Charlie Gordon In Flowers For Algernon

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Imagine that everything could be achieved in life, but life had to change completely, and be wiped out. one could be enhanced, but at the same time their life would entirely change, making a new person. It would nearly be considered reincarnation, or the rebirth into a new person. This is entirely what Charlie Gordon had to do in Daniel Keyes’ novel, Flowers for Algernon. In the novel, Charlie had an IQ of 68, and could not function like a “normal” human being; however, he underwent a surgery, and changed into one of the smartest men on the planet, and he changed completely. After this surgery, he was like a new person, and that was all to become more socially aware. He changed to gain friends. Evidently, one must not change in order to please