A liiterary analysis of Flowers for Algernon

"Flowers for Algernon" is a book about a human experiment, which turns a mentally retarded individual, Charlie, in a genius in a short amount of time. Algernon is a mouse, which they have tested the experiment on first. <Tab/> As the book begins, a major conflict of man vs. society appears. Basically its between Charlie, representing the mentally retarded vs. society. Charlie does not realize this when his intelligence is limited …

…way the reader gets to see how Charlie looks out on the world. The reader sees how naive Charlie is, and how he does not understand the world when he is retarded. The flashbacks however are seen form third person point of view, as if Charlie was watching forma distance and he is dictating what he sees. The reader does not see the past memories through the "Charlie filter" and can judge events by himself.