"Algeron, ya better eat this bar of soap... cause it'll make you DUMBER I mean... smarter... KANSAS... I mean New York"
Well, *sigh* this book, regardless of how well written and unique it is, will not have a happy ending I'm afraid. You see, life for Charlie hasn't been skittles, unicorns, or rainbows... It has been a living hell for this poor creature. After he starts to remember all the terrible things that happened to him, discovers new feelings about women and himself, sees the true colors of his "friends", and falls in love with Ms. Kiannan only to have her say, "Charlie, you've really changed, we just don't relate anymore... you make me feel stupid and you've been using me because you don't understand yourself..." (Yeah... poor fella, all he wants to be is SMART... but was he better off?) He finally goes to a science convention in Chicago, where he is basically the science experiment... And Professor Nemur and Dr. Strauss are the geniuses who want all the credit. Charlie doesn't appreciate being treated this way, like a lab animal, treated like an inferior for being smart and trying to "fit in"... At the convention, Charlie shows the audience how intelligent he compared to Nemur by releasing Algeron from his cage and escaping from the convention to find his own apartment where the scientists won't find him... But what Charlie doesn't know is that the knowledge, I.Q., etc is only temporary and will have some "nasty" after effects. He hates the world and everyone in it... Can't say I don't blame him... :(
Who wouldn't be angry at being treated that way? This book is so depressing, and like you said, theres definitely no happy ending. Poor Charlie :(
ReplyDeleteHow could these scientists do this to him. This poor man has been treated like crap for a lousy experiment that would give him temporary intelligence. I don't even know if this was worth it.
ReplyDeleteWell, ain't that a kick to the head. I could go on about how potentially evil people are, but what's the point? Actually, What would I know? Of the folly of it all is enough to drive me insane, and I fear it all ready has.
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