Charlie Gordon Flowers For Algernon Analysis

Charlie was lucky because Algernon got the surgery a long time before so they could tell Charlie if something was going to happen to him. "He was unusually disturbed and vicious."(216). In this sentence, it shows how they found out that Algernon was acting weird, so they researched on him and they found out what was happening. This way they could tell Charlie what will happen to him and if they had any way they could stop it from happening. "Algernon died two days ago. Dissection shows my predictions were right. His brain had decreased in weight and there was a cerebral convolutions as well as the deepening and broadening of brain fissures."(219). This sentence is describing what happened to Algernon and how he died. This shows that this will soon happen to Charlie. And just like Algernon, Charlie will die. This is why Charlie shouldn't have taken the surgery to become

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 was better off after the surgery. After the surgery, he had real friends, loved Miss Kinnian, and beat Algernon. After all what happened after the surgery, at least he knew what it felt like to be

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.

If Charlie would have accepted himself the way he was before the operation, he would have avoided all the trouble. His loved one Alice could not stand him anymore because he made her feel uncomfortable and strained due to all the absurd things he was talking about, for example neo-Boulean mathematics and post-symbolic logic. He realized that having a high I.Q is not just a bed of roses. For example, While arguing Alice told Charlie that, “There’s more to it than just having a high I.Q” (300). This shows how much Charlie had actually changed since the surgery, and not necessarily in a good

Charlie should have chosen to have had the operation because he got to achieve his ultimate dream, he got to form new relationships, and he was able to contribute new information to others; One argument that can be made for why it was beneficial for Charlie to have the surgery is because he got to live out his dream. Prior to having the IQ increasing procedure done to him, Charlie, was an optimistic and good-hearted man. Unfortunately for Charlie though he was disabled and had a low IQ, this caused Charlie to dream of becoming smart and fit in with others. One quote that can support the claim that Charlie got to achieve his dream of becoming smart is, “Im glad I got a second chanse to be smart becaus I lerned alot of things that I never new were in this world and Im grateful that I saw it all for a littel bit (245).

The Book “Flowers for Algernon” is about an intellectually disabled man named Charlie that has an operation that makes him smart.The operation made operation made his life worse. 3 reasons to why the operation made his life Worse are that (1) he found out a lot of things that he was better off not knowing.(2) a lot of people couldn't understand him when he was talking. (3) after the intelligence from, the operation went away his intelligence was worse than before that operation.

I think Charlie should not have had the operation because Charlie got to be smart for a short period of time and got to feel what it was like but now he will never be smart again. He has to live knowing all about what smart people get to live life like. In “Flowers for Algernon,” on page 223, at the end of the short story Charlie said, “So I gess it's like I did it for all the dumb pepul like me.” When Charlie said this he was almost regretting the operation. He was saying how it he did it for everyone out there like him that isn’t as smart. As you may be able to

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”!

Flowers to Algernon, written by Daniel Keyes, is a novel that takes readers on an emotional journey. Throughout the novel the experiences of the main character Charlie Gordon are ethically blurring. Keyes’ novel follows a man who is simple-minded and explores a life where he becomes a literal genius. This drastic change to Charlie’s life allows the readers to see his struggles and times of joy. However; is Charlie’s new life ethically accepted?

Charlie's emotions swing throughout the story. At the beginning he is just a happy guy living life. Although his one desire is to become very smart. He is still just an average person that may not be as intelligent as the rest. I believe that Charlie is in fact more happy at the beginning of the book than after the operation.For example, in the text Charlie Gordon is upset after the operation because he does not see a significant difference in his intelligence level, he says, "Nothing is happening. I had lots of races and different kinds of tests with Algernon. I hate that mouse." This shows that Charlie is upset about Algernon and all the tests he has to go through, he feels as if he is not making any progress. Although he reaches his goal

“Flowers for Algernon” contains numerous themes throughout Charlie Gordon’s journey. Charlie Gordon the story’s protagonist is a 32-year-old mentally disabled man who has the opportunity of a lifetime to undergo very special surgeries which will most likely change his life for the better, hopefully. This operation has already been preformed on a laboratory mouse named Algernon, who received astonishing and outstanding results so the doctor is convinced it can alter a human’s disability and help millions of people. The reason Charlie was chosen for this operation is his teacher Miss. Kinnian who said he was a very hard worker and valuable aspect. After the operation Charlie’s intelligence increased rapidly and soon became a genius. Charlie

Ultimately, Charlie’s life is better before his operation. Keyes gives an excellent insight into someone who gets mistreated because of his disabilities. Like Charlie, everyone is born with his or her special characteristics, talents, and flaws. Before his surgery, Charlie has a job that he looks forward to every day. He finds happiness in the smallest benefits in his life. He looks forward to seeing his friends because they make his life a great deal brighter, and make him smile a little more. Although many people attempt to change various aspects of their lives, they should accept who they are and give up their longing for perfection. After all, nobody is made “perfect”, and attempting to achieve such results can lead to unexpected, even

After he got the operation he realized that it was an act of aggression and that broke his heart. Those where his only “friends”, and for him to now know that they were not really his friends was heart breaking. Most people would not like the feeling of knowing their only friends were actually just bulling them. Charlie needed to not get the operation so he would never have had to feel the large amount of heart break.

He had the operation and it would not be permanent, it will make people not expect him to be the Charlie he was, and he then had no friends, or jobs, and he put his life in danger. Will Charlie ever change his mine? . I think that it's hard to do things, or pick something that may be a dream at first, and then have it become something that wasnt expecting. When Charlie thought that the operation was going to make him smarter, it turned out that everything he cared about, or was close to him,all slipped through his