Flowers for Algernon

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Charlie Gordon begins his journal on March 3 at the request of Dr. Strauss, who is evaluating him for an experiment. Charlie is thirty-two years old, works for Donner's Bakery, and attends the Beekman College Center for Retarded Adults three days a week. Miss Kinnian, Charlie's teacher, says Dr. Strauss might be able to make him smart. In the journal, Charlie is supposed to write down everything he thinks and remembers about what happens from now on.