What if you had the chance to change your life completely? This is the question Daniel Keyes answers in the story “Flowers for Algernon.” Charlie Gordon is the main character who wants to be smart and, therefore, has brain surgery. After the surgery, Charlie can supposedly be smart. For him, this means he has now improved in his writing, spelling, and reading. Because he had the surgery, he was able to experience love. He falls in love for the first time, but his relationship ends in tragedy. He was also able to go through a once-in-a-lifetime experience that almost no one will ever go through. He has his dream come true and becomes smart. His work companion, Algernon, died because of the surgery. Charlie researches him and Algernon and finds out that his …show more content…
He could also do an insane amount of research and would bring worldwide breakthroughs that could benefit everyone. Second, Charlie is correct in having the surgery because he was able to experience what love is for the first time. For instance, we can see that Charlie is correct to undergo surgery when he goes on a date with Miss Kinnian. Charlie declares, “I'm in love with Miss Kinnian” (pg. 1). 6. The aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid By looking at this evidence, we can see that he realizes that he has fallen in love with her. Miss Kinnian, or Alice, was Charlie's teacher and helped Charlie and cared for him. She has always wanted Charlie to be happy and tries to improve his life for him every day. Charlie goes out with her after the surgery and realizes how beautiful she is to him. Charlie fell in love with me. Some may say, however, that the love wasn’t worth it. In the end, the love was destroyed and Charlie forgot the love that he had for her. Nevertheless, Charlie found love. Love is powerful if it's real and hiding true love can be