To begin with, the novel Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes reveals the evolution of a being. The protagonist, Charlie Gordon, is a thirty-two-year-old man, studying at a school for the mentally handicapped and working as a janitor in a bakery. He undergoes an operation to make him an intelligent human being. Throughout the novel, Charlie grows and learns from many experiences, each situation he faces leads him to become a more complete person. He overcomes various obstacles and better understands the meaning of life. He experiences: emotional and physical growth, intellectual development and learns the cruelty of the world. First, Charlie grows emotionally and physically as a human being: growing taller and more complete with each experience. At first, Charlie grows physically as he becomes a more complete man. Joe and Frank invite Charlie to a party, during the party he is forced to dance with a girl named Ellen. After waking up the next morning, Charlie says, "I dreamed of the girl Ellen dancing and rubbing against me and when I woke up the sheets were wet and messy" (Keyes 43). Charlie has his first wet dream, he slowly goes through puberty after surgery and becomes a more complete man. Moreover, Charlie is always happy and thinks everything is right in the world, before the operation everything seems fine to him. He is like a child: naive. After the operation, Charlie has therapy sessions with the doctor, during which they perform tests to measure growth. During one of these therapy sessions, Charlie states, "I had reached a new level and anger and suspicion were my reactions to the world around me" (Keyes 57-58). Charlie grows emotionally, he adds another aspect to his cat...... middle of paper ...... at first he becomes more complete with each situation he has to handle and the way he handles it the shows becoming a complete person. With his evolution as a person and his better understanding of the world: Charlie Gordon is a complete person. Daniel Keyes exploits the many flaws in today's society regarding people with intellectual disabilities. He tells the reader: being smart isn't everything and no matter what you do, some people will never like them. You should always be yourself and not try to change, we are all special as we are. No matter how hard we try to change ourselves, we will always be who we are because that is how nature intended us, to change it is to try to go against it. a much higher power in which we will ultimately fail. Accept who you are and be happy with what you have, because changing yourself won't make you happier..