The toilet plunger about to plunge into the toilet symbolize the beginning of his fall from innocence, his state of mental retardation evolving into the state of absolute genius. In the beginning, Charlie Gordon works at a factory as a janitor and he loved his job, enjoying the company of his so-called “friends”, the best of whom were Joe Carp and Frank Reilly. Despite what Charlie thinks, they are not his friends, and they keep him around for the laughs, constantly making fun of him. In the beginning of this story, it is made clear that this aspect of his personality is innocent and blissful, free of knowledge. This is easily supported and the strongest of our points, this personality having dominance until he underwent the surgery. This much