Question

1. (a) Explain what the text says explicitly.

Reread the scene from the play Flowers for Algernon. Then, explain what the
text reveals about how hard Charlie is working. Cite two pieces of explicit, or clear, evidence from the text to support your response.

Answer 1

Summary Progress Reports 1–7

Note: "Flowers for Algernon" is told in the form of “progress reports” kept by Charlie Gordon, an intellectually disabled man who is chosen as the subject of a laboratory experiment designed to increase his intelligence.

Summary: “progris riport 1 martch 3”

In his first “progris riport,” Charlie has an IQ of sixty-eight and is a poor speller.