Flowers Of Algernon Challenges Everything We Know About Ethical Responsibility

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Although the film was shown twenty-one years ago , it still provides value for us modern viewers. The main character is a mentally handicapped adult by the name of Charlie Gordon who goes to an academic institution for “regular” or otherwise “able-bodied” people. Fragments of his life are shown in a jumbled narrative on the screen, with flashback employed…