Alge is named after his father's favorite book, Flowers for Algernon.
Flowers for Algernon, a science fiction short story and subsequent novel written by Daniel Keyes
For Amma Cheppindi, the short story Flowers for Algernon that Gunnam read a long time ago, provided him with the necessary ideas.
:This article is about the politician; for the fictional character Charlie Gordon, see Flowers for Algernon.
He came to the attention of Bob Hamlyn, artistic director of the Belgrade Theatre, in Coventry after his sensitive and emotional portrayal of Charlie Gordon in the Charles Strouse musical, Flowers for Algernon.
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In 1968, a controversy brewed up when a local Baptist minister attempted to get the school to not use the novels Demian by Hermann Hesse, The Emperor of Ice-Cream by Brian More, and Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes in an English class.
The episode's writer, Brad Wright was somewhat inspired by the Daniel Keyes novel, Flowers for Algernon for the plot of the episode.
The test is also given to the main characters in two widely-differing tales about the human mind: A Clockwork Orange and Daniel Keyes's Flowers for Algernon.