Charlie Gordon In Daniel Keyes Flowers For Algernon

“Eagar, Determined, and Motivated:” these three words describe Charlie Gordon in Daniel Keyes’s story “Flowers for Algernon”. Daniel Keyes writes about a thirty two year old man with a low IQ (Charlie Gordon) who strives to become “normal”. Charlie will do anything to become smarter even letting two doctors preform brain surgery to enhance his learning capability. Charlie evolves throughout the novel and by the end of his journey although his IQ is low he is a more complete person. He learns the true meaning of friendship and demonstrates intellectual growth as a person by overcoming obstacles and understanding various lessons.

First of all, why Charlie shouldn’t have gotten the surgery is because he started understanding everyone and how they felt. This stressed him out a lot. He felt like he didn't belong with others. “Now I know what it means when they say “to pull a Charlie Gordon.” I'm ashamed.” (209). In this sentence, Charlie recognizes why his friends liked having him around so much. It was so that they could make fun of him and play tricks on him for their own fun. Also Charlie had felt bad about a kid at a restaurant. “I jumped up and shouted, “Shut up! Leave him alone! It's not his fault he can't understand! He can't help what he is! But for

In the novel, Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, it is focused around the ironically unforgettable journey of Charlie Gordon. He is a 32 year old man who has an extremely low IQ, that qualified him to be a subject for an experimental surgery to help him raise his IQ, by a lot. Before the surgery, he had very little memories of his childhood, was very forgetful, and his inability to read or write made his want for knowledge even stronger. I picked this character because not only was he the main focus throughout the book, he has changed and has not changed at the same time and I found that rather unusual.Charlie has changed because after the surgery he got what he wanted, to be smart. But by the end of the book he lost his intelligence, along

On page three hundred eleven, Charlie says, “...all my life I wantid to be smart, and not dumb,” and on page three hundred thirteen, he says, “Their going to use me! Im so exited I can hardly write.” Both of these quotes show how Charlie is ecstatic to become smart, and to have the operation. It’s only fair that he should get a chance to have something that he’s always wanted. Some people think that changing people’s intelligence is unnatural, and that scientists who do this will be playing god, but why shouldn’t he have the opportunity of his lifetime, a second chance in life, so maybe he can be normal, and not constantly looked down

He is functional, but moderately mentally disabled. Charlies main goal is to learn so he can be smart like everyone else. When he was suggested by his teacher for an operation that could make him smarter, he got excited because he actually had a chance. Before the surgery Charlie is completely innocent. Being innocent is defined as simple and naive. He has no experience because he has been under circumstances that did not allow him. He is a generally happy person that values companionship. Charlie sees the good in everybody and is nice to all, even when some are not particularly nice to him. Before the surgery Charlie is very ignorant to the jokes and slurs his “friends” express to him. He always enjoys going to work to see his friends because he likes how they joke around and laugh with him.

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.

The surgery made Charlie see the things his friends did to him. Before Charlie had the surgery people at work picked on him and he didn't understand what was happening “Sometimes somebody will say hey look Joe or Frank or George , he really pulled a Charlie Gordon. I don't know why they say that but i always laff.” (Keyes 227) if Charlie wouldn’t have had the surgery he would have been made fun of and picked an and even hurt by his so called “friends”.

Some people argue that the doctors were selfish in their actions and took advantage of Charlie's innocence or that they were completely heartless after Charlie relapsed and started to become mentally handicapped once again. When Charlie began to relapse back to his mentally handicapped state of mind, he didn't blame the doctors; he understood all of the risks of the operation and faced them head on. He used what time he had left to expand the research that the doctors had done. His research would help the doctors to further expand their work and help other

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 Gordon's doctors did not act ethically, and there are many reasons for this. Charlie never questioned the doctors, and as a result, Charlie didn't understand the consequences of the operation. However, to fully understand the question and the answer, you must know what ethics means. Ethics are standards of right or wrong that direct what people should do. In other words,

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

Charlie’s doctors acted like they knew what to do with Charlie.The gave Charlie the operation and over time he got smarter. The operation helped and Charlie got Smarter. The doctors gave Charlie tests to prove that he got smarter and it all worked in the end. Charlie’s doctors did act ethically when they gave Charlie the operation.

Some people may argue that Charlie's doctors acted ethically. This is not true. Although Charlie was informed of what the operation would to do him, he was not informed enough of the side effects, or of what would happen after the operation. His doctors also didn't follow most of the steps the ethical decision making. They also didn't make sure his life wasn't changed in any way when the operation was completed.

Charlie shouldn’t have had the operation done because it had the chance of risking his life during it. “OW! Algernon bit me on the finger” this shows that Algernon is going back to his original state of being a mouse. So later on they wouldn’t let Charlie in to see him because of what had happened. “Later on Algernon had died and so I put him in a cheese box and buried him about in the back yard.” This shows that what happened to Algernon could happen to Charlie if he didn’t had the operation done. Charlie could have the same thing happen

Flowers for Algernon, a story by Daniel Keyes, is about Charlie Gordon, a mentally retarded adult who is experimented on to become more intelligent. Throughout the story, he faces challenges having to deal with how he sees the world and how the world sees him; Charlie slowly becomes less mentally disabled, but, as the protagonist finds out, this procedure is not as great as it seems. At the beginning of the story, Charlie say that he has a below average IQ, is thirty-two years of age, and he goes to a school for “slow” individuals, Beekman College Center for Retarded Adults. He works at a bakery, and doctors are planning to perform an experiment on him, at the referral from his English teacher, Mrs. Kinnian.