Within our science fiction unit, two stories in particular left the biggest impression. Daniel Keyes' Flowers for Algernon and Timo Vuorensola's take on life on the moon and its inhabitants' involvement in an implied World War III, Iron Sky, both contain aspects that also stimulate and push readers and viewers, but they also include facets that leave the public. guess and incorporate two specific characters who, although on the surface do not have much in common, but their shared ignorance of social queues allows them to be classified together. The story of Charlie Gordon's miraculous transformation from mental retardation to intellectual genius is self-narrated in Flowers for Algernon. Keyes' speech characterizes Charlie as a friendly and trusting man, and he assumes that the people in his life are as well-intentioned and kind as he is. Unfortunately, his naivety and mental shortcomings prevent him from identifying his friends, colleagues and doctors for who they truly are. As his intelligence grows, however, Charlie discovers the reality of his social life. He discovers that his "friends" at work had often taken advantage of his inferiority and manipulated him into doing things for their own personal enjoyment. Likewise, he realizes that those who were kind to him, the doctors who administered and supervised his operation, usually acted selfishly, only promoting Charlie's progress in order to gain scientific recognition and wealth. These beliefs evolve into constant suspicion, and Charlie fails to trust, inadvertently distancing himself from everyone, similar to what his disability had done. He was once again out of the loop and unable to integrate. Charlie even forces himself to cut... half the paper... about Adler's true motivations: genocide. She had been deceived by the power of the Reich. Returning to the moon, Renate confronts Adler, who has declared himself the new Führer, after killing the previous one, Kortzfleisch. Finishing him with a simple stiletto heel, Renate breaks free from his deception. As international nuclear war consumes the Earth, Renate reunites with Washington (who has reversed the Aryan process) and, further strengthening her devotion to the Reich, kisses him in front of a group of astonished Nazi refugees. While Charlie Gordon and Renate Richter don't have a whole lot in common, they both held false beliefs in the goodness of others and, with their naivety, were easily manipulated by those they stood up for most. Their strength in overcoming these components ties their stories together and makes them the most likable characters in our science fiction unit.