In Daniel Keye 's novel, Flowers for Algernon, supreme devotion to intelligence results in negative consequences such as feeling wretched, loneliness, and losing progress. Charlie gains progress and starts to outthink his peers, but he unexpectedly, is disliked by others because he is becoming so smart. Charlie 's rapid increase of intelligence raises a conflict; he has an emotional fallout and this leads to Alice, his love to leave him. Charlie realizes his regression when he passes through the stages of intelligence, knowing he may lose all his progress following the operation. A couple of days after the operation Charlie starts to learn new things such as multiplication and basic grammar, but still is not at a high enough intellect as his
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This exists in humans who have more intelligence than one would think resulting in people who do not appreciate the knowledge and health they have, until they face someone who has a health issue or mental illness. Charlie has his operation beginning to explore new concepts and grammar skills along with the ability to retain information, therefore, elevating his IQ. Academic success comes from one’s IQ, and Charlie’s ability to learn shows he can write better and have more success with academic questions. With Charlie’s recent gain of intelligence, he becomes emotionally out of control showing his emotional intelligence (EQ) has changed from after the operation, showing no strong strong feelings or none at all towards people. By the end of the novel, Charlie, because of his IQ, starts to realize he may lose all of his progress following the operation. His rapid changes of both emotional and traditional intelligence shows his brain is deteriorating. The real world problem that relates to this comes from children or adults that suffer specifically from brain disease like dementia or early Alzheimer. These illnesses cause one memory loss from prior knowledge, just like Charlie in the novel as he begun to lose his recent concepts and grammar skills. As demonstrated by the examples of Charlie and experts in psychology in present day, loneliness and feeling wretched are factors of people 's extreme desire for their wants that relate to one’s
This exists in humans who have more intelligence than one would think resulting in people who do not appreciate the knowledge and health they have, until they face someone who has a health issue or mental illness. Charlie has his operation beginning to explore new concepts and grammar skills along with the ability to retain information, therefore, elevating his IQ. Academic success comes from one’s IQ, and Charlie’s ability to learn shows he can write better and have more success with academic questions. With Charlie’s recent gain of intelligence, he becomes emotionally out of control showing his emotional intelligence (EQ) has changed from after the operation, showing no strong strong feelings or none at all towards people. By the end of the novel, Charlie, because of his IQ, starts to realize he may lose all of his progress following the operation. His rapid changes of both emotional and traditional intelligence shows his brain is deteriorating. The real world problem that relates to this comes from children or adults that suffer specifically from brain disease like dementia or early Alzheimer. These illnesses cause one memory loss from prior knowledge, just like Charlie in the novel as he begun to lose his recent concepts and grammar skills. As demonstrated by the examples of Charlie and experts in psychology in present day, loneliness and feeling wretched are factors of people 's extreme desire for their wants that relate to one’s