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Colton Kersting | Allison Niehoff | Allusion

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Colton Kersting | Allison Niehoff | Allusion

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An Allusion is a mentioning or a reference to content other than the material making the allusion.

In the story ‘Flowers for Algernon,’ there is an allusion to the book ‘Robinson Crusoe,’ by David Defoe. The allusion is that Ms. Kinnian has Charlie read ‘Robinson Crusoe,’ as part of class. Charlie enjoys ‘Robinson Crusoe,’ and when he asks if there is a sequel, he is disappointed to find that there is no sequel. (Actually, there is a sequel called ‘The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, but it is relatively unknown and not as widespread as the original).

Charlie also asks, “Why,” (Keyes 97) in his journal as to why there is no (Widespread) sequel to ‘Robinson Crusoe.’ This is evidence that Charlie enjoyed ‘Robinson Crusoe,’ and that the Author enjoyed it as well.
The author didn't pick 'Robinson Crusoe' as the book Charlie reads just because it sounded like an interesting book, however. The author draws connections from 'Robinson Crusoe' to 'Flowers for Algernon,' since the main characters are in somewhat similar situations. In 'Robinson Crusoe,' Robinson Crusoe gets stranded on an island, and has to survive with only what the island has on it, with no contact with the outside world. Similarly, as Charlie got smarter and smarter, He started to isolate himself from the rest of the world, and he starts to get lonely.

Judging from the evidence, there is reason to conclude it fact that there is allusion in ‘Flowers for Algernon,’ and that it is used well.

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An example of External Conflict in "Flowers for Algernon" is when he was at the bar with the incident of the 16 year old boy. According to the passage, " I jumped up and shouted, shut up! Leave him alone! It's not his fault he can't understand! He can't help what he is! But for God's sake... he's still a human being!" (Keyes 112). This is external conflict because it is a problem with the people he was interacting with. Charlie was at the bar, and he saw people laughing at the boy. He got very furious, and he yelled at the people who were laughing at him. In conclusion, when Charlie was at the bar struggling to get along with the others, he experienced an external conflict.

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An example of foreshadowing in "Flowers for Algernon" is in the beginning of "PROGRESS REPORT 13". Charlie states that, "Algernon bit me. I visited the lab to see him, as I do occasionally, and when I took him out of his cage, he snapped at my hand" (Keyes 113). Since Algernon is a representation of Charlie, it foreshadows that Charlie is about to experience something reverting. Therefore, this is an example of foreshadowing.

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Allusion is when an author uses a book or a movie\time in history, to make a connection in their own book. In Flowers for Algernon, Charlie Gordon is an adult who wants to get smarter. He then gets a chance to get a operation done to triple his intelligence. Sadly, the side-effects do not help Charlie.  In this story, Daniel Keyes provides many examples of allusion to show Charlie's emotions in different ways. In the story it says, "Its called Robinson Crusoe, about a man who gets marooned on a dessert island...Only I feel sorry because  he is all alone and has no friends."(Keyes 96) The author chose to use this because in the book the character had no friends just like Charlie. The author is showing that there is a connection between Crusoe and Charlie. This is because Charlie is mentally disabled and doesn't have any friends. This connection between the book and Charlie shows an example of allusion, in the story" Flowers for Algernon".

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Without a doubt, the external conflict in the story involves Dr.Strauss vs. Dr.Nemur.  As stated in the story "Flowers For Algernon", "Dr.Nemur wanted to publish the results of the experiment at the end of this month... Dr.Strauss wanted to wait a while longer to be sure" (Keyes 104). This conflict between them is about when they should publish the results of the experiment on Charlie. In this quote, it shows both of their perspectives are different. However, while they argue about this, Charlie has truly seen them clearly for the first time.

