Charlie competes with Algernon in mazes and other intelligence tests, and loses every time.Ĭharlie undergoes the surgery, and is told that soon he’ll have an IQ of 185. They’ve already performed their surgery on a mouse named Algernon, who has become super-intelligent. Strauss and Nemur believe that they can greatly increase intelligence through this operation. Because of Charlie’s motivation, his teacher, Alice Kinnian, recommends him for a cutting-edge experimental surgery designed by Professor Harold Nemur and Doctor Strauss. He works at a bakery and attends classes at night to learn how to read and write.
As the novel begins, Charlie Gordon is mentally disabled, with an IQ of 68. The novel is made up of a series of progress reports written by a man named Charlie Gordon.
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