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During the motion picture “Charly” a 1968 film many differences and similarities were littered throughout. To start off the first and foremost difference is “Charly’s” love relationship in the film and his more friendship relationship in the short story. Another would include the friendship he held with Algernon and how little it was mentioned or displayed in the cinema. A more minor one would include Dr. Strauss being a male in the story and a female in the film. Secondly for the more minor differences would be how he found Algernon deceased in his cage while being at a convention. Both of which were not indicated in the short story. It was just written in Charlie’s journal that Algernon past away. Similarly

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