What's the Difference between Flowers For Algernon the Book and Charley the Movie?
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In the Movie |
Charlie Gordon
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Charlie Gordon
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Alice Kinnian
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Alice Kinnian
Portrayed by: Charlie
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In the Movie |
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The story is told as a series of journal entries made by Charlie prior to and after his surgery as he develops and regresses. |
It is told in a typical fashion including a montage. |
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Charlie has a brief loving intimate relationship with Alice. |
Charlie forces Alice to kiss him, he stops when she slaps him.
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After his intelligence greatly increases Charlie leaves Beekman (taking Algernon with him) and lives in an apartment. When not drinking he continues research the experiment that made him more intelligent. |
Charley leaves and a montage shows him experiencing he counter culture. He returns and asks Alice to marry him. |
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Charlie has a relationship with Fay Lillman a neighbor near his apartment. She later avoids him as he regresses. |
Fay does not appear in the movie.
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Charlie writes in great detail about his childhood as his mother struggled with his retardation. |
No back story on Charley's past. |