Flowers for Algernon
Book • 1966
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Medical experimentation on animals
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Algernon dies
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Charlie was abused by his mother as a child because of his disability
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Is a minor sexualized?
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She's not present enough to be sexualized, but a minor character is mentioned to have had three pregnancies before age 18.
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Charlie’s mother abused him and also threatened his father with a knife
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No, but the main character's mother accuses him of being sexually interested in his sister (he isn't).
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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An intellectually disabled woman is mentioned to have been given a hysterectomy, most likely without her consent.
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Is there sexual content?
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Lots of it
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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Blink-and-you'll-miss-it usage of fairy. Homosexual is also used as a noun, but not in a derogatory way.
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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No, but there IS intellectual disability specific abuse.
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Charlie is traumatised from his abusive childhood
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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So, so much. Both in the narrative and the text itself.
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Charlie starts to objectify women when he explores his sexuality
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Charlie’s mental state deteriorated again and his fate is left ambiguous
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Is there a large age gap?
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Not in any of the actual relationships portrayed, but a minor character is mentioned to have been raped by adult men multiple times while she was under 18.
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Is the r-slur used?
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Frequently, in the medical sense that was common at the time of writing.
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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Charlie’s dad shaves him at the barber shop and accidentally cuts his neck
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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The main character does however explicitly consider suicide at one point.
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Is someone stalked?
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Charlie watches his neighbour undress through her window without her knowledge
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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No, but one is separated from a child who needs it and the emotional distress is focused on.
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Charlie wets and soils himself when he is scared, especially as a child. His mother abuses him because of this
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Is there a hospital scene?
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When Charlie has the operation at the start
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Charlie and his female neighbour start going out to nightclubs and drinking too much together
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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As a plot point.
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