Flowers for Algernon: Charlie's Psychological Traumas


Medical operations are carried out everyday, but for some, an operation can
change a person's life. One experiment was done on a mentally retarded person
to try to raise his intelligence. The experiment worked, but after months, the
patient regressed dramatically. In the book, Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel
Keyes, this intelligence operation was preformed, and the patient was Charlie
Gordon. After the operation, Charlie was very bright, but experienced
psychological traumas, loneliness, disillusionment, and social inadequacies.
Charlie's psychological traumas or emotional upset was caused by his memory
recalls. After his operation, he remembered every aspect of his childhood,
whether it was good or bad. "...He's normal! He's normal! He'll grow up like
other people. Better than others..." Charlie had dreams of how his mother was
ashamed of him. His mother always thought her son was normal and would grow up......

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Title: Flowers For Algernon: Charlie's Psychological Traumas
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