Flowers for
Algernon
Vocabulary Week #2
There
are 16 words this week:
Systematic Urgency Intellectual
Compromise Acquisition
Moral Perception Inferior
Ignorance Vague Anguish Prime Specimen Platonic Subconscious Hysteria
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STRANGERS
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Acquaintances
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FRIENDS
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Directions: Write a story using
10 words. Your words must be underlined
or highlighted. Your story must include
at least 10 words. There will be no
“re-dos” if you do not follow the directions.
1. Write a progress
report about any of the following options: Use detail from the text to
clarify and support your work.
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From
Charlie’s Point of View: ABOUT HIS INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT
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From
Burt’s Point of View: ABOUT THE DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH DR. STRAUSS and PROF. NEMUR TREAT
CHARLIE
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From
Miss. Kinnian’s Point of View: ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF HER RELATIONSHIP /
FRIENDSHIP WITH CHARLIE
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From
Charlie’s Point of View: ABOUT WORKING AT DONNER’S BAKERY
Progress Report 1
ReplyDeleteI, Alice Kinnian, have decided to keep progress reports about the changes I notice in Charlie. His ACQUISITION of knowledge has been tremendous over the past couple of weeks. Truth be told, I feel a lot different about Charlie than I did when I first met him. Then again, that is to be expected, since he is far more INTELLECTUAL than he was when I first met him. Even before he became smart, we have always shared a PLATONIC relationship. I have always cared about Charlie and considered him as a human being, while Professor Nemur thinks of him merely as a SPECIMEN for the experiment. But now, I think it's getting to be more than that.
The thing that worries me quite a lot is Charlie's PERCEPTION of me. He now thinks of me as more than a friend. He is developing feelings for me, and he doesn't bother hiding them. The scary thing is that, I might be developing feelings for him, too. I am in ANGUISH -- this can't be happening at this stage in the process of increasing Charlie's intelligence! If we don't come to a COMPROMISE soon, I am going to be in HYSTERIA! To make matters worse, I am feeling INFERIOR to him more and more these days. Then again, the outcome of this experiment is supposed to be our PRIME concern; not my feelings. I guess I'll finish up this report for today.
Donner and I have always had a platonic relationship. He was my uncle's best friend. He knew how much my uncle loved me, so he told me that I could always have a job at the bakery as long as he owned it because of the anguish of his best friend's death. I worked there for years as the systematic janitor. For years I unclogged the toilets, mopped the bakery, and delivered food. However, after my intellectual capabilities increased, I was able to work at the dough-mixer and everyone was surprised, especially Frank Reilly. Aware of the perception of Gimpy's scam, I confronted him about how stealing is morally incorrect, but this only angered him. His prime concern was that I, the specimen of an experiment to make people smart, was trying to get him fired. My new intelligence scared my co-workers, which eventually got me fired, due to a petition to have me fired. I never intended for my “friends” to feel inferior, I just wanted them to know that I became smarter and was no longer the ignorant fool I used to be. When Donner called me into his office, I knew what he had in mind, so I urgently asked for some compromise since I had never intended to lose my job. I lost my job, the only acquisition I ever had for a job, and my vision began to go vague. I subconsciously walked out the bakery, exhibiting hysteria all the way back to my apartment.
ReplyDeleteProgress Report May 20
ReplyDeleteI've worked at Donner's Bakery for what seems like forever. So the news I received today shocked me. Donner had always been like a father to me, how could he fire me? He said i made the other employees feel inferior because of my new-found intellect. I talked to the guys and although they were vague, they explained how they didn't like what had become of me. It depresses me to know they liked me better when i was ignorant; all I wanted is to be accepted. I tried to make a compromise with them, anything so that I could continue to work at the bakery. I am completely anguished over how I am going to get another job. I've never worked anywhere else; where do I even start? When I talked to Alice about it, she said it was the child in me subconsciously trying to on to what I am used to. She said I am at am reaching my prime, and deserve a much better job anyway. She's so amazing, and so moral, and gives the best advice. I know I will always love her, even if she insists on keeping our relationship platonic.