Flowers for Algernon
Daniel Keyes
Character: Charlie Gordon
Charlie Gordon is a 32 year old man with Down syndrome and a low IQ of 68. Charlie works as a janitor and is generally a happy person. He is extremely nice and he doesn’t realise how poorly he is being treated.
Charlie is accepted to undergo an experiment which is meant to increase his IQ and make him as smart as or smarter than the average person. This type of experiment was first done on a mouse named “Algernon”. The results were clear and Algernon’s intelligence tripled. After going through with the surgery Charlie too has his IQ increase as time goes by.
Throughout the story we see how Charlie’s IQ triples and how he even loses his disability, with mentions of people not recognising
Daniel Keyes
Character: Charlie Gordon
Charlie Gordon is a 32 year old man with Down syndrome and a low IQ of 68. Charlie works as a janitor and is generally a happy person. He is extremely nice and he doesn’t realise how poorly he is being treated.
Charlie is accepted to undergo an experiment which is meant to increase his IQ and make him as smart as or smarter than the average person. This type of experiment was first done on a mouse named “Algernon”. The results were clear and Algernon’s intelligence tripled. After going through with the surgery Charlie too has his IQ increase as time goes by.
Throughout the story we see how Charlie’s IQ triples and how he even loses his disability, with mentions of people not recognising