Examples Of Charlie Gordon In Flowers For Algernon

Charlie Gordon is the main character in Flowers for Algernon, a story in which he is operated on to become more intelligent and to help him function “normally” in society. However, intelligence does not make a person happier, kinder, or generally better. One example that supports this theory is that Charlie’s friends from the factory are of average intelligence, but aren’t nice. Miss Kinnian is of average intelligence and is extremely kind, so there’s no correlation between intelligence and behavior. This is shown in Charlie’s April 20 Progress Report, when he writes, “... Joe and Frank and the others liked to have me around all the time just to make fun of me.” On April 27, Charlie writes of Miss Kinnian, “... From the beginning, I had the