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Discussion Prompts: Flowers for Algernon

So, let’s get the Flowers for Algernon juices flowing with a couple of discussion prompts from Charlie’s Progress Reports (PR) 1-13.

The only thing I ask is: No spoilers, please.

P1: Did Keyes’ use of spelling and grammatical distracting and does it help or hinder the story?

A1: In the beginning I was a bit overwhelmed with Keyes writing and found it a distraction, but I chalked that up to being an English Lit major and former 9th grade English teacher. Continue reading