"If your smart you can have lots of frends to talk to and you never get lonely by yourself all the time" - Charlie

This quote is from Daniel Keyes novel, Flowers for Algernon. I chose this quote, because I really think it show how cruel some people can be and shows how some people think that if they "fix" themselves, it will make everything better. What most can't see is that the grass isn't always greener on the other side.

The novel takes place mostly in New York City. Most of the novel is composed of the "progris riports," or progress reports that Charlie writes. Charlie is a mentally retarded thirty-two-year-old man, who was chosen by a team of scientists to do an experimental surgery to make him smarter. Alice Kinnian, Charlie's teacher at the Beekman College Center for Retarded Adults, recommended Charlie for the experiment, because he was very eager to learn. The scientists, Dr. Strauss and Professor Nemur, asked Charlie to keep a journal of his experiences.......

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