"Flowers for Algernon" Character Sketch

My first impression of Charlie was a slow, happy man who loved life. Yet, he wanted something more. He wanted to be smart. He wanted to finally impress his hard-hearted mother who never loved him for who he was, a "moron." I can learn much from Charlie, such as to be happy with my life and the the things I am able to do, because even though at first Charlie was not able to write well or have a regular job or go to college, he never once complained. Also, towards the end of the book Joe and Frank realized that their previous actions of mocking Charlie were wrong, so when Charlie was getting ridiculed and beat up by Meyer Klaus, they stood up for Charlie, telling Klaus that he should leave Charlie alone. Charlie's kind heart shines through, especially when he believes that Klaus should not be fired "and have to find another job because he had a wife and kid. And besides how sad I was when I had to get fired from the bakery and go away" (308). His willingness to forgive people for their mistakes and to be kind to everybody regardless of what they had done to him makes Charlie a role model for everyone.