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The Experiment People all around the world are affected by mental disorders and they all wonder what is it like to be normal. In the excerpt, Flowers for Algernon, Daniel Keyes, Charlie a 37 year old man with mental disability, that agrees to have a surgery to make him one of the smartest people in the world. Charlie Gordon goes through love and heartbreak. He also learns many new things. This story will touch your heart. Charlie Gordon went through many things that were both bad and good but in the end he got to experience new things. Many people around the world are affected by a mental illness. According to National Alliance of Mental Illness, Mental Illness Facts and Numbers, web, March 2013 “One in four adults−approximately 61.5 million Americans−experiences mental illness in a given year.” People would jump on the chance of being able to get a life changing surgery just like Charlie Gordon did. …show more content…

“One of them looked like two men fencing with sword. “I imagine all sorts of things.” (keys pg.232) Before the surgery he could not imagine anything because of the way his brain works. Now he can be creative and picture things in his brain without them actually being there. This could help Charlie develop new learning skills. The surgery helped him make everyday activities easy for him. Additionally Charlie Gordon got rid of his old friends that were making fun of him. “I never knew that Joe and Frank and the others liked to have me around all the time to make fun of me.” pg. 237 and in the quote “Only a short time ago, I learned that people laughed at me. Now I can see that unknowingly I joined them in laughing at myself.” (pg 239 Keys) He now knows that his friends were making fun of him. Without the surgery he would have kept being friends with people that were mean and did not even know it. He would just join in on the laughing without knowing that they were

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