In "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes, Charlie is given an operation to increase his intelligence. As he becomes smarter, he begins to understand a lot of things about himself and about the people he thought were his friends. When he realizes how these guys he's been working with at the factory had really used him, he becomes very sad and ashamed that he hadn't known better.
When Charlie's IQ was low, he thought that his co-workers were having fun with him, but later he realizes they were having fun at his expense. They spiked his drinks with alcohol, used him as a punching bag, got him to show others how he mopped out toilets--all so that they could laugh at him. All Charlie ever wanted was to be their friend.
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