Flowers for Algernon Chapter 9
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Transcript of Flowers for Algernon Chapter 9
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Flowers for Algernon Chapter 9
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How does Charlie get his new job?
He proves that he can work the mixing machine
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How does Charlie respond to his new job?
He wants his old job back
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2a. Why does he respond that way?
He is familiar with his old job and feels uncomfortable in his new position
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What does Miss Kinnian teach Charlie about?
Punctuation
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3a. What indicates he does not understand the concept?
He uses commas excessively
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3b. How does Charlie remedy the problem?
He reads a book on punctuation
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3c. What does Charlie’s remedy indicate about his condition?
He can learn quickly by reading a book
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Describe Joe and Frank.
Charlie’s co-workers Befriend Charlie to make fun of him
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4a. How do Joe and Frank embarrass Charlie?
They get him drunk and force him to dance
The guys get in a circle and trip him
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Give two examples, unnoticed by Charlie, that show his improving condition.
Grammar corrections Memories
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Describe Charlie’s memory of Donner’s bakery.
Kids gang up on him Charlie runs back to the bakery The guys at the bakery are as mean as
the children on the street Charlie goes to the back of the bakery
and someone there kicks his legs out from under him
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6a. What does this memory tell you about his emotional connection to the place and to the people there?
He knows that they can be cruel
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What does Charlie dream about?
Harriet and a valentine
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What does young Charlie decide to give Harriet?
A locket
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What does Charlie realize at the end of his dream?
He never got the locket back
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9a. How is this realization pertinent to his improving condition?
His memory is improving
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What does Charlie see in the ink blots?
Fencers A pair of bats
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Why does Charlie want to keep the reports private?
He is aware that people are reading them
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THE BIG QUESTION: How does Charlie’s truth about the ink blots change and what does this change say about his condition?
He is able to see images in the ink which shows that he is getting smarter
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Flowers for Algernon Chapter 10
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How does Charlie improve the mixing machines?
He makes them go faster
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What does Frank suggest Charlie learn to do?
Make the rolls
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2a. What does this suggest about Frank’s character?
He sets Charlie up so that he fails
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What happens when Charlie tries to make the rolls?
He cannot remember the steps
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3a. How does this make Charlie feel?
He is upset and embarrassed
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Infer what Nemur saying “nothing can go wrong now” indicates to the reader.
It indicates that something will go wrong
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Who does Charlie ask out?
He asks out Alice Kinnian
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5a. What does this tell you about how his relationship with women has changed?
He is beginning to see women sexually
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Describe Charlie’s new friends.
Intelligent Talk about politics and religion Are from the university
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6a. Give two examples of how these friends are different than his friends at the bakery.
Respect Charlie Listen to Charlie Speak with Charlie not at him Do not embarrass Charlie
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What is Charlie’s dream about in his April 28th progress report?
His mother
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Describe Charlie’s mom.
Wants Charlie to be normal Is in denial Has brown hair
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Explain each parent’s view of Charlie.
Mother – is in denial; believes Charlie is normal
Father – is more accepting of Charlie’s condition; will not stand up to Rose
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9a. How might each parent’s view affected Charlie and his relationship with people?
Mother – might make him take on challenges he is not capable of handling
Father – might understand his condition and understand when people are being cruel
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THE BIG QUESTION: How does the reader’s truth about Charlie’s background change after we meet his parents? Does this truth explain anything about why Charlie thinks of the men at the bakery as friends?
We realize Charlie may not be aware of his condition
He may be more trusting of people because he thinks he is normal
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Flowers for Algernon Chapter 11
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What is Charlie beginning to realize about Alice Kinnian?
Charlie realizes he loves Alice
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1a. How does this realization embody his improving condition?
He sees women as more than just friends
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What did Charlie realize from his nightmare about the bloody knife and the free association he did after the dream?
He associates love with blood and abuse
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Describe the problem Charlie discovered at the bakery?
Gimpy is stealing money
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3a. What did he do about this problem?
Charlie confronts Gimpy and asks him what he would hypothetically do in this situation
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3b. What did Charlie realize when he talked to Alice about the problem at the bakery?
He has to figure out the right thing to do
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Describe Charlie’s evening out with Alice.
They go to Central Park When things get physical between
Charlie and Alice, Charlie sees young Charlie watching them
Charlie is paranoid
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What is the status of Charlie’s job at the bakery?
Charlie’s co-workers feel uncomfortable and have signed a petition asking to have him fired
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5a. What does Charlie conclude because of his status?
He concludes the men are jealous
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What was Alice’s comment when Charlie next visited her?
She says it doesn’t have to do with him
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What memory did Charlie experience while he was talking to Alice?
A middle-aged woman exposed herself to Charlie during a bakery delivery
Then his mother yelling at him for thinking of girls in a sexual way
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THE BIG QUESTION: How does Charlie’s truth change after he speaks with various professors and specialists
He realizes that professors are not necessarily “intellectual giants”