Flowers for Algernon: Pages 82-119

In less than a forty page section of this book a lot has happened. Charlie continues to have many flashbacks and dreams. He is fired from his job at the bakery. The book moves very fast. It quickly changes subjects sometimes making it hard to follow. It’s really scary to see how Charlie was treated by his mother throughout his childhood. Charlie can remember she would whip him and scream at him for reasons he couldn’t understand. Throughout this book I noticed Charlie is often made fun of by groups of people, including his family and the workers at the bakery. I wonder if Charlie’s family knew what was wrong with him. While reading this book many questions have come up. Did they kick him out because he had a mental disorder? Was there a true reason behind Charlie being fired? Was Gimpy really stealing money? Some of these questions should be answered later on in the book and some may be left for the reader’s imagination to answer.