Flowers for Algernon

''Flowers for Algernon'' is a story about a mentally retarded adult named Charlie. Algernon is a mouse that had a brain operation that Dr.Strauss wanted to perform on Charlie. Algernon had the same problem as Charlie. Before his operation Charlie worked at the bakery and people were making fun of him and laughing at him but he enjoyed his life. After the operation he felt good but he got fired from his job because he was smarter then the other people. After all that all happened, Algernon got weaker and weaker and then he finally died. Charlie thought that's what was going to happen to him.