The importance of this quote related to the entire story is because before Charlie became smart, he thought that when his friends laughed at him, that it was a good thing, and it made him feel like they accepted him. But when he had the surgery, and became smart, he realized that when they laughed at him, they wasn't laughing with him, they was laughing at him, and making fun of him. After the surgery started to wear off, and the smartness started to fade away slowly, Charlie was right back where he used to be, thinking that if you let people laugh at you, without getting offensive, it will make them want to become your friend.
Charlie has changed at the end of the novel in a negative way, the smartness he did have from the surgery no longer existed. He was back to the way he used to be in the beginning of the novel. At the end of the novel, he no longer new how to read or write, the only thing the surgery left him with was memories from his childhood. He really is no different of a person at the end of the novel. He still thinks that when people laugh at him, that it's a good thing. I find the novel's ending to be tragic, this is because he wanted more than anything to become smart, and when he finally did, it didn't last very long. In the end he was left with nothing, and he really didn't remember anything he learned. To me it was just a really big let down, I wish the novel wouldn't of ended that way. I was hoping that Charlie would be able to keep his smartness unlike Algernon. I also find the end of the novel inspiring, because it let's you know, that sometimes you are better off without the things you want in life, and better with what God gave you. The end of the novel taught me to be more grateful with what I do have, and to not worry about the things i don't have.
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