What is Flowers for Algernon?
{{Italic title}} {{Infobox book | name = Flowers for Algernon | image = | caption = | author = [[Daniel Keyes]] | country = United States | language = English | genre = [[Science fiction]] | publisher = [[Harcourt (publisher)|Harcourt, Brace & World]] | release_date = April 1959 (short story)<br/>March 1966 (novel) | media_type = Print (hardback & paperback) | pages = 311 (novel)<ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/232370?tab=details#tabs World Cat], Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, New York, Harcourt, Brace & World [1966], 1st Edition details</ref> | isbn = 0-15-131510-8 | oclc = 232370 }} '''''Flowers for Algernon''''' is a [[book]] written by [[Daniel Keyes]] in 1960. The main [[fictional character|character]] of the book is [[Charlie Gordon]], an unintelligent but lovable person. Charlie is used in part of a new [[experiment]] to triple his [[IQ]]. He becomes intelligent, and learns to read and enjoy the world around him better. But later, people stop liking him as much because he makes them feel bad. He learns that it is more important to be a good person than a smart person. He frequents a class for feeble minded folks taught by a teacher named Miss Kinnian. While Charlie's IQ grows so does his love for her. He finds himself in a state of depression, unhappy and unsatisfied with his new artificial IQ. The title of the book comes from a [[mouse]] in the story named Algernon who also has the experiment done on him. ''Flowers for Algernon'' is on many schools' lists of books that students must read. == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:1960 books]] [[Category:Science fiction books]]