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The Theme Of Main Themes In 'Flowers For Algernon'

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“Flowers for Algernon” contains numerous themes throughout Charlie Gordon’s journey. Charlie Gordon the story’s protagonist is a 32-year-old mentally disabled man who has the opportunity of a lifetime to undergo very special surgeries which will most likely change his life for the better, hopefully. This operation has already been preformed on a laboratory mouse named Algernon, who received astonishing and outstanding results so the doctor is convinced it can alter a human’s disability and help millions of people. The reason Charlie was chosen for this operation is his teacher Miss. Kinnian who said he was a very hard worker and valuable aspect. After the operation Charlie’s intelligence increased rapidly and soon became a genius. Charlie …show more content…

The second thing Keyes asserts is Algernon, without the operation Algernon would just be a normal mouse eating and sleeping, doing what all other pet mice do, but with the surgery, Algernon became important, he was the foundation and test subject for the experiment and there was a more important point in his life, but Algernon did eventually decline and pass away, the experiment had many problems and questions to be solved but Algernon helped answer a few of these concerns. Algernon also served as a friend and representation of Charlie, this is due to the fact that both Algernon and Charlie were the only ones who received this special surgery by the same doctor, in a sense they both were connected. Charlie really loved Algernon and Algernon sort of understood that, he and Charlie were connected mentally and physically, with the operation this bond would not have been possible so this whole operation helped Charlie receive a good friend not a regular companion. The final example Keyes provides is Charlie Gordon's progress reports, at first, Charlie wrote incorrectly and with no emotion, bland, but after the operation, he wrote correctly and with feelings because he was experiencing life, he felt sadness, a bit of happiness and love, something he could not have felt without the surgery, people may argue that he was sad and that is bad, but without those emotions

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