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** The Dirt Poor Robins song "But Never a Key" talks about Algernon at how they are essentially trapped with their intelligence and completely oblivious to their predicament.
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* ReferencedBy: In ''Literature/{{Bewilderment}}'', Theo and Robin listen to an audiobook of ''Flowers for Algernon'' as they drive home from the Smoky Mountains. Robin is riveted by the story. He's so upset by the supporting characters' cruelty that Theo has to remind him to breathe, and shocked by [[spoiler:Algernon's death]]. A year later, [[spoiler:Robin compares himself to Algernon as the effects of his neurofeedback therapy wear off]].
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** In ''Literature/{{Bewilderment}}'', Theo and Robin listen to an audiobook of ''Flowers for Algernon'' as they drive home from the Smoky Mountains. Robin is riveted by the story. He's so upset by the supporting characters' cruelty that Theo has to remind him to breathe, and shocked by [[spoiler:Algernon's death]]. A year later, [[spoiler:Robin compares himself to Algernon as the effects of his neurofeedback therapy wearoff]].off]].
** In the ''Series/PersonOfInterest'' episode "Bad Code" it appears for plot-related reasons, but also for symbolic foreshadowing of the season finale where Root gains and then loses God Mode; direct access to the artificial superintelligence called The Machine.
** In ''Literature/{{Bewilderment}}'', Theo and Robin listen to an audiobook of ''Flowers for Algernon'' as they drive home from the Smoky Mountains. Robin is riveted by the story. He's so upset by the supporting characters' cruelty that Theo has to remind him to breathe, and shocked by [[spoiler:Algernon's death]]. A year later, [[spoiler:Robin compares himself to Algernon as the effects of his neurofeedback therapy wear
** In the ''Series/PersonOfInterest'' episode "Bad Code" it appears for plot-related reasons, but also for symbolic foreshadowing of the season finale where Root gains and then loses God Mode; direct access to the artificial superintelligence called The Machine.
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* TropeNamer: FlowersForAlgernonSyndrome: Named after Charlie's drastic personality change, then [[spoiler:reversion back to his old self.]] Also a well-known TropeCodifier for many works that draw off the story for inspiration.
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I read an article by Keyes about the genesis of the story a while back, and those two parts stuck out in my head.
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** The first drafts of the story were in third person, but after Keyes realized he was laughing ''at'' Charlie, he changed the story to first-person so the readers would be more inclined to sympathize ''with'' him.
** Early versions of the story had a FramingDevice where the researchers find Charlie's diary. Keyes included this in an attempt to prepare the reader for Charlie's terrible spelling and grammar in the early [[spoiler:and closing]] parts of the story, taking inspiration from Mark Twain's disclaimer at the start of ''Literature/AdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn''. However, he concluded the ending worked much better without the framing device, [[ForgottenFramingDevice and the opening was discarded for being useless without it]].
** The first drafts of the story were in third person, but after Keyes realized he was laughing ''at'' Charlie, he changed the story to first-person so the readers would be more inclined to sympathize ''with'' him.
** Early versions of the story had a FramingDevice where the researchers find Charlie's diary. Keyes included this in an attempt to prepare the reader for Charlie's terrible spelling and grammar in the early [[spoiler:and closing]] parts of the story, taking inspiration from Mark Twain's disclaimer at the start of ''Literature/AdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn''. However, he concluded the ending worked much better without the framing device, [[ForgottenFramingDevice and the opening was discarded for being useless without it]].
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* ReferencedBy: In ''Literature/{{Bewilderment}}'', Theo and Robin listen to an audiobook of ''Flowers for Algernon'' as they drive home from the Smoky Mountains. Robin is riveted by the story. He's so upset by the supporting characters' cruelty that Theo has to remind him to breathe, and shocked by [[spoiler:Algernon's death]]. A year later, [[spoiler:Robin compares himself to Algernon as the effects of his neurofeedback therapy wear off]].
