Essay Writing(Plan)

28/01/10
Today, Mr Teo went through our essay writing plan. I have decided to write about the significance of the realistic settings in Flowers for Algernon(FFA). Certain realistic settings are that it occurs in realistic environment, it does not have a closure. I am now going to talk about the physical environment of (FFA). The physical environment is real as there are certain things such as the house which Charlie Gordon stays in which is rented, the story is based in present time New York, there is a night school in the story and there are also jobs and collegues in the factory. Now, I will talk about the characters. There are many characters. One such character is Miss Kinnian, who taught Charlie Gordon in the night school. She was very kind-hearted and she represented people who treat mentally retarded people in reality kindly. There is also Algernon, who was a laboratory rat. Just in reality, laboratory rats are also used in experiments. There is also Frank and Joe, who are Charlie Gordon's collegues in the factory. At the beginning, they befriended Charlie Gordon, as he was mentally retarded but after the operation, they avoided him. Both Frank and Joe represent people who have an inferior complex in reality. Lastly, there are also people like Doctor.Nemur, who abandoned Charlie Gordon after the failed experiment. He represented those who are afraid of failure in reality.