Algernon Monologue

“It’s a good feelings to know things and be smart. I wish I Had it right now, if I had I would sit down and read all the time. Anyways I bet i'm the first dumb person in the world who ever found out something important for science”. The operation was for Charlie to become smart permanently. It didn’t work so I agree of the operation being bad.

To begin, one of the biggest reasons that Charlie would’ve been better off having never gotten the surgery is so he wouldn’t have to deal with knowing what great intelligence is like, but then having to go back to being naïve and dumb again. In the story Flowers for Algernon, Keyes says, “I learned so much so fast. Now my mind is deteriorating rapidly. I won’t let it happen. I’ll fight it. I can’t help thinking of the boy in the restaurant, the blank expression, the silly smile, the people laughing at him. No- please- not that again…” (303) This shows that Charlie realizes his mental capabilities are deteriorating and

The more obvious ways he had changed was his intelligence, and the memories that slowly came flooding back to him after the surgery. He had went from an IQ of 70, to an IQ of 185 and counting. It had a tremendous impact on Charlie, for he was like a sponge, absorbing as much knowledge as possible, refusing to stop. He had exceeded the expectations, surpassing the IQ of the doctors that worked at Beekman University, and even the ones that constructed the experiment that changed Charlie’s life. He had managed to learn French, German, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Russian, Portuguese, Chinese, Hindi, and Japanese in an extremely short period of time. Before the surgery, Charlie wanted to partake in conversations with the college students about politics,

Charlie got smarter after the surgery, because Algernon was experimented on during the surgery and was really smarter than Charlie

After the operation, in only a couple of months, Charlie starts showing signs of new intelligence. His grammar, improved, and he is able to reflect on what his does in the past something he wasn’t able to do before. He had finally gotten something use had always desired. Then, everything and everyone turned on him. In “PROGRESS REPORT 12” April 30th (pg. 60) Charlie writes: “now, they hate me for my knowledge and understanding. What in the name of god do they want of me? They’ve driven me out of the factory. Now I more alone than ever before…” Charlie got what he always wanted, and now he lost everything he had. It was a sacrifice it sounded like he didn’t want to make. I can tell just be the tone of his writing. This shows that we should embrace everything that we have. Charlie didn’t embrace everything, although he appreciated most of the thing he never became happy not being able to just enjoy life as it is.

Charlie Gordon, a mentally compromised man, should not have received the surgery to increase his numerical intelligence-as judged by an IQ-and to become a normal man. While Daniel Keyes in “Flowers for Algernon” conveyed hope for psychologically impaired individuals, the surgery failed with countless devastating consequences. In all actuality, the complications that Charlie faced were genuine. As far as society was concerned, Charlie-having a lesser IQ than the average person-was regarded as unacceptable. The surgery was seen as a cure for this; nevertheless, it did not amount to any change in the way he was treated. Harnessing the insights from Algernon’s case and his own cognitive abilities, Charlie deciphered the effects and predicted the

Charlie wasn’t capable of knowing what was going to happen to him. The doctors didn’t tell Charlie that the operation was going to effect his outside life. One tip for making an ethical decision is to be as neutral as possible, but Charlie wasn’t (Dobrin). The doctors got Charlie smart for a little, but then his intelligence went way back down to this old IQ of 68. When Charlie was smart people were scared of how smart he was.

337; “Sometimes at night go out for a walk. Last night I Couldn't remember where I Lived”. More Evidence is “Algernon died two days ago… I guess the same things or will soon be happening to me.”This Supports my claim because before the operation, Charlie could find his way home but After the intelligence wore off he can't find his way home anymore. And since everything that happens to Algernon happens to Charlie also, and Algernon died, so Charlie has a chance of

Charlie is better off without the operation that triples his intelligence. As Charlie explains on page 219, line 756, “Algernon died two days ago.” This shows that Charlie will die too. They both went through the same operation. So, whatever happens to Algernon will eventually happen to Charlie.

Charlie was better off after the surgery bc, He was 3x smarter then the doctors. In the beginning of the story charlie was saying how the doctors was smart in all that. Then, he realize that some of the stuff charlie knew the doctors didn’t even know he was also to beat algernon in the mazes. Charlie said” I beat algernon”!

Towards the end of the book, Charlie’s IQ started to decrease. Charlie knew what was going to happen so he tried to come up with a solution so no one else would have to be like him. Charlie’s IQ was decreasing as fast as it had increased when he had the surgery. Charlie wasn’t all upset in the end because he’s the first mentally retarded person to come up with a scientific

One reason Charlie Gordan should never have had the experiment is the uncertainty of the outcome. Algernon is said to be the first animal to have stayed smart for so long and he is still alive (page 31). This means that the doctors and scientists did not wait until Algernon’s death to see if he actually did stay smart permanently, if there were any problems with his brain, or even if the surgery messed with his brain so much that it caused him to die early. It also means that the doctors are far too eager to test on humans, implying that they probably have more motives than just helping out mentally retarded people. Another way that the test is uncertain, is the fact that they told Charlie that they were going to use him, but they did not tell

“The true method of knowledge is experiment.” — William Blake. Charlie Gordon was an adequate choice for the scientists, Dr. Strous and Dr. Nemur, to choose since Charlie’s gains from the surgery overrides his loses. The surgery was to try and triple Charlie Gordan’s IQ from 68 to 204, which was a success. Charlie indeed gained several things from his surgery including: understanding of true friendship, emotional maturity, and he finally got his dream come true. In Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, the doctors made a great choice for picking Charlie Gordan as their test subject.

Artificially increasing Charlie’s intelligence allowed him to [prove and have an entire new theory] - ”Under separate cover I am sending you a copy of my report entitled, "The Algernon-Gordon Effect: A Study of Structure and Function of Increased Intelligence," which I would like to have you read and have published()“. Charlie is able to accomplish an entire scientific study shortly after the surgery, and could be accepted by the community of intellectuals. However, even if Charlie was able to accomplish something very great, in the end he was back to square one. In his final progress report, Charlie writes, “Thats why 1m going away from New York for good. I dont want to do nothing like that agen.

One of the first reasons why Charlie should not have gone under surgery is because he had a lower intelligence at the time and did not realize that he might shorten his life when he went