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Flowers for Algernon.
In the short story “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes, the
main character Charlie Gordon has an IQ of 68 and desires to become
intelligent. He is chosen to undergo an operation to increase his
intelligence level to 204, however he is unaware of the consequences
that may follow. His experiment ....
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.... permanent. Before the operation, Charlie has an IQ of 68 he can write but his spelling is not very good. Charlie’s IQ increases to 204 after having the operation. Algernon a mouse that undergoes the same operation, starts to change. Charlie writes in one of his progress reports about how Algernon begins to change “ Burt, who is in charge of the experimental animals, tells me that Algernon is changing. He is less co-operative he refuses to run the maze anymore. general motivation has
decreased.” Charlie now starts to change when his IQ begins to
decrease. Charlie b ....
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