Experiments In Flowers For Algernon By Daniel Keyes

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Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes is a book about a 30-year-old man with developmental problems named Charlie. He is shamed his own family and by the rest of the world. He is contacted by a scientific university that has been running experiments on animals to boost IQ. They plan on using Charlie for their first human test subject. He is told to keep ‘Progress Reports’ or Journal entries to document his perspective of the experiment. The surgery is preformed with no immediate results and Charlie is discouraged. He is told to give it time, and although he is doubtful, Charlie listens to the scientists eventually Charlies intelligence surpass the scientists’ and they struggle to keep him satisfied As Charlie’s IQ has been being increased