Symbolism By Janet Chen

I think that Algernon represents Charlie Gordon more in a emotional way because they both began to feel irritated and frustrated. They both went through the same operation, so Algernon's changes will predict what will happen to Charlie. When Algernon begins to forget things, it shows that the same will happen to Charlie as well. Algernon also represents how they are only viewed as experimental animals, like how he is locked in a cage and Charlie feels like he's behind a cage too during the presentation. Charlie feels that he has never been considered as a individual, a human being.