"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 but as he grows brighter he notices the people he used to call friends, namely his co-workers in the bakery, were outwardly mean to him. Frank Reil…
