all directions simultaneously, and these changes are simply amazing! Really believe that he is not the figment of imagination of a talented author, but a real, once living people, and you're holding his report. The report should be noted, very detailed and diligent, with sparkling dialogue and important details. And the more intelligent Charly becomes, the more detail he gives us, the more he adds his own thoughts and not just telling about what happened.
Of course, at first, to read his meager records it is very difficult, not even because of the fact that he makes mistakes in every word. Here everything is complicated by the incoherence, primitive Charly's thinking.
Throughout the series, Charly not only learns to write correctly, but begins to express more smoothly. In the book, several subplots, there is romance, and career, and the theme of friends, and the subject of reverent attitude to the experimental mouse.
Reading "Flowers for Algernon", I kept thinking about the fact that sometimes people with low IQ are more sensitive, kind than pundits and geniuses. To be honest, I like stupid Charly more than a genius Charly.
The book makes you think about what's most important in life - about love, about humanity, about relationships between people, about what really matters, and spend time on what is not necessary.
Be Cool and Have Fun,
Darie
