Charlie Gordon's Operation In Flowers For Algernon By Daniel Keyes

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Sometimes we understand that we aren’t as smart as everyone else is. Some people have the knowledge of Albert Einstein while the others have the knowledge of a five-year-old. In the story, Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, Charlie Gordon is given the opportunity to become smarter. This experience is great for him and this is why - he’s a 37-year old man who can’t really spell, use correct grammar, and punctuate very well. Charlie should have this operation because he doesn’t understand life as much as everyone else does. He got this little sense of, “Wow, I really had no clue what learning, love, and life was like. Now I do!” and that motivated him to become smarter. Charlie had to race against a mouse named Algernon who also had the experiment.