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The Three Golden Lines In Flowers For Algernon
Three golden lines resonated with me in Flowers For Algernon. Reading the story Flowers for Algernon i realized i saw myself in Charlie's innocents and his mined. First Golden line is “I want to be smart”(1) thies lines was something i would always said to myself. Growing up i always wanted to be smart i wanted to do good in school. I wanted make my parents proud because what parents don't want a smart child. I didn't know it but i realized it really till middle school that i was in special classes witch made me feel dumb but i still tried hard in school.Another golden line is “i don't think i pass the shok test” growing up i never wanted to fail a test and i would get mad at myself. I was every hard on myself when i did not do well on a
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