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Algernon's Experiments
As seen throughout the book, Dr. Numer and all the other professors were constantly treating him like he was inanimate and just an experiment. They never showed him any respect and talked about the effects of the experiment and the scientific breakthrough they made, without ever congratulating him on making it through the tough process. But this didn’t occur only once, it is a constant thing happening in the book. Now Charlie is fed up with it, and wanted to tell him in front of everyone. It does not stop there. Algernon too, is treated like an object and they only feed him when they are done experimenting on him; they won't stop to realize that they created a very intelligent rat that is now able to comprehend emotions. The scientists should

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