Flowers for Algernon

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Flowers for Algernon is a book written by Daniel Keyes in 1960.

In it, the main character, an unintelligent but lovable person, is used in part of a new experiment to him more intelligent. He becomes intelligent, and learns to read and enjoy the world around him better. Later, he becomes very intelligent but people stop liking him because he makes them feel bad. He learns that it is not being intelligent that is important but being a nice person is.

The title of the book comes from a mouse named Algernon who also has the experiment done on them.

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