Flowers For Algernon 1.General Information- I read the book Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes. It’s a fiction book, but with all the advances in modern medicine it could happen. It takes place over the course of a few months, starting in March and ending in November. The book shows how society treats retarded people. It also reminds us that all doctors are not all knowing, and some claim to know more than they …showed first 75 words of 868 total…

…showed last 75 words of 868 total…chance to be average, and then climbed to above average. He was at both extremes and mainly an outcast at each one. I think the author wrote this book so we could spend a day in someone else's shoes. Since what I read were Charlie’s journal entries, I practically knew his innermost thoughts. I agree with him about Charlie and other retarded people because as I was reading it, I knew it was true.