Flowers of Algernon - a great book

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read "Flowers of Algernon" by Daniel Keys
the book touched my heart.
it's a literature, science fiction book.
basically, it revolves about this guy, Charlie Gorden who is a retard.
a low IQ of 68 (if i remember correctly).
he had friends and others who are always there for him.
he was chosen to go through an operation which will increase his intelligence threefolds.
a laboratory rat had gone through the operation before that and it was a success.
after the operation, Charlie and the lab rat spend moments together and they developed a bond.
however, he lost his job and even his friends due to his increased intelligence.
unfortunately, the lab rat condition decreases gradually, and Charlie wants to find out why.
Charlie did research and discover that the intelligence decreases after a while proportionally to how fast you increase your intelligence.
Charlie decided to write everything he knows that is going to happen and hope it will be published.
soon, Charlie condition deterioriates.
(spoiler - if you want to know the ending, highlight below)
Charlie continues writing, in order to know how his condition will deterioriate.
also, he hopes that this will help scientists evaluate about the exepriment they had done.
he got back his job and his old friends.
yet, not long after, he left for another place as he didn't want his friends and love one to see him being a retard again.

i like one of the critic's sentence:
"increased intelligence doesn't hold the key to positive social interactions, to happiness, or to peace of mind"


here's the story about "Flowers of Algernon".
managed to found a link.
here it is - Flowers for Algernon
if the webpage doesn't load try it a few more times.
hope you'll enjoy reading it!!
i love the book.. may you appreciate it too.