Sunday, August 11, 2013

Flowers for Algernon: Pages 200-238

After a few weeks, Charlie decides to contact Alice. He calls her and decides to meet up at her apartment. Alice told Charlie that she was really worried about him. Charlie told her not to worry and he would return to the lab in a few days. Charlie begins to have a theory that "Charlie" is watching him. He believes "Charlie" is the version of him before he had the operation. Charlie believes that "Charlie" is against Charlie and Alice having a romantic relationship. He thinks this because whenever he is about to do something romantic with Alice he starts to feel sick and nothing ever happens. He thinks "Charlie" is causing this sick feeling. Alice told Charlie to stop thinking about his theory and that it’s not real.  But when Charlie leans towards Alice to kiss her yet again he gets this sick feeling. Charlie runs out of her apartment so he can go home. 
 
When Charlie gets back to his apartment he waits for Fay to return back to her apartment. When she comes back he quickly goes to her apartment. They end up drinking then getting in bed together. Charlie feels as if "Charlie" is watching but he doesn't care. But the relationship between Fay and Charlie isn't perfect. Charlie is having a hard time getting work done because he is always out dancing and drinking with Fay. Algernon begins to act very strange. He refuses to complete the challenges Charlie creates for him. But even worse, he bit Fay. 

Charlie decides to meet up with Dr. Strauss and Professor Nemur. They are glad to see Charlie and Algernon. They make a plan to get their experiments back on track. Unfortunately, they are also very upset about Algernon's recent behavior and disappointed that Charlie left with Algernon for New York City.
Charlie decides to visit the Warren home, a place where retarded people live. When Charlie arrived he met up with Mr. Winslow who gave him a tour. Charlie thinks the whole atmosphere seems very gray and sad. When Charlie leaves he doesn't know what to think about the Warren home.

Algernon continues to struggle and he refuses to do his practice activities.

Alice meets Fay and right away they click. They hang out, Charlie, Fay, and Alice for a few hours. When Alice leaves she tells Charlie that Fay is a very nice person, but he needs to be careful. He needs to make sure he isn't drinking too much and he keeps learning.

Questions
  • What is the cause of this sick feeling he is getting? 
  • Why does Charlie keep seeing "Charlie"?
  • What does Charlie mean when he says on page 31, "I may soon be coming to Warren, to spend the rest of my life with the others... waiting."?

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