Does it occur to anyone else that the
song “Mirrors” by Justin Timberlake sound a lot like Charlie’s P.O.V from Flowers for Algernon? In the song, for
instance, JT says:
“Just know that I'm always
Parallel on the other side”
That sounds a lot like post-surgery Charlie and Alice seeing the pre-surgery Charlie.
“I'm lookin' right at the other half of me…Show me how to fight for now…”
Sounds familiar, maybe Charlie looking at himself in the bathroom mirror during the convention, where he says:
“I'm not your friend. I'm your enemy. I'm not going to give up my
intelligence without a struggle. I can't go back down into that cave. There's
no place for me to go now, Charlie. So you've got to stay away.”
The two Charlie’s are fighting for
position. Although post-surgery Charlie knows he can’t get rid of the other
half of him, he stills fights with pre-surgery Charlie.
“My mirror staring back at me”
Pre-surgery Charlie is post-surgery Charlie’s “mirror” staring back at him.
I really think that it was possible
that Justin Timberlake got his inspiration for “Mirrors” from Flowers for Algernon.
To watch the music video, click the link below:
