Flowers For Algernon Compare And Contrast

Noah and Charlie Gordon are very different people living different lifestyles and taking different paths for their journies. There are several major similarities and differences concerning characters in “Flowers For Algernon” by Daniel Keyes and Phantoms In the Snow by Kathleen Benner Duble. The characters being compared and contrasted are Noah from Phantoms in the Snow and Charlie Gordon from “Flowers For Algernon.” The first aspect of the similarities of the two characters is behavior, this is an aspect because both characters are good people, they never commit wrongdoings and they are always trying to do the right thing. The next aspect that the two characters have in common is their training, this is a similarity because both Charlie

A difference that Noah and Charlie have is how they’re seen by their peers. Noah is generally accepted rather quickly into his division while Charlie struggles throughout “Flowers For Algernon” to be accepted by his peers and never truely is understood. Another aspect for the two characters is knowledge, this is a difference because Charlie is mentally disabled and has an IQ of 68, while Noah is a very clever boy. Noah can easily answer a simple question in Phantoms in the Snow, while Charlie struggled to even write early on in “Flowers For Algernon.” Which shows a cognitive gap between the characters.

“Flowers For Algernon” and Phantoms In The Snow are drastically different stories with universes crafted by different authors. Noah and Charlie Gordon are very different people living different lifestyles and taking different paths for their journies. So it would come to no surprise that there are differences in the stories, however there are also similarities in character development. Both characters went through a lot of mental and physical challenges alike, and they both faced many trials and