Flowers for algernon?

i'm having so much trouble with this book.


please be as detailed as possible.


if you anwser everything kinda right, i'll automatically give you best anwser...





1.list the 5 W's and how for the background of the book.


2. three symbols in the book


3.what is the authors attitude as presented to the reader

Flowers for algernon?
I'll only answer one, because you need to find them yourself...a little research on Barnes %26amp; Noble site , perhaps? Things are always better when you work for them.





3. The author's moral of the story, if you will, is that things are not necessarily better if you change them to fit the surrounding society. His attitude is that sometimes things that are changed makes them worse than before, in this case, the main character is taught of his own deficiencies when he was perfectly happy before. Ignorance is sometimes bliss, in other words.
Reply:This book is not difficult if you read it. The list of questions you gave made it sound that you wanted us to do your homework for you. Also I strongly believe tthese were the questions the teacher gave you.


Next time try looking up summaries for this book, or the plot outline. That should help you understand the book better.
Reply:Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes





SYMBOLISM / MOTIFS / IMAGERY / SYMBOLS





A lot of the writing is bare and simple, as befits the narrator, but it is also a psychological study. Hence, the latter part the book has several symbols, sometimes used as links, which set off associations with the protagonist’s memories.





The author uses the knife as a repeated symbol of the mother’s threats and punishments. He has dreams of sex, ending with the woman carrying a bloody knife. When he tries to make love to Alice, he can’t go on. Later, he dreams of being chased by someone holding a bloody knife. This is later connected to his mother’s threats when he had an unconscious erection while observing a girl. It is also linked with the knife his mother picks up, when she demands that his father should take him away from home. More……





http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/monk...








Study Guides





These links will give you a summary of the book, character analysis, plot and much more, so that you will be able to answer literary questions.





http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/algernon/





http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/monk...





http://www.bookrags.com/notes/alg/





http://www.novelguide.com/FlowersForAlge...





http://litsum.com/flowers-for-algernon/
Reply:Haylie,





This is a very difficult book to understand. For the first question, they are asking you to list the 5 W's: who, what, when, where, and why. In the second question they are asking you to list symbols, as in parts of the book that represent something. The third question asks you to consider the way in which it was written. Was the author sympathetic to Algernon? Did he feel pity, was he proud? I hope this helps. It has been years since I read this book, but I remember that it was a good one.