`Flowers From Algernon is about a man named Charlie Gordon, who was a 32 year old man who had an IQ of 68. Having trouble being smart meant Charlie needed another chance of life. This meant Charlie needed a special operation on his brain. Not even knowing it was temporary. Dr. Nemur, Dr. Strauss, and Miss. Kinnian knew that this surgery would help Charlie beat Algernon, who also had the same operation done to him. But would this really make Charlie smarter and smarter, day by day?