Charlie's Writing Techniques In Flowers For Algernon

In the beginning of “Flowers for Algernon” Charlie was a 37 years old man. Charlie intelligence level is low. He was in a class with adults who all had below average intelligence. Charlie wanted to be smart, so he had a surgery even though it was risky. After the surgery Charlie’s life improves because he finds out he has no true friends, learns how to use writing techniques, and his mental age catches up with his physical age. One thing that positively affects Charlie’s life is that he finds out his “ friends” aren’t his actual “friends”. (April 20 progress report 9) “It's a funny thing I never knew that Joe and Frank and the others liked to have me around all the time to make fun of me”. Charlie understood how others felt and how they treated other people. He could better connect with citizens. Now that

(April 16 progress report 9) “Today I learned, the comma.” This shows that Charlie was learning more and more faster each day. He used a dictionary to search up words so he can better understand. (April 15 progress report 9)“Miss Kinnian says 1m leming fast.” This quote shows that even his teacher Miss Kinnain even saw he was getting excellent in learning skills better than what he was before the surgery. Also Charlie’s another reason why Charlie life expands because his mental age catches up with his physical age. (April 28 progress report 10-11)“Now every time I see her she grows younger and more lovely.” This quote shows how after his mental age catches up with his physical age because it starts to realize how beautiful Miss Kinnian is, and young. (April 27 progress report 10-11) “I got up the nerve today to ask Miss Kinnian to have dinner with me tomorrow night to celebrate my bonus.” He thought Miss Kinnian was so beautiful he had to ask her on a date because he finally understands how lovely people