Asked by lutina

Read the following passage from “Flowers for Algernon.”

. . . I said go away I dont want to see you. She cried and I cried too but I wouldnt let her in because I didnt want her to laugh at me. I told her I didn’t like her any more. I told her I didn’t want to be smart any more. Thats not true. I still love her and I still want to be smart but I had to say that so shed go away.

What provokes Charlie’s decision to behave in this way toward Miss Kinnian?
A. his internal conflict between his love for her and his fear of being laughed at
B. the external conflict between his desire to be smart and his mental decline
C. his worsening mental condition, which makes him unable to communicate
D. his immediate need to go back to work to earn money to pay his rent

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
A.

Charlie pushes Miss Kinnian away because he’s torn between his love for her and his fear of being ridiculed — he lies about not wanting to be smart just to make her leave, showing an internal conflict.