One literary work which validates this statement is Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, inwhich Charlie Gordon experiences the parallels and differences of life as a "moron," compared to that of a "genuis." The novel by Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algernon, is set in New York City during the mid-1960s, Charlie Gordon, characterized as an affable, benevolent and eager to please mentally retarded man, is recommended by Alice Kinnian, a teacher at the Beekman College Center for Retarded Adults, to undergo an experimental surgery to increase his intelligence because she was impressed by t...

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The main character, Charlie Gordon, was at first, a thirty-seven year old man with an IQ of sixty-eight. ... By having Charlie not understand their insults, "I miss all my frends and all the fun we have up there- (Ma 23-p135), Daniel Keyes enhanced the reader's clear understanding of the people who were not accepting Charlie for who he was. ... The character traits mentioned above for Charlie's workmates, and Fanny Girden, drew a fine line between the people who perceived Charlie's difference in an appropriate manner, compared to the people who took advantage of the situation a...

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