Thursday, September 29, 2011
Which is better? Read it.
Between of Mice and Men and Flowers for Algernon I would have to say that I enjoyed Flowers for Algernon more than I did of Mice and Men. The reason that I enjoyed it more was that I thought the characters in Flowers were more likable and their personalities were much deeper than that of the characters from Of Mice And Men. Intelligence, both books revolve around the topic yet they both do it in completely different ways. In Of Mice and Men they show mentally handicapped people through Lennie and him being this giant of a person yet having the mental capabilities of a 6 year old. In Flowers for Algernon it portrays mentally handicapped people as being the joke of most people so that they can feel better about themselves. The book also shows that they believe mentally challenged people should be able to have an operation and be able to be normal just like everyone else in the world, it shows that the author thinks that everyone in life should be normal or at least have the opportunity to be normal it shows a level of xenophobia from the author. Overall I would say that Flowers for Algernon was much better than Of Mice and Men.
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I agree with you completely JL. I definitely enjoyed Flowers of Algernon more than Of Mice and Men for the same reasons that you. I also felt that the character were more like able, because in Of Mice and Men the character only seemed to care for themselves and didn't really care about other people and their personalities were also much deeper, because the book was written in 1st person so you saw how Charlie actually saw and felt about things that happened to him and around him. I also agree with you about how the books revolved around intelligence, but how they both talked about it in completely different ways of Lennie being a giant with the mind of a 6 year old and how the mentally handicapped in Flowers for Algernon were shown a joke and how they were always made fun of and put into bad situations where they would be laughed at. See you at practice Monday bro.
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