Between Of mice and men and Flowers for Algernon, I personally liked of mice and men better because it was more dramatic and not as boring as Flowers for Algernon. Yeah, they both had the same concept but, Flowers for Algernon I felt dragged on and never ended. Of mice and men was more dramatic with all the animals and people dying. I thought it was stupid how they compared Charlie to a mouse. Its better that in Of mice and men Lennie had George and a puppy to relate and help him. Each novel portrays the intelligence of mentally impaired people and that they are slower than most people but that doesn’t make them any less important or any less stupid. In Flowers for Algernon Charlie was portrayed but his so called “friends” making fun of him and in Of mice and men Lonnie was portrayed by the whole ranch because of his mistake of killing the puppy and breaking Curly's wife's neck! The author is conveying the characters role of intelligence by showing how they interact with other people. :)
Hey Macy!
ReplyDeleteI am going to say I disagree with you! I thought Flowers for Algernon was a much better book then of mice and men because flowers had more to the plot. I felt like of Mice and Men dragged on forever because they never got to the point! The book really had no point! I feel like the author just got bored one day and wanted to write about some farm life that gets twisted. Any body could do that!! Whereas in Flowers for Algernon, it takes thought to understand what is happening and a creative thought process.
However I do agree with what you say of there being more suspense (or more dramatic stuff) in Of Mice and Men because of all the deaths of animals and what not. In some cases of the book Of Mice and Men was really enticing, but I personally think that Flowers was waaaaaaaaaay better.
Mace! I agree with you a hundred percent! I felt like flowers dragged on and on and never seemed like it was going to end, and you knew what was going to happen to Charlie because it happened to Algernon. The ending of Mice and Men was way more
ReplyDeleteinteresting because there are two murders! I also agree that the whole mouse thing was stupid. Its kind of mean to compare a human to a lab rat. It makes Charlie seem like he isn't that important. Mice and men was also better because it
was a shorter and easier read. Flower was just really boring and long! Like you said :)