Flowers for Algernon

When Charlie is mentally handicapped, he calls Frank and Joe his best friends. He doesn't realize that when they laugh, they are laughing at him, not with him. He doesn't understand that they are...

Charlie is upset about the incident with the dishwasher because the people are laughing at the boy because he is retarded. Charlie was once like the young dishwasher, and he is upset not only...

In Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, the relationship between Miss Kinnian and Charlie begins to change. Miss Kinnian had been Charlie's teacher at a school for the mentally disabled, but as he...

After the operation, as he gains intelligence, Charlie's attitudes become much less naive and childlike. When the story opens, he wants nothing more than to please the people in his life, whom he...

The language in Charlie's diary changes dramatically to reveal his changing mental states. Keyes tells the story as a first-person narrative based entirely on Charlie's journal accounts, which...

One theme of "Flowers for Algernon" is the cruelty in taking advantage of the mentally challenged. Before the surgery, Charlie is a happy man, and he believes that he has friends. Frank Reilly and...

Dr. Harold Nemur is a psychologist who comes up with the idea of Charlie's brain surgery to increase his intelligence, while Dr. Jayson Strauss is a neurosurgeon and psychiatrist who carries out...

When Charlie takes the inkblot test, he is sure that he failed it. The inkblot/Rorschach test is supposed to allow people to project their innermost emotions onto the inkblot shapes on the cards...

At the end of the story Charlie feels better, and although he reverts back to his initial state, he knows that he made an important contribution to science. He is also glad that he got to...

The short story "Flowers for Algernon" is told from the point of view of a 37-year-old man named Charlie, who has an IQ of 68. Because of his low intelligence, Charlie has a very innocent and...

As Charlie gains intelligence, it suddenly dawns on him at the work party that his friends Frank and Joe invite him out to events so that they can make fun of him and laugh at him, not because they...

The difference between Charlie at the beginning and the ending of the story Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes lies in his degree of contentment. The story tells of a man of low IQ who is...

In "progris riport 5-Mar 6," Charlie writes that he has an "eye-q" or I.Q. of 68 (page 9). At this point, Dr. Nemur is worried that Charlie will get sick from having an I.Q. that climbs too high...

Charlie's surgery has the positive effect of making him highly intelligent. His intellectual life explodes. He is able to learn a number of foreign languages, become advanced in mathematics, and...

In Flowers for Algernon, Miss Kinnian is Charlie's teacher at the school that he attends. She is also the person who recommended Charlie for the experimental surgery that will hopefully make his...

Charlie, a mentally handicapped human, and Algernon, a mouse, are both "lab rats" used for an experiment. They are forced to compete with each to solve mazes meant to test their intelligence....

On May 15, Charlie does not actually mention Dr. Nemur and Dr. Strauss specifically, but her does talk about other professors at the university, and it might be inferred that, if he thought about...

On March 4th, when Charlie took the Rorschach Test, he was supposed to view the images of the inkblots and freely imagine what he saw in them. But Charlie only saw the inkblots for what they were:...

"Flowers for Algernon" tells the story of a simple man with a low IQ named Charlie Gordon who receives the opportunity to undergo an operation to increase his intelligence. When he is offered the...

At a psychological conference in Chicago, Charlie becomes upset. First, having become more intelligent that either of the doctors who engineered his heightened intelligence, he realizes their data...

Charlie is unable to get some of the words during the argument between Dr. Strauss and Dr. Nemur. In the argument, Dr. Nemur is not convinced that Charlie is the best choice for the experiment, and...

Before the operation, Charlie was more a victim to his family than in any sort of "relationship." He was more of someone who had to be dealt with versus someone who could hold conversations and...

In the June 5th progress report in the novel Flowers for Algernon, Charlie has received the operation that will make him "smart" and has rapidly progressed in knowledge and intelligence, surpassing...

Frank and Joe's actions were not a sign of true friendship.I think readers should be suspicious of Frank and Joe because of their previous inhumane behavior towards Charlie. Before his surgery,...

In this very sad story, the mentally handicapped Charlie Gordon undergoes an operation that makes him highly intelligent. He bonds with a mouse named Algernon, whose seemingly successful operation...

The first indication that the doctors, Nemur and Strauss, have ambivalence about the success of Charley's operation comes in "Progress Report 10." Charley overhears the colleagues...

In Flowers for Algernon, a novel by Daniel Keyes, Charlie Gordon is a mentally challenged man who undergoes a scientific experiment to make him more intelligent. Prior to the operation, he works at...

The first test that Charlie takes is a Rorschach Test. This is a psychological test where the subject is shown an ink-blot on a piece of paper and asked to describe what they see. When Charlie does...

In both Charlie and Algernon the same process has been carried out in which intelligence is artificially increased, though the result is not permanent. Charlie experiences life as a brilliant man,...

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes tells the story of a man with a very low IQ who is presented with the opportunity to increase his IQ to genius level through experimental surgery. Before the...

Charlie becomes more emotional and forgetful as his brain begins its rapid deterioration. Algernon dies and Charlie cries when he buries the mouse, mourning his own fate as well. An early sign of...

First of all, Charlie is the ideal candidate for the experiment because he's ambitious and wants to get on in life. Unfortunately for him, he lacks the intelligence to improve his lot, and so...

Charlie's "friends" from his job as a janitor at the bakery were unaware that he had an operation to improve his intelligence. They have always enjoyed using him to be the butt of their...

Following Charlie's scientific study, the regression moves rather rapidly. Charlie begins to show signs of forgetfulness, including the fact that it takes him several days to mention Algernon's...

Charlie likes Algernon from the start but at first feels bad when the mouse beats him at the maze games they are both asked to play. He wonders why the mouse is so smart and speculates it might be...

In the novel Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, a 32-year-old man named Charlie, who has an IQ of 68, undergoes a surgical operation to improve his mental performance. The attitude he has...

In Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes, the story is told from the perspective of Charlie, a developmentally disabled thirty-seven-year-old man whose greatest desire is to be smart. From his...

Before Charlie Gordon has surgery to dramatically improve his intelligence, he is depicted as a simple-minded, friendly individual who is harmless and outgoing. As a mentally disabled man, Charlie...

Charlie Gordon experiences an enormous emotional change during the course of the story "Flowers for Algernon." While his intellectual development is clearly documented--Charlie's vocabulary...

Charlie’s job loss is directly related to his increased intelligence after the surgery. On the surface, Charlie’s increased intelligence made him a better worker. He took on new responsibilities,...

Dr. Nemur was not comfortable using Charlie as the subject for the experiment. However, Dr. Strauss was supportive of Charlie’s participation from the initial stages of the project. Strauss was...

In “Flowers for Algernon” after the mentally disabled protagonist Charlie undergoes an operation to increase his intellectual abilities, he becomes able to interpret visual images. Before surgery,...

In Daniel Keyes' story "Flowers for Algernon," Charlie and Miss Kinnian start out as student and teacher. Charlie looks at Miss Kinnian as an older woman who is smart and who can teach him how to...

If you think Charlie deserves a shot at living a full life, then the answer to this question is, in my opinion, yes; Charlie made the right choice in having the operation. At the beginning of the...

There are many examples of both internal and external conflict in Daniel Keyes's "Flowers for Algernon," but I will focus on the struggle between Charlie Gordon and his intelligence, which is the...

The "Algernon-Gordon effect" is a term used by Charlie in his most advanced state of intelligence. The term refers to the mouse Algernon and himself who were used as guinea pigs in an experiment...