Flowers for Algernon

Which statement best explains the narrator purpose of the statement no one I’ve ever know is what appears on the surface

He does not like the doctors that have studies his brain

The nature major feels like they're lying to him because they are responsible very intelligent

all of his friends have been distant honest with his whole life

The Nader raider enjoys having a deep conversation unlike most human beings

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I see no evidence of the above quote in the novel, Flowers for Algernon.

This quote comes directly from the text:

I was shocked to learn that the only ancient languages he could read were Latin, Greek, and Hebrew, and that he knows almost nothing of mathematics beyond the elementary levels of the calculus of variations. When he admitted this to me, I found myself almost annoyed. It was as if he'd hidden this part of himself in order to deceive me, pretending--as do many people I've discovered--to be what he is not. No one I've ever known is what he appears to be on the surface.

I do not understand your answer choices, but in this quote, Charlie notes his disappointment that Dr. Nemur is neither as intelligent or as forthcoming, as Charlie had originally believed. Charlie feels as if he has been deceived or lied to.

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Flowers for Algernon