The second lesson I learned while reading “Flowers of Algernon” is that some times you are better off not knowing what people really think of you. This is shown in “Flowers of Algernon” when Charlie thinks Joe and Frank are his friends, but really they bring him along to make fun of him. Charlie believes that Joe and Frank asked him to get a newspaper and a coffee, but really Joe and Frank were trying to get rid of him. After when Charlie goes through with the surgery, the next time he goes out with joe and frank he realizes how they really treat him and is lonely because nobody he knew is what he used to believe they were. This is why some way Charlie would have been better off not knowing. This made me more tolerant to not take advantage
