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Happiness In Daniel Keyes 'Flowers For Algernon'

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“Being happy doesn't mean everythings perfect. It means you’ve decided to look beyond the imperfections.”In the book Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes a 37 year old man named Charlie Gordon has a mental disability. He works at a bread factory and still has to go to school for extra help because he just can’t flip the switch. Too doctors try a surgery on Charlie to hopefully make him a genius. It works, for a little bit, but after he becomes “dumber” than before. He ends up breaking hearts, losing friends and his job. Charlie Gordon should not have got the procedure. Furthermore Charlie broke Alice’s heart when he said “ I love you alice, more than anyone i’ve ever known and i always will. That's why i want you to leave.” she later asks why and he says “ I want you to remember me like i am now, it's all going so fast.” This explains why the procedure was bad because he just broke a woman's heart. Alice and Charlie were very good friends and soon once the procedure fades, she will just be a teacher to him even though deep down they were so much more to each other. …show more content…

You see, when charlie broke alice’s heart, he lost her as a friend too. also after began to get smart, one of the guys that was bullying him at work started to complain because Charlie started to correct him about the boston red sox curse. Charlie then felt as if the had no friends and was alone. Also the people at charlie's work petitioned for him to get laid of of his job. this relates to why he shouldn’t have got the surgery because the was alone and had no friends. but if the didn't have the treatment the still would've had his job and still thought that the people where his

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