Essay | Charlie's Rise and Fall in "Flowers for Algernon"

The movie "Flowers for Algernon" is a very touching movie in many different aspects. It all started with the birth of a boy named Charlie Gordon. But, Charlie was not like the average young boy. Charlie faced the difficulties of being mentally challenged. Not quite accepting Charlie as he began to grow, his mother gave him away. As Charlie grew to be a young man, an opportunity for a surgery to smarten him up came along. He accepted, and many things in his life dramatically changed.

Prior to the surgery, Charlie had a very low intelligence. He attended schooling along with other individuals with challenges much like his. Then along came a scientist wanting to work with Charlie to increase his intelligence. Having only done this experiment on mice, the scientist was very enthusiastic to...
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