Author Daniel Keys, who won a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award, respectively, was made into the film Charlie in 1968. There are American and Japanese versions of the film. And musicals.
A friend recommended the book, saying that she read it with tears in her eyes. It's very touchingly written. The author spent three days reading it, no tears, but the mood was heavy. Rejoice that they and their children have come into the world as normal people, and feel sorry for those who have come to the world unsound. But I believe that fate makes us play different roles in the world, and there must be some truth.
The protagonist, Charlie Gordon, was born with a slow IQ, and his parents never gave up on his treatment when the economy was not rich.
Until his sister was born, a normal person, the balance of maternal love was completely tilted, so that in order not to hurt his sister, the mother forced his father with a knife to drive Charlie out of the house and send him to his uncle's house, fortunately, the uncle did not dislike him. He asked his friend (the owner of the bakery) to take him in and give him a job where he could support himself.
A psychology clinic conducted an IQ-boosting experiment on alginon the rat, and the temporary success of the operation gave them the idea of experimenting on humans. They approached Charlie, hoping to satisfy Charlie's desire to make himself smarter and experiment on him, and of course, they paid Charlie a certain fee.
The surgery was a success, and Charlie's IQ grew at an alarming rate, growing to the point where he could challenge his attending physician and professor. But Charlie, who has a high IQ, proves through his continuous mastery of knowledge and continuous experiments that the IQ after surgery will decline at the same rate after the operation, that is, the atrophy of the brain will develop equally rapidly.
After improving his IQ, Charlie worked hard to learn knowledge in his limited life, insisted on recording the various reactions of his body, and he wanted more people like him to be helped and the disease to be eliminated.
There are two protagonists in the book: Charlie before surgery and Charlie after surgery. Charlie of the two personalities coexists in one body. The attachment to limited life, the desire for knowledge, the tolerance and understanding of relatives and friends, and the affection for people with the same disease, the character of Charlie is successful.
After reading this book, you and I will cherish everything we have at the moment, there is so much knowledge waiting for us to learn, there is so much beauty waiting for us to discover, do our best to help those with intellectual disabilities, disabled people, do not laugh, bully, pity, have enough sincerity and love. May this world be full of love, and may your and my hearts always be filled with gratitude!
