Table of Contents
- 1 What happens to Charlie after the story ends?
- 2 What do you think happens to Charlie after the story ends Why?
- 3 What has Charlie gained and lost by the end of the story how does his loss affect him?
- 4 What happened when Charlie went back to the bakery?
- 5 How has Charlie changed since the operation?
- 6 What is the main claim Charlie makes in the report from May 20?
What happens to Charlie after the story ends?
It is suggested that Charlie dies at the end of the short story “Flowers for Algernon” (as well as the novel of the same novel), as he is following the same process as Algernon, the mouse. A dissection after death shows that the mouse’s brain had lost weight.
What do you think happens to Charlie after the story ends Why?
After Charlie loses his intelligence, those very workers began to defend Charlie. After all, the mouse Algernon died following his loss of intelligence. In any case, Charlie has been abandoned by the researchers and has lost the abilities he cherished. He has lost his teacher.
How does Charlie change by the end of the novel?
In the end charlie surgery basically wore off and he became the old Charlie Gordon, who was no longer intelligent. “the old Charlie can’t be destroyed. Doctors preformed brain surgery on Charlie to make him artificially smart. He never truly retained any of that information because in the end he lost it all.
What has Charlie gained and lost by the end of the story how does his loss affect him?
What has Charlie gained and lost by the end of the story? How does his loss affect him. Charlie gained and then lost his intelligence, it affected him because he could no longer do some things that he could do when he did have the intelligence.
What happened when Charlie went back to the bakery?
At the bakery, he is reunited with his “friends,” yet they appear to be changed. They protect him and exhibit qualities of true friendship. Charlie returns to Miss Kinnian’s classroom only to discover that, out of friendship for her, he needs to move away. The original Charlie is back, but the evolved Charlie lingers.
How is Charlie different at the end of the story?
At the end of the story, Charlie is different from the person he was at the beginning. He does not want people to pity him, and he decides to leave town. After the operation, he started to develop his cognitive abilities and became a genius.
How has Charlie changed since the operation?
After his operation, Charlie becomes much more intelligent. We see his vocabulary change and his spelling improve. However, he also becomes much less gullible. He realizes, as he did not before, that he has been used as a lab rat, as the subject of an experiment, just like the mouse Algernon.
What is the main claim Charlie makes in the report from May 20?
In the progress report from May 20, Charlie finally realizes how people viewed him before his surgery. He becomes angry when he realizes people are making fun of the dishwasher, and he yells at the people in the restaurant.