Flowers for Algernon

Flowers For Algernon In the novel "Flowers For Algernon" (written by Daniel Keyes), there are several different issues discussed in relation to the way developmentally handicapped individuals are seen through the eyes of more intellectual people. From the way handicapped people are treated, to the idea of surgery being preformed to help them become more intelligent, the novel touches on many significant subjects. But more importantly, the novel shows readers what life is like from …

…many similarities and differences intellectuals and mentally handicapped individuals have. We see Charlie as a person, and not a lifeless, inanimate object that has no purpose. "Flowers for Algernon" discusses different important issues about the life of a developmentally handicapped being. From deinstitutionalization, to the moral standings on altering a person's intelligence with scientific doctoring, the book covered the many diverse topics of mental handicaps, and the way people effected by handicaps think and act.