Charlie Jordan words at a bakery in New York City. But there is something a little different about Charlie--he is mentally retarded. He also attends evening classes at Beckman College. Here he submits his "progress reports" to the research team at the college. In these reports the reader is revealed Charlie's experiences in the bakery where the owner has brought him from the Warren State Home, an institute for mentally retarded. He soon becomes a part of the bakery, and considers his co-workers as friends. From these reports, the team has considered Charlie a prime candidate for an experimental surgery, which if effective, would improve his intelligence.

Soon begins Charlie's preliminary testing. For weeks and weeks on end, Charlie undergoes simple tests of ordinary tasks, and compe

The other major theme of the story is Charlie's own tremendous need for love. Having been pushed out by his family, he seeks it among his co-workers at the bakery. When they push him away, he feels like he has no one. Charlie is also not shown to have any kind of a sex drive until after his operation. The reader notices that his genuine love for Alice is constantly hampered by the repressive attitudes that have been fostered between him and his mother since his childhood. His relationship then grows with Fay. He both likes and admires her, but seeks her for only a sexual outlet, not on an emotional level as he feels for Alice. Their love for each other reaches success only in the final stages of the book but its intensity comforts him for all the days he has lost, and his own bleak future.

Algernon the mouse's condition worsens as a whole, and he finally dies. Charlie sees this as a sigh of doom, and knows that his own time is approaching. He seeks his parents out, and meets his father, but cannot bear to introduce himself. He then meets his sister and his mother, and brags about his accomplishments, makes peace, and continues on. Charlie meets the scientist Nemur at a party, and sites him as being insensitive. Nemur charges Charlie as selfish and arrogant, which Charlie does readily accept. Charlie also comes to terms with his "old" Charlie, and accepts himself as an "important and enduring part" of him. Charlie and Alice get together once more, but only to find their own fulfillment for a short time. As his mind only gets worse, Charlie forces Alice to leave for her own good. Charlie then returns to the Warr

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Approximate Word count = 1105
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)