Daniel Keyes Flowers For Algernon

Daniel Keyes science fiction story “Flowers for Algernon”, takes place in New york City a place where it never sleeps. Charlie, a janitor that works in a factory, that wants to be smart as everyone else (he has a lower IQ). He takes test’s because he wants to become smart like everyone else and make friends. Charlie got involved with an operation that could make him smart. In the story, Charlie has gone through a lot of major changes and gone through some tough times. He realizes that he loves Ms. Kinnian and he becomes friends with Algernon. Charlie realizes what has happened before the operation and how other people were treating him unfairly. In the story, ”Flowers for Algernon” the author is trying to teach us the lesson which is to accept yourself for who you are. One lesson the story suggests is that you should accept yourself no matter what, an example is that “Charlie couldn’t accept who he was so he …show more content…
To begin, in the story “Flowers for Algernon” Charlie wanted to become smart like everyone else and be different. Charlie thinks that if he is smart that he’ll have friends and be like everyone he knows. This proves that Charlie doesn’t accept for who he is and that he is trying to be something that he’s not. This reminds me of when my brother first started school wanted to be smart to have friends, but then he realizes that you don’t need to be smart to make friends. In the story Charlie has a chance to become smart and he takes it. Then later on in the story Charlie loses his memory and he becomes his old self. Charlie later on realizes that he should just be himself. This proves that Charlie later on realized that people would like you if you were just yourself and not someone else. You are better than anyone else and just be yourself. In conclusion, you should always accept yourself for who you are and no one else is better than