1. What is the role of CHARLie'S flashbacks? how do they develop in the text? use evidence to support your answer.
2. How has Charlie changed at the end of the novel? Is he different from the person he is at the beginning of the novel, and if so, how? Do you consider the novel’s ending to be tragic or inspiring? use evidence to support your answer.
3. What would probably happen to Charlie Gordon today? Would he have been mainstreamed into a regular classroom? What changes have been made in our society and legal system to make this novel at times politically incorrect? How do these changes benefit society as a whole, or do they? use evidence to support your answer.
4. Compare and contrast Charlie's personality before and after his surgery. Does more knowledge make him a better person? Compare the evolved Charlie's personality with Professor Nemur's during their argument at the psychological meeting. use evidence to support your answer.
5. Do you think that Charlie’s writings as a mentally disabled man at the beginning and end of the novel accurately represent the way a disabled person genuinely might write? use evidence to support your answer.