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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Charlie finds his parents and sister. His mother is confused and demented, but his sister is matured and loving. His father is estranged from the family and does not recognize Charlie when he gets a haircut at his dad's barber shop. |
Charley does not meet his family. |
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In the book, Dr. Strauss is a male. |
In the movie, Dr. Strauss is a female.
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When Charlie has fully regressed, he still remembers that he was once a genius, but decides to quit his bakery job again and move back to the Warren Home school. He ask Alice to put flowers on Algernon's grave. |
Alice visits Charly and asks him to marry her, but he tells her to leave.
In the end Alice watches Charly playing with children in a playground, fully reverted to his former low IQ. |