class. Follow the directions carefully. 1. Journal entry The structure of Flowers for Algernon is based upon Charlies progress reports, which are like journal entries. Pick another character, and write two journal entries by him/her corresponding to incidents Charlie wrote about involving this character. Write at least a page using dates as Charlie does in the story, and write using the first person pronoun (e.g., Today I saw Charlie.)
2. Short life v. long life If people could choose between a long life (75 plus years) of average quality and a short life (less than 40 years) of higher quality, which kind of life do you think most people would choose? Write at least a page that addresses the following: a) What you think a life of average quality would be b) What you think a life of higher quality might include (This should NOT be about what life would be like if someone won the lottery, but rather, what someone who worked hard and got ahead could reasonably expect life to be like.) c) Which you think most people would choose and why
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