Charlie Gordon's Flowers For Algernon

The story, "Flowers for Algernon, is about a boy named Charlie Gordon, who is thirty-seven years old and has a mental disability. He had gotten a surgery, which helped him become smarter, and the surgery turned out to be a success. But he also found out that the surgery was temporary. Charlie Gordon was better off before the surgery.

Charlie was more gleeful at the beginning of "Flowers for Algernon." He had friends at the beginning of the story, Frank Reilly, and Joe Carp. Charlie had considered them as his friends, but later finds out that they weren't actually his friends, they just wanted to be around him so they could make fun of him. After he made this realization, he became forlorn. Before the operation, he was happier and he had friends. The didn't know they made fun of him, but he at least he was happy. Before Charlie had the surgery, he had a job at Donnegan's Plastic Box Company. But, when Charlie got smarter, it frightened other people. Most of the people at the factory signed a petition for Charlie to leave. Then Mr. Donnegan fired him. When he did have a job, he was happier and didn't feel so alone. Charlie was a much happier person at the beginning of the story when he didn't have the operation done on him. …show more content…
When Charlie was given a lab, called "The Algernon-Gordon Effect," he found out the surgery was temporary. He became miserable and irritable. If he hadn't gotten the surgery, it would have saved him from pain in the long-run. Charlie wouldn't let anyone see him after he found out the surgery was temporary. He wouldn't even let Ms. Kinnian and Dr. Strauss see him. If he hadn't gotten the surgery, he wouldn't have to be in a situation like this. He had also said, "It's hard to throw off thoughts of suicide." He has become suicidal due to the surgery. If he hadn't gotten the surgery, he would have been less touchy and