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Charlie In Flowers Of Algernon
In the story Flowers of Algernon the character Charlie had a intelligent disorder. Charlie was able to develop different intelligence. One way people can be intelligent is by learning math. One other way is writhing jurnals. One more is to be able to speak different languages.

One of the stages Charlie developed intelligence is going through an experiment. So he was put through a test. "I think I failed it." Charlie says. So every day he races a mouse named Algernon. His mental disorder is he can't spell words right. So he can't remember how to spell.

Stage 2 of Charlie's intelligence. His experiment worked. He was able to beat algernon in the race. He was also able to read Greek, Latin, and Ltebten. He was also able to spell

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