Essay Archive - Flowers for Algernon: Charlie's Psychological Traumas
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.
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