Saturday, February 02, 2013

74. Flowers for Algernon (8)


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Today’s text is by far too short for readers to follow Charlie's evolution. Yet the account that Charlie gives of the transformations that are taking place in his mind, soul and spirit cannot be left out: they are a part of him, which means that knowing Charlie implies knowing all his past.

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 Flowers for Algernon (8)
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May 18—I am very disturbed. I saw Miss Kinnian last night for the first time in over a week. I tried to avoid all discussions of intellectual concepts and to keep the conversation on a simple, everyday level, but she just stared at me blankly and asked me what I meant about the mathematical variance equivalent in Dorbermann’s Fifth Concerto.
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When I tried to explain she stopped me and laughed. I guess I got angry, but I suspect I’m approaching her on the wrong level. No matter what I try to discuss with her, I am unable to communicate. I must re­view Vrostadt’s equations on Levels of Semantic Progression. I find that I don’t communicate with people much any more. Thank God for books and music and things I can think about. I am alone in my apart­ment at Mrs. Flynn’s boardinghouse most of the time and seldom speak to anyone.
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