The Cause And The Loss: Comparison Between "Mice And Men" And "Flowers
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In the novel 'Of Mice and Men' (John Stienbeck) a mentally challenged
man, Lenny, loses his innocence when he accidentally breaks a woman's neck.
In the novel 'Flowers for Algernon' (Daniel Keyes) another mentally
challenged man, Charlie, loses his innocence when, through the aid of an
operati ....
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.... having a paradise-like world where he supposedly had
many friends. His lifelong ambition, to become smart. When the chance came
he took the offer readily, unprepared for the changes in his life it would
bring. "And what was that Joe and the rest of them were doing. Laughing at
me. And the kids playing hide-and-go-seek were playing tricks on me and
they were laughing at me too... I felt naked" (page 30). All of a sudden
Charlie realized everyone had always laughed at him, not with him, and he
s ....
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