F2F Class Notes (Ben) [R]

Vocabulary

literature

Shakespeare – Romeo and Juliet / King Lear

J.D.Salinger – The Catcher in the Rye

Harper Lee – To Kill a Mockingbird

Daniel Keyes – Flowers for Algernon

Vocabulary

feeble = weak, not very decided
He is still very sick and feeble.
He is feeble-minded. Just insist 2 or 3 times and he will accept.

frequent = to go somewhere frequently. To attend
I often frequent bars around Jingan Temple
This bar isn’t very frequented- it is always empty.

Flowers for Algernon is a book written by Daniel Keyes in 1960.

The main character of the book is Charlie Gordon, an unintelligent but lovable person. Charlie is used in part of a new experiment to triple his IQ. He becomes intelligent, and learns to read and enjoy the world around him better. But later, people stop liking him as much because he makes them feel bad. He learns that it is more important to be a good person than a smart person. He frequents a class for feeble minded folks taught by a teacher named Miss Kinnian. While Charlie’s IQ grows so does his love for her. He finds himself in a state of depression, unhappy and unsatisfied with his new artificial IQ.

The title of the book comes from a mouse in the story named Algernon who also has the experiment done on him.

Flowers for Algernon is on many schools’ lists of books that students must read.