Issues in Flowers for Algernon

Question 4: Intrapersonal: Imagine that you are someone who is mentally challenged. Write a diary entry of a typical day, taking into consideration the discrimination and helplessness they face. Please ensure you have conducted research on this. Cite your sources. It should be no less than 400 words.

Deer Diry,
I had a grate time today. I had a lot of funs with my friends from the factery where I work. When I went to the factery, my friends came to me and asked me if I wanted to go to the disko. I was very exited at that time as my friends never asked me out befor. Duering work, my friend, Ahmad, fall down when walking. Then, my another friend, Josh, used my name when he shouted, “Haha Ahmad, are you trying to pull a Dexter Kuah?” At that time, almost everybody laughed. Seeing them laugh, I followed suit and laughed too. I did not really understood what Josh meant by pull a Dexter Kuah but when we laughed, my friend, Amy, sudenly shouted, “Stop laughing! It is not funny!”

Just then, everybody stopped laughing. I did not understood why. After work, I met up with my best friend from the factery, Andy, and headed streight to the disko to meet with my other friends. At the disko, we played games that I didn’t know how to play. I asked them to teech me how to play but they just said, “Dexter, there is no need for you to learn how to play this game. You just play it by following our instructions.” We played the game and I followed their instructions. I don know whether I win or lose but I just played. I played in almost evry single game and my friends laughed after evry game. I did not know why they laughed, so I just followed them and laughed. We played and played for about two hours and they decided that we should dance. The most elegant lady in the factery asked me to dance and I was socked. I did not expect in a milion years that she would ask me to dance with her. I grabbed her hand and we started dancing.

As we danced, I always seemed to be tripping and my friends always seemed to be laughing. Even the lady who was dancing with me was laughing all the while. I did not know why they laughed and once again, laughed with them. I did not know why I was so clumpsy to trip over the ladys leg all the time while the other people did not. I was embarased. Well, I have nuthing more to rite now so I will close for today.



Source: The Book, “Flowers For Algernon”