"Flowers for Algernon", by Daniel Keyes, is the story of a 32 year old man named Charlie Gordon. Charlie is a mentally retarded adult that has to live a life with out the family he once knew. Being retarded he realizes that he doesn't have what most people do; he has a unusually low I.Q.. As a child Charlie was pushed over and over again to be like other people by his mother. But now that Charlie is grown up he has to live on his own. Charlie has taken classes, at the Beekman College Center for Retarded Adults, to learn how to read and write. Charlie wants to be smart because he believes, "If you're smart you can have lots of frends to talk to and you never get lonley by yourself all the time" [sic].
Charlie is picked to be the patient of an scientific surgery that scientists think may increase Charlie's intelligence. The only problem is, this surgery has never been performed on a human being. After the surgery Charlie thinks that now that he"s smart every one will like him and that his life will be great forever. But when he figures out that the surgery will only bring him trouble how will he be able to deal when he realizes that having the surgery done to him may slay him itself.
This is a great book filled with suspense, emotion, amazing writing, and a story of hope. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants a great book in their hands.
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