However, when he saw life differently, it was in a bad way, and he then realised he didn’t have any friends. According to the text, Charlie said, “ It’s a funny thing I never knew that Joe and Frank and the others like to have me. Now I know what it means to pull a Charlie Gordon. I’m ashamed.” (Keyes 231). Readers might also argue that the surgery was a good idea because, he remembered his childhood. However, when he remembered his past he felt very abandoned. For example, as his parents said, “ He’s got to be sent away. I don’t want him in the house any more…” If you had the offer for this surgery, and saw the emotionally inhuman pain it causes, wouldn’t you say…