Dr. Strauss and Dr. Nemur developed a way to improve the cognitive abilities of animals. They had successfully tried their experiment on a rat named Algernon and wanted to test the same on a human subject.
Charlie was intellectually challenged and attended Miss. Kinnian’s class at the adult school. He enrolled himself with the aim of improving his reading and writing abilities.
Dr. Strauss learned about Charlie through Miss. Kinnian. He recommended him as a test subject to Dr. Nemur. However, Dr. Nemur was reluctant to accept Charlie as the subject for their experiment. Dr. Strauss convinced him, and Charlie had the operation to improve his cognitive abilities. After the surgery, Charlie’s intelligence improved. However, the development was not permanent, and Charlie regressed to his original condition.
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