Do you remember seeing the mentally handicapped kids walking down the hall at school? What did you do when you saw them? Did you duck in a dark back hallway and try to avoid all contact with them? If you did then you’re probably one of Charlie Gordon’s “friends”. Or so he would think. In the book “Flowers For Algernon” by Dave Keyes Charlie Gordon is a mentally retarded adult. He soon receives …showed first 75 words of 683 total…

…showed last 75 words of 683 total…emotion for Charlie is increased. There are many differences between “ Charly” and “ Flowers For Algernon” by Dave Keyes even though they follow the same basic story. So the next time you see a mentally handicapped person walking down the halls of school or even life what are you going to do? Are you going to say hi and slap hands or are you going to duck into that dark, back hallway that society calls prejudice.