In the novel Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes there power is divided up mainly in the women. Charlie's mother Rose has the power in the family she controlled what went on in the house too who lived in the house. Rose didn't like Charlie very much because he has a disability that his intellectual abilities weren't the greatest. She demanded that Charlie was sent too the Waren home, she ended up telling the daughter Norma that he was sent there and died a few years later. Charlie has always wanted a relationship with his family but new he was never wanted there. The father was never able too stop the mother with her controlling ways he didn't approve of her beating Charlie when he was younger but instead of stepping up and doing the right thing he backed away and let her do whatever she pleased in the house. Charlie's dad wasn't even able too follow his dreams of being a barber because the Rose didn't approve of it.
In the book Charlie had the least amount of power shown because he wasn't the brightest person so he made the choice too have the surgery too make him smarter when really he wasn't capable of making that decision himself. The Doctors controlled Charlie with testing him like a ginny pig, and making him always report back too everything he did. Until he was slowly losing his intelligence then he wasn't able too make smart decision on his own anymore.
I agree with what you say about Charlie's mom having all the power in the family. Her husband was always scared of her so he did everything she told him to do. He couldn't follow his dreams or anything because she was so restricting. She wouldn't let charlie grow and learn in a happy home. After they got rid of charlie she lied to Norma and told her he had died, and I agree with you when you say that charlie was never able to have a relationship with his family. Norma might of wanted to have a relationship with charlie but the over powering of the mother stopped her.Charlie's mom having all the power influenced this book a lot.
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