Flowers for Algernon (real easy points!)?

just tell me somethings you like about charlie gordon. please provide reasoning.

Flowers for Algernon (real easy points!)?
He is humble. Even when he becomes 'smart' he doesn't get full of himself, and when he begins to loose his intellect, he does not weep about.


It has been many years since I read the book, but I still remember Charlie.
Reply:While Charlie may not be what the world labels as "smart", his heart and ability to laugh even in the most difficult situations make him a larger than life person. He may not have the brain power, but he does use the gifts that were given him.
Reply:He's an extremely nice guy. When he starts out, everyone makes fun of him but he's always cheerful and helpful. Later when things have changed he is still trying to help: he comes up with improvements at the factory. Even though he has realized they weren't nice to him, he is still trying to help out.


And at the end he still comes across as basically decent, not wanting to stick around as he knows it might be uncomfortable for everyone.


This makes the arc all the more tragic - he's a nice guy, and didn't particularly deserve to be so disadvantaged to start with, but after gaining all that insight, as he sinks back to his original state, it's now much worse because he realizes all that he has lost.