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Charlie Gordon In Flowers For Algernon By Daniel Keyes

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In the science fiction short story, Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, Charlie Gordon is mentally challenged. Three character traits that describe Charlie is that he is clueless, determined, and intelligent. For instance, in the story he is clueless since he doesn’t notice that his co-workers, Joe Carp and Frank Reilly, make fun of him and use him for entertainment. One night Charlie decided to go out with Joe and Frank, and they got him drunk without him knowing. Soon after they left the bar, they took poor, clueless Charlie, and left him on the side of a road, to get beat up. Another character trait of Charlie is that he is determined. Charlie is determined because he wants to become smart. Also, when Charlie first started working with

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