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Flowers for Algernon Chapter 9. How does Charlie get his new job?. He proves that he can work the mixing machine. How does Charlie respond to his new job? . He wants his old job back. 2a. Why does he respond that way?.
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How does Charlie get his new job? • He proves that he can work the mixing machine
How does Charlie respond to his new job? • He wants his old job back
2a. Why does he respond that way? • He is familiar with his old job and feels uncomfortable in his new position
What does Miss Kinnian teach Charlie about? • Punctuation
3a. What indicates he does not understand the concept? • He uses commas excessively
3b. How does Charlie remedy the problem? • He reads a book on punctuation
3c. What does Charlie’s remedy indicate about his condition? • He can learn quickly by reading a book
Describe Joe and Frank. • Charlie’s co-workers • Befriend Charlie to make fun of him
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
Give two examples, unnoticed by Charlie, that show his improving condition. • Grammar corrections • Memories
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
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
What does Charlie dream about? • Harriet and a valentine
What does Charlie realize at the end of his dream? • He never got the locket back
9a. How is this realization pertinent to his improving condition? • His memory is improving
What does Charlie see in the ink blots? • Fencers • A pair of bats
Why does Charlie want to keep the reports private? • He is aware that people are reading them
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
How does Charlie improve the mixing machines? • He makes them go faster
What does Frank suggest Charlie learn to do? • Make the rolls
2a. What does this suggest about Frank’s character? • He sets Charlie up so that he fails
What happens when Charlie tries to make the rolls? • He cannot remember the steps
3a. How does this make Charlie feel? • He is upset and embarrassed
Infer what Nemur saying “nothing can go wrong now” indicates to the reader. • It indicates that something will go wrong
Who does Charlie ask out? • He asks out Alice Kinnian
5a. What does this tell you about how his relationship with women has changed? • He is beginning to see women sexually
Describe Charlie’s new friends. • Intelligent • Talk about politics and religion • Are from the university
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
What is Charlie’s dream about in his April 28th progress report? • His mother
Describe Charlie’s mom. • Wants Charlie to be normal • Is in denial • Has brown hair
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
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
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
What is Charlie beginning to realize about Alice Kinnian? • Charlie realizes he loves Alice
1a. How does this realization embody his improving condition? • He sees women as more than just friends
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
Describe the problem Charlie discovered at the bakery? • Gimpy is stealing money
3a. What did he do about this problem? • Charlie confronts Gimpy and asks him what he would hypothetically do in this situation
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
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
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
5a. What does Charlie conclude because of his status? • He concludes the men are jealous
What was Alice’s comment when Charlie next visited her? • She says it doesn’t have to do with him
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
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”