To begin with, a couple of weeks after Charlie, a 32-year-old man with an I.Q. of 68, has an operation to make him “smart”, he doesn't see any progress in his intelligence. After work one day, Frank and Joe, Two employees at Donner’s Bakery who often pick on Charlie, take Charlie to a bar, where they urge him to dance like a buffoon and then abandon him, but charlie is unaware of that and thinks they're all having a good time. “Everyone laffed and we had a good time and they gave me lots of drinks and Joe said Charlie is a card when hes potted” (190). This demonstrates that Charlie’s limited self-awareness is leaving him vulnerable for others to take advantage of. He’s limited self-awareness is making him unaware that Frank and Joe are picking on him and using him just for a laugh.
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Donnegan, Charlie’s boss, shows Charlie a petition that eight hundred and forty names have signed to demand Charlie to be fired. He talks with Fanny, the bakery's cashier, about his feeling and she tries to tell him that wanting to be more than God had intended him to be is a mistake. “This intelligence has driven a wedge between me and all the people I once knew and loved” (199). This explains that Charlie’s intelligence is leaving a gap between him and his love ones. He is so intelligent that other people are staying away from him leaving him alone. Lastly, After Algernon, a white mouse that went through the same surgery as Charlie, dies, he realizes that the operation isn’t permanent and he starts to turn into his old self. During one of Miss Kinnians classes, Charlie forgets that he’s not in Miss Kinnians class anymore and shows up for class, which makes Miss Kinnian feel sorry for him. He realizes this and decides to go to New York to escape everyone feeling sorry for him. “That's why I'm going away from New York for good” (209). This proposed that Charlie doesn’t want anyone to feel sorry for him. He decides to be alone than watch everyone else look sad at
Donnegan, Charlie’s boss, shows Charlie a petition that eight hundred and forty names have signed to demand Charlie to be fired. He talks with Fanny, the bakery's cashier, about his feeling and she tries to tell him that wanting to be more than God had intended him to be is a mistake. “This intelligence has driven a wedge between me and all the people I once knew and loved” (199). This explains that Charlie’s intelligence is leaving a gap between him and his love ones. He is so intelligent that other people are staying away from him leaving him alone. Lastly, After Algernon, a white mouse that went through the same surgery as Charlie, dies, he realizes that the operation isn’t permanent and he starts to turn into his old self. During one of Miss Kinnians classes, Charlie forgets that he’s not in Miss Kinnians class anymore and shows up for class, which makes Miss Kinnian feel sorry for him. He realizes this and decides to go to New York to escape everyone feeling sorry for him. “That's why I'm going away from New York for good” (209). This proposed that Charlie doesn’t want anyone to feel sorry for him. He decides to be alone than watch everyone else look sad at