Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for AlgernonDaniel Keyes
Characters in Flowers for Algernon
6 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Charlie Gordon
A man with an intellectual disability who undergoes an experimental surgery that transforms his intelligence.
Supporting characters
Alice Kinnian
Charlie's night-school teacher who recommends him for the experiment and becomes close to him.
Algernon
The laboratory mouse whose surgery preceded Charlie's, and whose fate foreshadows his own.
Rose Gordon
Charlie's mother, whose treatment of him shaped his childhood.
Professor Harold Nemur
The egotistical psychologist who conceived and leads the experiment, more focused on recognition than on Charlie as a person.
Dr. Strauss
The neurosurgeon who performs Charlie's operation and conducts his therapy, more empathetic toward him than Nemur.