In the story Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keys, the decision to undergo the experimental surgery was an atrocious idea.In the story ,after Charlie under went the surgery, he stared to isolate himself. One a journal entry entered on May 18, since this was the height of his intelligence he has a very high vocabulary that not many people could understand. Another reason he might have been isolating himself is because many people had seen the change in him so they started to fear him,like his co workers who signed a petition so he could leave his job, so he didn’t have anyone to talk to.Another negative effect of the surgery is that he doesn't like losing his intelligence. This can be seen on a journal entry on June 15 as Charlie states,”It’s
