Flowers for Algernon Change Quotes

How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph) or (Page Number)

Quote #1

I wish it would reely work alredy so I coud get smart like evrybody else. (8.24)

Does Charlie just want to change to conform to the status quo? Is that such a bad thing?

Quote #2

Miss Kinnian says Im learning fast. She read some of my progress reports and she looked at me kind of funny. (9.37)

Even if Charlie doesn't register that he's changing, his gal pal sure knows the score. Sometimes it's the people around us who notice our shifts before we do.

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Quote #3

You're beginning to see and understand things. (11.78)

Charlie's change is super-gradual, but we eventually see him trying to make sense of the world around him. What does he notice that he never did before?