the short story “Flowers for Algernon”, by Daniel Keyes, the main character, Charlie Gordon, has a surgery to make himself smart, but, in the end [it doesn’t even matter], loses all of his knowledge, bringing him back to the way he was before, mentally handicapped. What happened to Charlie may, at first, seem like a tragedy, but, when you see his outlook on what happened, you start to realize that it isn’t so bad afterall. Charlie knows what role he plays in other people’s lives now, and has learned…
Words 323 - Pages 2