Flowers for Algernon

By Daniel Keyes

Following his doctor's instructions, engaging simpleton Charlie Gordon tells his own story in semi-literate "progris riports." He dimly wants to better himself, but with an IQ of 68 can't even beat the laboratory mouse Algernon at maze-solving.

Algernon is extra-clever thanks to an experimental brain operation so far tried only on animals. Charlie eagerly volunteers as the first human subject. After frustrating delays and agonies of concentration, the effects begin to show and the reports steadily improve: "Punctuation, is? fun!" But getting smarter brings cruel shocks, as Charlie realizes that his merry "friends" at the bakery where he sweeps the floor have all along been laughing at him, never with him. The IQ rise continues, taking him steadily past the human average to genius level and beyond, until he's as intellectually alone as the old, foolish Charlie ever was--and now painfully aware of it. Then, ominously, the smart mouse Algernon begins to deteriorate...

By the way, it is not written by me but by Amazon.com.

This book is quite nice, the story and everything. There is one funny part where the Charlie started to get clever and use puntuation in his journal, (he didn't use it at first). I show you the hilarious part now:

Today, I learned, the comma, this is, a, comma (,) a period, with, atail, miss Kinnian, says its, importent, because, it makes writing, better she said, somebody, could lose, a lot, of money, if a comma, isnt in, the right, place, I got, some money, that, I, saved from, my job, and what, the foundation, pays me, but not, much and, I dont, see how, a comma, keeps, you from, losing it,
But, she says, everybody, uses commas, so Ill, use them, too,,,,

Funny right? I had trouble typing them out. There is another funny part but I don't want to get into hot soup so you can try to buy the book and read it.

I gonna write a book review 'bout it sooner or later.