Flowers for Algernon | Essays and Criticism
- How Flowers for Algernon Works As and Transcends Science Fiction
In the following essay, F. Brett Cox explores how Flowers for Algernon both works as and transcends science fiction, particularly in its exploration of themes of alienation and humanity.
- Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
In the following excerpt, Robert Small, Jr., traces Flowers for Algernon through several incarnations, and praises it as a successful example of fiction that answers the question "what if?"
- Structural Fabulation
In the following excerpt, Robert Scholes discusses Flowers for Algernon as a work of science fiction, dividing its main idea into two halves: the operation to develop Charlie's intelligence—a familiar motif in science fiction—and the impermanence of the operation, which distinguishes the novel as an original and powerful work. Additionally Scholes observes that the book's packaging circumvents questions about its genre.
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