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* ScienceMarchesOn: See AllPsychologyIsFreudian on the Main page. Virtually all of the psychology is outdated by today's standards, and the medical ethics aren't any better.
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* TropeNamer: FlowersForAlgernonSyndrome: Named after Charlie's drastic personality change, then [[spoiler:reversion back to his old self.]] Also a well-known TropeCodifier for many works that draw off the story for inspiration.
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* TropeNamer: FlowersForAlgernonSyndrome: Named after Charlie's drastic personality change, then [[spoiler:reversion back to his old self.]] Also a well-known TropeCodifier for many works that draw off the story for inspiration.
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* FridgeHorror: Charlie suffers from phenylketonuria (PKU). The condition can be managed by diet, but left unmanaged it causes brain damage. On reflection this makes Roses' treatment of Charlie seem that much worse.
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* FridgeHorror: Charlie suffers from phenylketonuria (PKU). The condition can be managed by diet, but left unmanaged it causes brain damage. On reflection this makes Roses' Rose's treatment of Charlie seem that much worse.
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* BasedOnATrueStory: Parts of it. Daniel Keyes says he himself was the busboy who dropped a bunch of dishes and felt (and was treated by the boss) like a total idiot. The real Charly was a lower-IQ teen in his class when he was teaching English. He came up to Keyes after class saying he wanted to learn to read really well so he could become smart. Keyes said this guy remained forever in his memory and became the Charly we know.
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* ScienceMarchesOn: See AllPsychologyIsFreudian on the Main page. Virtually all of the psychology is outdated by today's standards, and the medical ethics aren't any better.
* BasedOnATrueStory: Parts of it. Daniel Keyes says he himself was the busboy who dropped a bunch of dishes and felt (and was treated by the boss) like a total idiot. The real Charly was a lower-IQ teen in his class when he was teaching English. He came up to Keyes after class saying he wanted to learn to read really well so he could become smart. Keyes said this guy remained forever in his memory and became the Charly we know.
* FridgeHorror: Charlie suffers from phenylketonuria (PKU). The condition can be managed by diet, but left unmanaged it causes brain damage. On reflection this makes Roses' treatment of Charlie seem that much worse.
* BasedOnATrueStory: Parts of it. Daniel Keyes says he himself was the busboy who dropped a bunch of dishes and felt (and was treated by the boss) like a total idiot. The real Charly was a lower-IQ teen in his class when he was teaching English. He came up to Keyes after class saying he wanted to learn to read really well so he could become smart. Keyes said this guy remained forever in his memory and became the Charly we know.
* FridgeHorror: Charlie suffers from phenylketonuria (PKU). The condition can be managed by diet, but left unmanaged it causes brain damage. On reflection this makes Roses' treatment of Charlie seem that much worse.
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* BasedOnATrueStory: Parts of it. Daniel Keyes says he himself was the busboy who dropped a bunch of dishes and felt (and was treated by the boss) like a total idiot. The real Charly was a lower-IQ teen in his class when he was teaching English. He came up to Keyes after class saying he wanted to learn to read really well so he could become smart. Keyes said this guy remained forever in his memory and became the Charly we know.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: Daniel Keyes' first attempt to publish ''Flowers For Algernon'' almost ran afoul of this; the editor he took it to demanded that he [[spoiler: give the story a happy ending where Charlie keeps his enhanced intelligence]]. Fortunately, every writer Keyes asked about it told him to refuse. Of course, any reader can [[TearJerker understand]] why the editor would ask that...
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* ExecutiveMeddling: Daniel Keyes' first attempt to publish ''Flowers For Algernon'' almost ran afoul of this; the editor he took it to demanded that he [[spoiler: give the story a happy ending where Charlie keeps his enhanced intelligence]]. Fortunately, every writer Keyes asked about it told him to refuse. Of course, any reader can [[TearJerker understand]] why the editor would ask that...that...
* ScienceMarchesOn: See AllPsychologyIsFreudian on the Main page. Virtually all of the psychology is outdated by today's standards, and the medical ethics aren't any better.
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