Comparing the movie "Awakenings" with the book "Charlie"

The movie "Awakenings" Is about a boy who slowly slows down until his brain is oblivious to his surroundings. The book "Charlie" Is about a mentally challenged man who undergoes a surgery to make his intelligence increase to the norm, except it increases to the point of brilliancy. Both Charlie and Leonard learned to appreciate the smaller things in life as a result of what they went threw. The intelligence that Charlie obtained and Leonard's eyes being opened to the world were a result of an experiment, and both lasted but a short time despite the struggle to keep what they had. After wat…