Flowers For Algernon Literary Analysis

Flowers for Algernon: Literary Analysis of Character Flowers for Algernon, written by Daniel Keyes, is about a man who was born with a mental disability that makes it difficult for him to remember things. He struggles through many daily situations, and has a hard time understanding why he is always in trouble or being made fun of. This man is named Charlie Gordon, and he goes through and learns many more valuable lessons than any of the people surrounding him. This book is written in “reports” to scientists that are studying him and his mental capacity. Charlie is going through with a surgery that the scientists believed would improve his I.Q greatly. All the while, Charlie did not understand how dangerous that the procedure was, but agreed to go through with it anyway. He goes through a series of tests to keep on record for after he gains intelligence, and is soon

He doesn’t understand many words and is very confused about why the people around him laugh. He works very hard and is determined to remember so that he can understand things better, and read and write correctly. He is constantly thinking about simple things, such as his baking job. After many frustrations and realizations, Charlie learns that he is being used, made fun of, and bullied by people that he thought were his friends. He distrusts everyone, scared that they will taunt or laugh at him. One of the main issues that Charlie encounters is his friends at the bakery. He loves his job, but he realizes that all of his co-workers have made fun of him. He desperately wants to tell them about his surgery, but he cannot due to the chance that his intelligence could deplete. He eventually is fired from his bakery job because his co-workers are afraid of his sudden rise in intelligence, and they realize that he could be a threat after he discovers how they have treated him. Charlie continues to express his worries, realizations, and thoughts to the