Flowers For Algernon

The book Flowers for Algernon takes place in the United States of America in the city of New York. A good deal of this book takes place in Professor Nemur’s lab. The reason much of the story takes place here is because it is the place where the experiments take place. The rest of the story happens in multiple places. Charlie’s apartment is one consistently visited setting. Donner’s Bakery, where Charlie works, …showed first 75 words of 1117 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1117 total…opposite. It isn’t as much having smarts but what comes with it, being serious. Charlie seemed like a person who was content with who he was before the surgery. However after the surgery, and even to a higher degree after his intelligence wore off, Charlie seemed to be feeling worse than ever before because he saw what he could have. I think the story teaches you to just be content with who you are.