Flowers for Algernon is a book about the study of one man, Charlie Gordon. Charlie is a 32-year-old disabled man who has the opportunity to go under a surgical procedure that will dramatically increase his mental capabilities. This procedure had already been made on a laboratory mouse, Algernon, with remarkable results. Charlie will be the first human subject.
In a series of progress reports, Charlie documents everything that happens to him. As Charlie's intelligence increases to a genius level, the reader not only reads about the changes from Charlie's point, but also sees the change in Charlie's writing ability. This jump in intelligence is not necessarily a good thing for Charlie. He is now able to recall past events that shaped his life and analyze past friendships for what they were, or weren't. He also has difficulty making new friendships and establishing new relationships due to a lack of social intelligence that the surgery could not correct or anticipate. And, finally, because of his increased intelligence, Charlie is able to discover the experiment's mistake and is reduced to watching the end for both Algernon and himself, hoping to salvage something for the future from his brief bout with genius.
I liked this book because it can show how cruel can life be to a disabled man and how difficult is for him daily life with people that are always making fun of him about hes intelligence. I also liked this book because it can show the reality of how people can treat inferior people. I would recommend this book to people that are treating others how they want because they feel they are superior for them to know hoe people can feel under their treatments.