Argumentative Essay On Charlie

Another reason Charlie is better off without the surgery is because he doesn’t gain anything from the surgery. Even though Charlie does get smart and his intelligence boosts, it declines in the end of the story. When this happens, Charlie doesn’t remember to how to write or think in depth as well as he did before, so he is just the same as he was before surgery. Charlie even stated it himself in his July 10th progress report, “I try to read a little bit every day, mostly stories, but sometimes I have

Charlie shouldn’t have had the surgery because it was dangerous. To begin with, the doctors didn’t even know what all would happen with the surgery, which is dangerous. They only knew that the surgery should triple IQ, and it could ware off. The surgery killed Algernon, which is obviously a sign of danger. The surgery could’ve been dangerous to the rest of the world if Charlie’s smarts would’ve reached to the outside world more.

One thing Charlie repeated many times before the surgery was “I want to be smart” (Keyes 225) also that he would do whatever it takes to become smart he would work really hard so he could be smart and fit in. That is why Charlie should have had the A.I. to give him what he really wanted even if it wasn’t permanent. A common argument against this position is that the surgery wasn't permanent and that it is not worth being smart for a few weeks. But i argue that Charlie was very grateful for being smart even for just a little while. While he was smart he was able to make scientific advances that most people could not od in a lifetime And he did it in a few weeks and he was grateful to give back to the people who made him

Charlie was very happy that he was becoming smart, "Anyway, now I know I'm getting smarter every day. I know punctuation and I can spell good. I like to look up all the hard words in the dictionary and I remember them" (Keyes 231). All of his life, he had wanted to be smart, and now he finally is. Not only did the operation make him smarter, it also made him much smarter. This was new for everyone, "You're accomplishing in days and weeks what it takes normal people to do in half a lifetime. That's what makes it so amazing" (Keyes 233). He was doing things that no one else had ever done, which is amazing for him. This made Charlie finally feel like he was a normal person, which he had never felt before. Charlie had everything he had ever want for a short period of time, which the operation gifted to

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.

Charlie had two key things, which is why the doctors chose Charlie. The two key things were Charlie's motivation and Miss Kinnian. Miss Kinnian could teach Charlie after the operation, and the doctors Charlie's motivation showed that Charlie really wanted the operation. The doctors chose Charlie, without considering the benefits and harms for him, but only of those key things. The doctors only saw benefits for themselves.

The doctors in the story, named Dr. Strauss and Dr. Nemur, never correctly decided whether or not the surgery would be helpful for Charlie later on after the procedure, or if it would harm him mentally or emotionally. Charlie’s intellectual disability causes his IQ to be lower than normal, making it difficult for him to make proper decisions. In this case, many “doctors must take care not to impose their own personal beliefs on their patients, with some exceptions” (Kodish), and this was one of those exceptions. In the decision of deciding whether or not to select Charlie, the doctors should have looked at the situation a little more personally, in order to fill in the space left by Charlie’s low IQ. But they only let the doctor side of them access the situation, and by doing this, they incorrectly decided that the surgery would help

“Flowers for Algernon” Argumentative Essay In “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes, Charlie should of not of had the surgery. Since Charlie got the surgery he saw the societal conflicts as he became more intelligent. Charlie was just a human experiment; the doctors did not care for him. As Charlie’s IQ soared over everybody else he understood the failure of society. If Charlie never had the operation he would never saw the societal conflicts.

Another reason why Charlie was better off without the operation happening is because when the surgery had not happened yet Charlie did not have feelings for Miss Kinnian and Miss Kinnian did not have feelings for Charlie. After the surgery when Charlie

There once was a dog named Charlie he wanted to fit in but did not. There was this dog named Kona who bullied Charlie. Kona was quarterback of the football team. Charlie new Kona was popular for football. When charlie came to school one day there wa a football signup sheet. Charlie decided that he as going to sign up for football so he could be popular.

Charlie wanted the doctors to choose him, because on some level he knew how atypical he was. From the doctors’ perspective, the opportunity to make Charlie normal superseded his life; this is why they neglected to tell him about the possible side effects of the operation. Disturbingly, the doctors knew that Charlie could regress to his former state and possibly die; they decided not to inform him of this fact because they wanted the recognition and praise that would be showered upon them if Charlie’s operation was a success. Charlie’s impairment did not diminish his worth as a human being, but during the experiment he was equated to a mouse, Algernon. The all-encompassing reason for the doctors wanting to “fix” Charlie was that they thought society would benefit.

One reason Charlie was better off after surgery was that he finally realized that Joe and Frank were not his real friends. At first they would tease and laugh at him and with him not understanding the situation he would laugh at himself. He thought they were his friends because they made him “laff”. After Charlie had the surgery he realized they were laughing at him not with him for their own entertainment. “...I never knew that Joe and Frank and the others liked to have me around all the time to make fun of me...I’m ashamed.”

The First Important decision for Charlie decides to have the operation to make him smarter then dr strauss and nemer decide to use charlie for the operation the decision process for the both are not the same the 1st one where charlie gets to decide he decides relatively quick because he wanted to become smarter he really didn't care what might happen because he really was not living a meaningful life. The 2nd decision for the doctors was not so easy because if they did the operation on charlie there were kids that had applied for this and they might have gotten more use out of it if it had worked out because they may have learned more than charlie. I thought that Charlie was capable of making this decision for himself he had always wanted become smarter and he wanted to understand all of his “Friends” .

Charlie is happier before the operation when he was less intelligent. After Charlie had the operation he said he feels more alone then ever. He never felt alone or anger towards anyone or anything. Before the operation he felt like he had real friends but after it he had no one. He realized that the people who he thought were his friends were only making fun of him. In the text it sates "I feel a lot better today, but I guess I'm still a little angry that all the time people were laughing and making fun of me because I wasn't so smart." This piece of evidence shows how Charlie felt after he realized what his "friends" were really laughing at and what "pulling a Charlie Gordon really meant." He now feels angry towards them and this is an emotion

Imagine you never went to school and your mother didn’t want you. Your 37 and mentally challenged, You have your own house, you have lots of friends and a job. All the people at work love you, you have everything you want. Since your mentally challenged you have to go back to school but it’s a school for mentally challenged. People at school want to do surgery on your brain. Charlie is better before the surgery because he had friends and made no one mad. His mother did not like him but he had more people to look up to.