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Charlie And Flowers For Algernon Similarities
Both the movie Charly and the story Flowers for Algernon have differences and similarities. One similarity is that Charlie got the operation in the movie and in the story. This is a similarity because in the story Charlie what the operation and in the movie he wants the same thing. Another similarity is that Charlie falls in love with Miss Kinnian. Charlie falls in love with Miss Kinnian in the story and in the movie and Miss Kinnian does the same. One difference is that Dr. Strauss is a male in the story and female in the movie. This a differences because one is a male and the other is a female. Those are some of the similarities and differences in the movie Charly and the story Flowers for Algernon.

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