Charlie ends up worse off than he began, which can viewed as a moral to always make the most of the present, as fate will screw you anyway you are facing the Light. Some of you will relate to the truth of that statement more than others. I think another message is to those who worship and idolize-you will always be disappointed, as Alice was with Charlie's final evolution. Most of the problems arise from others around Charlie becoming glaringly aware of their own failings to fulfill their potential. Charlie is still stupid when he is a genius-he gets drunk on several occasions and is promiscuous, and to beat it all, falls in love-so though he becomes extremely intelligent, he is still very much flawed. That sums up our experience here on Earth, however, I digress. By miracle, genius strikes, then stupid returns. I believe his main character Charlie is the quintessential human. Not many realize that Keyes originally published a shorter version of this story in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.
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