 He proves that he can work the mixing machine

 He wants his old job back

 He is familiar with his old job and feels uncomfortable in his new position

 Punctuation

 He uses commas excessively

 He reads a book on punctuation

 He can learn quickly by reading a book

 Charlie’s co-workers  Befriend Charlie to make fun of him

 They get him drunk and force him to dance  The guys get in a circle and trip him

 Grammar corrections  Memories

 Kids gang up on him  Charlie runs back to the bakery  The guys at the bakery are as mean as the children on the street  Charlie goes to the back of the bakery and someone there kicks his legs out from under him

 He knows that they can be cruel

 Harriet and a valentine

 A locket

 He never got the locket back

 His memory is improving

 Fencers  A pair of bats

 He is aware that people are reading them

 He is able to see images in the ink which shows that he is getting smarter

 He makes them go faster

 Make the rolls

 He sets Charlie up so that he fails

 He cannot remember the steps

 He is upset and embarrassed

 It indicates that something will go wrong

 He asks out Alice Kinnian

 He is beginning to see women sexually

 Intelligent  Talk about politics and religion  Are from the university

 Respect Charlie  Listen to Charlie  Speak with Charlie not at him  Do not embarrass Charlie

 His mother

 Wants Charlie to be normal  Is in denial  Has brown hair

 Mother – is in denial; believes Charlie is normal  Father – is more accepting of Charlie’s condition; will not stand up to Rose

 Mother – might make him take on challenges he is not capable of handling  Father – might understand his condition and understand when people are being cruel

 We realize Charlie may not be aware of his condition  He may be more trusting of people because he thinks he is normal

 Charlie realizes he loves Alice

 He sees women as more than just friends

 He associates love with blood and abuse

 Gimpy is stealing money

 Charlie confronts Gimpy and asks him what he would hypothetically do in this situation

 He has to figure out the right thing to do

 They go to Central Park  When things get physical between Charlie and Alice, Charlie sees young Charlie watching them  Charlie is paranoid

 Charlie’s co-workers feel uncomfortable and have signed a petition asking to have him fired

 He concludes the men are jealous

 She says it doesn’t have to do with him

 A middle-aged woman exposed herself to Charlie during a bakery delivery  Then his mother yelling at him for thinking of girls in a sexual way

 He realizes that professors are not necessarily “intellectual giants”