Flowers for Algernon

This book is classified as a science fiction. That is not enough. It cannot be any more human, any more compelling a tale of raw emotions and feelings.
The protagonist is the subject of a science experiment to enhance his intelligence. His journey from a mental age of a young child to that of a genius, is the journey of growing up and finding the harshness of the real world. It is easy to understand the narrator as he goes through his various phases. The story forces the reader to ponder over the ethics of scientific proceedings. Draw your own conclusions.