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Born in August 9, 1927 Daniel Keyes began his life in Brooklyn New York. At only seventeen he joined the Marine Service, serving as ships purser. Keyes started his career as an associate fiction editor, the left editing to ender the fashion photography business. (H. Keyes, Daniel Keyes Bio). I think his job a fiction editor influenced him as a novelist because here he probably learned many skills needed to write good novels. Keys had a very busy life; besides his job as a teacher he took literature courses in Brooklyn College as well as writing on the weekend. (Fratz, Daniel Keyes)
After receiving his collage degree at the age of thirty three Daniel published his first recognized fiction novel – “Flowers for Algernon” in 1959. (Fratz, Daniel Keyes) The novel was written while he was working as a teacher; his experience with educationally slow students probably formed some of ideas for his novel. This novel was written entirely from the protagonist’s point of view. This......

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