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Internal conflict

An internal conflict is the occurring within a character's mind. Things such as the character views for, but can't quite reach. Charlie Gordon experienced an internal conflict when he lost his memory. Based on the story, one strong piece of evidence states, "Most of the books I have are too hard for me now. I get angry with them because I know that I read and the understood them just a few weeks ago" (Keyes 119). After examining this piece of evidence, readers can infer that Charlie has been regressing with his knowledge about the past things he has learned. This shows Charlies  internal conflict with himself because he's now unable to remember things. He is also continuously losing memory; in other words he is returning to his original state and he does not like this.

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What is a static character? A static character is a character which does not change but stays the same throughout a story. In the story, " Flowers for Algeronon," Mrs. Kinnian, was the static character. Throughout the story, Mrs.Kinnian stayed beneficial to Charlie till the end.  The story states, "Mrs. Kinnian came to the door but I said go away I don't want to see you" (Keyes122). This shows that even though Charlie didn't want the care from her anymore, Mrs.Kinnian still cared and wanted to help him. For example, the story also states, "She cried and I cried too but I wouldn't let her in because I didn't want to be smart but I had to say that so shed go away"(Keyes122).

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A dynamic character is a character that changes throughout the story. In the story "Flowers for Algernon," Charlie Gordon is an example of a dynamic character. At the beginning of the story, Charlie was very vacuous and naive.  The passage states, " I dint see nuthing in the ink but he said there was picturs there other pepul saw some picturs. I coudnt see any picturs" (Keyes 84).  Before the operation, he saw things too literal and didn't think out of the box. After the operation, Charlie was able to look into the picture and see more than just an ink blot. The story says, "We went through the cards slowly. One of them looked like a pair of bats tugging at something. Another one looked like two men fencing with swords. I imagined all sorts of things" (Keyes 102). Charlie was able to imagine all different pictures in the cards instead of being as literal as he was before. Because his intelligence had increased so much, he was able to imagine more even though the pictures he thought of were more negative. This could from the distrust he had for the test after he became more aware of his surroundings and how people treated him. As shown, Charlie Gordon had changed throughout the story which makes him a dynamic character.

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Symbolism is when an object in the story has a strong meaning. In "Flowers for Algernon", the author shows symbolism with the Flowers that Charlie puts on Algernon's grave. In the passage the author states, "P.P.S. Please if you get a chanse put some flowers on Algernons grave in the bak yard....'' (Keyes 124). This evidence proves that the flowers that Charlie leaves on Algernon's grave symbolizes the "Algernon - Gordon Effect", which is the brain surgery that both Algernon and Charlie went through. By putting the flowers on his grave, Charlie is showing his respect for the mouse and what they both went through.

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Kayla and Hector- Internal Conflict (Miss Kinnian vs. self)

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Kayla and Hector- Internal Conflict (Miss Kinnian vs. self)

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One of the ways Miss. Kinnian demonstrated internal conflict is when she ran out of the class crying. The book states, " I went in and sat down in my old seat in the back of the room and she looked at me funny and she said Charles. I dint remember she ever called me that before only Charlie so I said hello Miss. Kinnian Im redy for my lesin today only I lost my reader that we was using. She startid to cry and run out of the room and everybody looked at me and  saw they wasnt the same pepul who use to be in my class" ( Keyes 123 ). Miss Kinnian ran out of the classroom because she felt like it was all her fault. Seeing Charlie's lack of intelligence made her feel responsible for his setback. Miss Kinnian felt this way because she was the one who recommended Charlie for the operation.

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-The theme for Flowers for Algernon is respect others with differences because even they have feelings. According to the story," They were laughing at him because he was mentally 🤬"(Keyes 111). This clearly explains the people laughed at him just because he was different. If they saw him as someone "normal," they would not have laughed at him as much as they did in the story.

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The text structure of "Flowers For Algernon" is in chronological order. Charlie writes progress reports in order so the doctors see his progress, "Progris riport 1... Progris riport 2" ( Keyes 84 ).This evidence shows that the story is in order. The point of view in the story is first person from Charlie's point of view.  First person helps the reader understand his feelings and what is happening to him from his perspective before and after the operation. If we were in first person from Dr. Strauss or Dr. Nemur, we would only have so much information about what was happening to Charlie.