Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

Point of View The perspective from which a story is told The author’s choice of narrator

Points of View 1st person – the narrator is a character in the story – 3rd person limited – the narrator is not a character in the story and follows only one character’s thoughts and actions 3rd person omniscient – the narrator is not a character and knows all things about all characters – god-like

Flowers for Algernon Point of View Written in first person Narrator is Charlie Gordon Written as a journal

Flowers for Algernon - Genre Prose – ordinary form of written language – in paragraphs Fiction – prose writing about imaginary characters and events Short story – brief work of fiction Science Fiction - combines elements of fiction and fantasy with science fact

Characters Charlie – protagonist Algernon - mouse Miss Kinnian – teacher Dr. Strauss – scientist Dr. Nemur – scientist Joe Carp – Charlie’s coworker at factory

Dynamic Character Character that changes and grows Charlie is a dynamic character Static Character Character that does not change

Rorschach Test – Ink blot test

IQ Intelligence quotient - measure of intelligence: a measure of somebody's intelligence, obtained through a series of aptitude tests concentrating on different aspects of intellectual functioning.