It is ethical to use animals for medical test in “Flowers for Algernon” Algernon is used in an experiment that is supposed to make living organisms smarter. In the book charlie cannot spell the right way, “Mr. Strauss says I shud rite down what I think and evrey thing that st happins to me from now on.” this evidence shows how charlie didn’t know how to spell correctly at the age of 37. After the experimentation, he learns how to spell correctly and his IQ increases dramatically. Further into the book, “I find the calculus