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Both basic and complicated medical operations are carried out everyday, but for some, an operation can change not only a person's life, but their very essence and personality as well. One such operation was done on a mentally retarded man to try to raise his intelligence. The operation did work after all, but, sadly, after a few months had passed, the patient relapsed suddenly and dramatically, losing all of his gained intelligence, only to have it replaced by seething anger and hate directed towards others. In the book, Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes, this particular operation was performed on a patient named Charlie Gordon. After the operation, Charlie was very bright, but experienced psychological traumas, loneliness, disillusionment, and felt socially and physically inadequate. Charlie's psychologi