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Charlie Gordon Short Story
Charlie is getting smarter and smarter, obviously, thank to his operation. Joe and Frank took him to a party, but only to bully him, and embarrassing him in front of everyone. Charlie now comes to a realization that his “friends” were messing with him all along. All along, his buddies where just humiliating him in front of everyone to get attention. When Charlie was mentally handicapped, he had no way of him knowing that they where that they were using him, but now he is smarter. Looking back, he now realizes that they were using him like a tool! For example, when they use the term “to pull a Charlie Gordon,” they mean that they did something dumb; they did something Charlie Gordon would do. They were bullies all along! This probably comes
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