He also has difficulty making new friendships and establishing new relationships due to a lack of social intelligence that the surgery could neither correct nor anticipate. Charlie is now able to recall past events that shaped his life and analyze past friendships for what they were, or weren't. This jump in intelligence is not necessarily a good thing, however. As Charlie's intelligence increases to a genius level, the reader not only reads about the changes from Charlie's viewpoint, but also sees the change evidenced in Charlie's writing ability.
In a series of progress reports, Charlie documents everything that happens to him. This procedure had already been performed on a laboratory mouse, Algernon, with remarkable results. Charlie is a 32-year-old developmentally disabled man who has the opportunity to undergo a surgical procedure that will dramatically increase his mental capabilities. Flowers for Algernon is a character study of one man, Charlie Gordon.
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