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Why Is Flowers For Algernon Suspenseful

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Have you ever wanted to have your I.Q. tripled? Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes is about a 37 year old mentally challenged man named Charlie Gordon. He goes through some tests including the Rorschach test, a maze with a mouse who is named Algernon, and the thematic apperception test to be accepted for an experiment to triple his IQ. At the end, his IQ starts to drop down and he moves away. I know this story shows suspense and sadness because I have read it. Flowers for Algernon is very suspenseful in many ways. In the book, when Charlie Gordon goes in for surgery, he is dreading what will happen to him. Charlie shows this by bringing a lot of luck charms, and is scared when he sees a black cat. Another thing is when Algernon dies after

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