Charlie Gordon In Flowers For Algernon By Daniel Keyes

Before Charlie had the operation preformed on him, he had friends at the bakery he worked at. They were not really his friends because

Have you ever wanted to be something else? Be something you dream of? In the story, Charlie Gordon , a mentally challenged man, is faced with this question in his mind and fulfills his dreams of becoming smart, so he could be accepted, to have friends, and feel normal. Charlie taught us to never make fun of someone because they have something wrong. In this science fiction story, ¨Flowers For Algernon¨ by Daniel Keyes, Charlie, a 37 year old man had the IQ of just 68, but Charlie had potential and dreams of being smart. With A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) surgery, the doctors, and Miss Kinnian, his dreams were possible. Charlie Gordonś life was better after the surgery because he had the chance to feel smart and experience the real world

Third and foremost, Charlie if his experiment is correct he will die. That is the big breaker in why he should not have done the experiment is because he might die. He was very intelligent when he did this test and most likely he is right. Charlie also is leaving his friends because they felt bad for him. No he has to start over and he has a short time to live (page 538). Therefore Charlie made a bad mistake because of all these reasons.

The award-winning short science fiction, Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, digs deep in how society reacts to different levels of intelligence. The book covers a wide variety of society from the creative minds to world-renowned scientists. When a retarded adult becomes one of those brain maniacs through a scientific operation, you get the full spectrum of what it is like personally as a handicapped person and through the minds of a genius. In the reports, you can see the progress and comparison of Charlie’s realization towards other people’s capability of intelligence.

“I hope they use me. Miss Kinnian says maybe they can make me smart. I want to be smart” (Keyes 221). When given the opportunity to a life-changing operation, Charlie Gordon, Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes, was able to experience his life with his own self-worth. Throughout his 37 years of life, there has been the consistent struggle with his intellectual disability. With artificial intelligence, the events Gordon went through were positive. Most people could only dream of having the accessibility to artificial intelligence and experience just what Charlie did, even if it wasn’t forever. In comparison to society around this individual Charlie was viewed as dumb. That viewpoint drove a barrier between him and those around him. The experiment

Charlie Gordon, a once naive but curious boy grew up with the obsession of becoming smart. As a child, Charlie’s mother gave him the mindset that he would never be as smart as all the other kids because he was considered different. This obsession and negative mindset is what motivates Charlie to push himself and makes sure that one day he can become as smart as everyone else. In addition, the key past event that ultimately changes Charlie’s mind set is when he underwent surgery that promised him a higher IQ. From this moment on, Charlie was a completely different person. Due to Charlie becoming smarter, he would soon find out that intelligence comes with a price. Charlie Gordon’s conflict with an experiment that makes him smarter teaches the reader that intelligence does not always bring positive outcomes in life through Charlie losing his job/coworkers, losing those close to him, and being depressed due to being smarter than everyone else.

How would you feel about undergoing a procedure to grant you intelligence immediately? Charlie Gordon in Daniel Keyes, “Flowers for Algernon” has the chance to skyrocket to high intelligence by going through a life changing operation. Charlie Gordon is a 37 year old who wears glasses and attends a night school for adults. Charlie is a unintelligent adult with a learning disability. His teacher, Ms. Kinnian, discovers an opportunity for him to withstand an operation to generate intelligence, will he do it? Will Charlie put his life in danger just for intelligence? Despite Charlie’s unintelligence, he is a dynamic and intriguing protagonist. Throughout the story, Charlie proves that experiments can change a person and he takes us on his unforgettable complex journey to show us how he changed.

In the short story “Flowers for Algernon”, by Daniel Keyes, the author creates a character named Charlie Gordon who has a learning disability. Charlie has a very low IQ and wants to raise it, so when the doctors gave him the opportunity he did all he could to get the surgery. He wants to triple his IQ by getting a surgery that will make him smarter. In this story, Charlie is a determined but frustrated character.

Charlie had a strong personality change he became more hateful towards things “those ink blots are stupid and those pictures are stupid to” “I think writing these progress reports are stupid to” he begins to realize that he’s being bullied.He gets angry fast about little things he becomes angry at himself when he laughs at the

Not everyone is the same; some learn better than others, but only a fraction of those people who can’t learn as fast want to be intelligent. In the book Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, the reader is introduced to a intellectually disabled man named Charlie Gordon who is trying to become smarter and will try his hardest to do so. He had an operation that tripled his I.Q. , Later, in the story Charlie’s stroy unravels even further and we see what this knewly aquired intellegence does for him and a little mouse named Algernon who had the same operatoin as him. Charlie Gordon’s experience with the artificial intelligence operation was positive.

The doctors, Dr. Nemur and Dr. Struass, didn’t think of how Charlies life would change after his intelligence wore off. They tested the surgery on rats but most of them died. There was only one rat that showed signs of the intelligence, Algernon. Since only one rat had the intelligence, they thought that testing

Ajay Modgil Ms. Barrow ENG2D1-06 6 June 2016 Any Amount of Intelligence Can Cause Problems Intelligence is a key component to one’s mental and emotional standing. In addition to intelligence is the bases of one’s personality and in the end ultimately, their own identity. In the book “Flowers for Algernon,” by Daniel Keyes, the main character is a 37-year-old man with a mental disability, and, as a result, has an IQ of 68. His name is Charlie Gordon.

Charlie’s experience was negative is that his intelligence decreased rapidly making him feeble-minded again. As his intelligence fading away Charlie describes

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.

In this novel you meet a very important man named Charlie Gordon. Charlie suffers from a mental disability and has a very low IQ. He wants to become smart so that he can fit in with others and not feel like such an outsider. In this novel you go through Charlie’s experiment to become a genius and overcome his disability. Charlie has faced a rough childhood. His mother always thought he would turn out to be normal and would punish him harshly when he would do something that was not normal. His life all changed when he was chosen to take some tests and be considered for an experiment that would change his life forever and grant his wish to be smart. He keeps track of his progress through reports and you see a dramatic change in Charlie Gordon eventually after his operation. He becomes a genius and you get to witness the changes he goes through and how his newly acquired knowledge affects him. This novel provides many lessons that will give you a new perspective on life.