Part one of term paper
Charlie notices many changes in his life from the time he was slow to when he was a genius. As he gets smarter, he views people differently who he thought was his friend. For example, he viewed Frank Reilley differently when he was slow. Charlie wanted to be smart like his friends. He stated, "I cannot wait to get smart like my friends". ...

Part two of term paper
... would tell him to get other things for them. Then they would ditch him. They would also use the phrase, "You pulled a Charlie Gordon". To pull a Charlie Gordon, means doing something stupid, but Charlie did not know this. He thought his name being mentioned so often meant that everybody really liked him. As Charlie got smarter, he started to realize who he thought were his friends were not. This one night he soon found out that this really was true. That night Charlie tells Frank that ...