Examples Of Charlie Gordon In Flowers For Algernon

Charlie Gordon is a unique character that is in the book Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. The reason that Charlie Gordon is a unique character is because of the growth that Charlie experiences throughout the whole book. Thus Charlie has shown a change in his character that is not expected, mainly he becomes more aggressive, we see this in the outbursts that Charlie makes during the convention to show Charlie's exponential growth. A main example is in the beginning of the book while he takes a Rorschach test with Burt: “‘ Pictures! Hidden in the inkbolts! Last time you told me that everyone could see them and you wanted me to find them too”’ (Keyes 56). As amazing as the growth sounds it is also a burden as his emotions did not mature as much as intellect did causing major uncertainty.

In some ways you're so advanced ,and yet when it comes to making a decision, you’re still a child’” (Keyes 91). Also the intellectual growth is still not something to just be overshadowed by the underdevelopment of the emotions, as his intelligence was no par with that of a genius who solved undiscovered problems: “There is so much that can be done with this technique if it is perfected.” (Keyes 200) Furthermore problem that showed up in Charlie's life was the convention, the very one where he was supposed to show off his growth, however, one of the doctors who helped his start this growth was not kind hearted to Charlie as the doctor was a attention seeker that did not like how Charlie was getting all the recognition, but, not him who started it. Burt can see Charlie in his frustration about the way the doctor was acting and decided to tell him, “‘Take it easy Charlie. The old man is on