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What does the SYMBOL of "Flowers" suggest in the
title, "Flowers for Algernon?"

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In some ways, Algernon gets to be the stand-in for Charlie. Those flowers show that people care, even when they return to their normal lives and stop interacting with Charlie. As long as those flowers end up on the grave, that rascally mouse and his friend live on in memory.

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