The emotionally and intellectually disabled protagonist who undergoes a surgical procedure to increase his intelligence. After a dramatic cognitive enhancement, he uncovers past mockery, attends a scientific conference, predicts his own inevitable decline, reconciles with his estranged mother, and ultimately accepts his fate while honoring his lab mouse, Algernon.
Represents the internal conflict between Charlie's intellectually disabled past and his enhanced present.
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