Connections- Flowers for Algernon

When reading Great Expectations, I found a similarity between its plot and Flowers for Algernon.The story is told through a series of journal entries written by the story's protagonist, Charlie Gordon, a man with an IQ of 68 who works a menial job. He is selected to undergo an experimental surgical technique to increase his intelligence. The technique has already been successfully tested on Algernon, a laboratory mouse. The surgery on Charlie is also a success and his IQ triples. Charlie falls in love with his former teacher, Miss Kinnian, but as his intelligence increases, he surpasses her intellectually and they become unable to relate to each other. Also, his new intelligence scares his co-workers at his job; they start a petition to have him fired and, when Charlie finds out about it, he quits his job. As Charlie's intelligence peaks, Algernon suddenly declines — losing his increased intelligence and dying shortly afterward. Charlie discovers that his intelligence increase is also only temporary. Unable to do anything to prevent the change, Charlie ultimately reverts to his original mental state in a swift reversal of his original growth. He tries to return to his original life and job but cannot stand everyone feeling sorry for him so he decides to move away. His last wish before he leaves is that someone put flowers on Algernon's grave.
How I connected this movie to Great Expectations were the similarities between the main characters. Charlie becomes too intelligent to understand anyone, and Pip becomes wealthy enough to lose connection and humbleness towards his own family. A reoccurring theme in both works was both characters have to strive to overcome difficulties to please themselves, as well as people involved in their lives. Both characters have to try and find themselves again, in all of the wealth that surrounds them. For Charlie, his wealth is his intelligence, while Pip's is literally wealth.
While Pip recognizes his faults and starts to reminisce about his life at the forge, Charlie completely abandons his life and leaves everyone as well as everything behind. I predict that unlike Charlie, instead of running away from his problems he will face them and try to solve each issue on his own.