He also discussed in detail the pertinent aspects of our therapy sessions—especially my changing attitudes toward free association on the couch.
I had come there as part of a scientific presentation, and I had expected to be put on exhibition,
but everyone kept talking about me as if I were some kind of newly created thing they were presenting to the scientific world.
No one in this room considered me an individual—a human being.
The constant juxtaposition of "Algernon and Charlie," and "Charlie and Algernon," made it clear
that they thought of both of us as a couple of experimental animals who had no existence outside the laboratory.
But, aside from my anger, I couldn't get it out of my mind that something was wrong.
Finally, it was Nemur's turn to speak—to sum it all up as the head of the project—to take the spotlight as the author of a brilliant experiment.
This was the day he had been waiting for.
He was impressive as he stood up there on the platform, and, as he spoke, I found myself nodding with him, agreeing with things I knew to be true.
The testing, the experiment, the surgery, and my subsequent mental development were described at length,
and his talk was enlivened by quotations from my progress reports.
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