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Charlie Gordon In Flowers For Algernon

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There is a vast variety of characters in the book, Flowers for Algernon. For instance, Charlie Gordon is the main character and narrator. He is a 37 - year - old man that is mentally retarded since he was a child. He lacks numerous intellectual skills and is very oblivious in everyday situations. Charlie has a great amount of confidence and is determined to become intelligent no matter what it takes. Although, sometimes his low self - esteem plummets his determination and would rather give up. His mental disability also makes him oblivious to how his so called “friends” treat him at work, in which he later discovers that they are making fun of him. Charlie undergoes a procedure to cure his mental issue, that solves his problem but not long term. During the time …show more content…

She was his teacher at the Beekman College Center for retarded adults. Alice has a strong belief that her students’ disabilities don’t make them any more different than everyone else and that they deserve a chance to learn the same things as others. She is also Charlie's first real love interest and develops a personal relationship with him. This relationship makes Alice question her decisions to be with Charlie and being in a serious relationship with him, but with Charlie’s big change in intellectual skills makes her stay with him. Professor Nemur is the man that is in charge for Charlie for his procedure. He is arrogant and is obsessed with his job, making him treat Charlie as a science experiment than a real person. Nemur tends to imply he “created” Charlie, leading him to boss him over and give him demands and rules for Charlie’s life. Though, he may have done all of that to Charlie because of the stress and tormenting of his wife. The pressure that she gives off to him makes it seem as if his career is on the line for the both of them. Her actions affect his work ethic and his attitude with his colleagues, such as Dr.

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