Although Daniel Keyes wrote Flowers for Algernon in 1966, his messages about humanity still ring true today. One of these issues is that people treat people with mental disabilities poorly. The main character Charlie Gordon is a mentally disabled adult with a low IQ. Charlie is constantly picked on by others, but he doesn't realize it because he is too slow to understand it. Later in the story, however, Charlie is chosen to undergo an operation to increase his IQ. I think people today still pick on those who are less intelligent than them. The first evidence to support this theme is found when Charlie has one of his flashbacks to the past. “'Charlie! Charlie!... fat-headed barley!' The children circle around him, laughing and teasing him like little dogs snapping at his feet. Charlie smiles at them. He wants to put down his bundle and play with them, but when he thinks about it the skin on his back tightens and he feels the way the older boys throw things at him” (Keyes 44-45). Charlie is chosen to undergo an operation to make him smarter. Since Charlie was taken...