1. Figures of Speech Flowers for Algernon Examples

2. “She said you’ve done more than a lot of people with brains they’ve never even used.”

3. “I was scared to death of those inkblots.”

4. “I remember Burt saying that Dr. Nemur had a shrew of a wife.”

5. “Inside my chest it feels empty like getting punched and heartburn at the same time.”

6. “He said an I.Q. showed how much intelligence you could get, like the numbers on the outside of a measuring cup.”

7. “He said, ‘Ernie for godsake are you trying to be a Charlie Gordon.’”

8. “Once again I have the feeling of shame burning inside of me.’”

9. “You’re like a giant sponge now, soaking things in.”

10. “Now every time I see her she grows younger and more lovely. Hubba, Hubba.”

11. “You’ll see how the different branches of learning are related. There are many levels, Charlie, like steps on a giant ladder that take you up higher and higher to see more and more of the world around you.”

12. “I won’t go much higher than I am now, but you’ll keep climbing up and up and see more and more.”

13. “This intelligence has driven a wedge between me and all the people I once knew and loved.”

14. “Other people had something I lacked. In my mental blindness, I thought that it was somehow connected with my ability to read and write.”

15. “I have become touchy and irritable. I feel the darkness closing in.”

16. “A week since I dared to write again. It’s slipping away like sand through my fingers.”