What does Charlie realize about the professor and the people around him (even alice)

Charlie realizes that Gimpy has been stealing from Donner for years when he sees the man undercharge customers, and then take the remaining amounts. Charlie actually tries to remember the past, but also tries very hard to understand the past in a coherent way. He uses the “free association” technique Dr. Strauss taught him, using Alice Kinnian as a springboard into his darker memories about women. He realizes that he is allowed to love women, especially now. He knows that he is a person, and “I was somebody before I went under the surgeon’s knife. And I have to love someone” (66). Intelligence is not a counter for love, nor a replacement; instead, it helps people realize how much they actually need this essential human feeling.