Hasn't anybody read "Flowers for Algernon"?

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12 Aug 2010, 8:33 pm

What a great book. I read it in grade 9, Really like how his language improves to so high a level, and then like an imploding star, deteriorates again. A very profound and moving read.

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12 Aug 2010, 9:13 pm

I read it a few years ago, I've been wanting to read it again. I want to see the movie. I tried to get my mom to read the book too but she didn't.

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12 Aug 2010, 9:27 pm

I really loved reading this book. I felt so touched reading it, because at the same time when I read it at 17, I felt I could relate. It's sad to see how having more knowledge than time and knowing what to do with it can really tear a person down.

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12 Aug 2010, 11:14 pm

I think that it's a great book, and I wouldn't mind reading it, again.

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13 Aug 2010, 12:02 am

I really liked it and I read it in 8th grade as part of the class. I also saw the movie Charley, which is an excellent movie.

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13 Aug 2010, 12:22 am

Kinda reminds me of "The Speed of Dark" which I hated.

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13 Aug 2010, 12:32 am

I read this also.

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13 Aug 2010, 2:11 am

I have mixed feelings about "Flowers for Algernon." I love the device of Charly's improving language skills. I hate that he isn't allowed any growth from his experience. It's terribly sad, but it also seems false to me. I do think the short story is better than the novel.

They made a Broadway musical based on it in 1980, which seems like a horrible idea to me. Dancing mouse. Here's the commercial:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4I8z7UVqjj8[/youtube]

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13 Aug 2010, 12:52 pm

a MUSICAL?

Is there NO taste or common sense left in the world?? Oy!

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