Charlie In The Story 'Flowers For Algernon'

Imagine being three times smarter than you already are through a simple, painless surgery, but there’s a catch. The effects of the surgery that can make you a genius could be temporary, and have not been studied and may be dangerous. Flowers for Algernon, a short story, describes a character who is intellectually disabled. He has to make a choice between having doctors conduct an experiment that involves surgery on him to make him three times smarter or staying the way he is. Charlie Gordon should not have the surgery because it is highly experimental and theoretical, as well as the negative social effects.

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

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

Wise men learn from the mistakes of others, but when a man is the first to step on new terrain, whose mistakes are there to learn from? In Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, a mentally retarded man named Charlie Gordon goes through a surgery that he hopes will change his IQ for the better, but ends up changing the rest of his life for the worse. Keyes uses elements of inferiority and superiority, loss and gain, and mental and emotional balance in Flowers for Algernon. The elements of inferiority and superiority are present when Charlie changes and the tables turn for the people around him.

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Flowers for Algernon is a short fictional story that is written in the form of a journal by Charlie Gordon, a man with a clearly illustrated learning disability. In this story Charlie Gordon was picked as the first human and second test subject for an experiment that was meant to triple any ones IQ level. Dr. Strauss tells Charlie Gordon to write Progress Reports about his days and this is how the story is presented to the reader. When Charlie Gordon has his surgery that was meant to make him starter, did he actually get smarter, or does he only perceive that he gets smarter?

If you had a choice what would you choose, being smart and not happy or be happy but not smart.In the short story “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes. A man named Charlie Gordon the age 37 years old has a devalamenting delayed mind which means he slow learner and it is hard for him to read and write. He also didn't know what he was doing at certain points in his life.Charlie should have not taken the surgery becaues he is losing his memories like forgetting where he lives and he is pushing people away becaues he doesn't want anybody to feel pity for him. Some people might say he should have taken the surgery becaues it made him smarter and it made him more confident but that smartness he got from the surgery made got taken away and mde he him go down a dark path in his life.

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Emily was not the smartest pencil in the drawer, and she always made other people laugh by her stupidity. However, later she realized that they took the laughter and made it into jokes about her and were actually always making fun of her. Charlie Gordon wanted to become smart like other people so he had a risky surgery on his brain, but the surgery worked for period of time and after a while he started to lose progress and fall back to where he started, so Charlie became a recluse for the rest of his minimal days. In the short story “Flowers for Algernon”, Daniel Keyes, the author, portrays the theme, Because of compassion, positive and/or negative consequences can occur.

Flowers for Algernon is about a man named Charlie Gordon, he 32 years old, and is a subject to an experiment for intellectual growth. Charlie is put through the test as a hope for raising intelligence for retarded adults. Eager to be intelligent, Charlie goes with the process and the operation is a success. The operation takes its time to work in Charlie, like a seed. Each new thing he learns is a growth spurt for the seed, but like all plants, they must wither eventually. From then on, Charlie starts to grow as a character. We learn about his past, his preferences, and his own view on life. The further you go, the more you realize that Charlie’s attitude is changing as his intelligence grows. Charlie then realizes that there was an error with the test. Charlie had tests with an actual lab rat named Algernon, but the more time would go on, the more the mouse's primal instincts would release. Charlie came to the conclusion that the intelligence diminishes after some point, and this is where the `all flowers must wither` comes in, as he realizes the same is happening to him. In the end, Charlie returns to his 70 IQ and is sent toward the Center for Retarded Adults. There are multiple characters in the story, like Alice Kinnian, Charlie's teacher, Charlie’s parents, Charlie’s sister, his Uncle Herman, Mr. Donners, and more. The book takes place in multiple scenarios, from the Hospital to Charlie’s Hotel Room.

Charlie Gordon, the beloved mentally disabled protagonist from the short story Flowers for Algernon, was much better off after his surgery. He had surgery that made him smarter, and he was much better off once he got it. This is true because he wanted to be smart, he had a great experience, and was happy at the end of the story.

Others may say that the A.I surgery was a failure but I argue that the A.I surgery helped charlie in many different ways to help him in life.Charlie lost friends and moved away from new york because of his regression. He realized that after his regression he was geins and he was grateful for what he had been given.

The main character in the story “Flowers for Algernon”, by Daniel Keyes, can be compared to a blind person. They can not experience world in way that all people should have the chance to. His name is Charlie Gordon, a mentally disabled 37 year old man. Charlie is chosen for an operation that could allegedly make him smarter. However, after he becomes intelligent from the surgery, he then regresses to his original state. A test subjects symptoms show that he will have health problems and then die.Charlie should have had the surgery because he could finally see the world around him and fulfill his goal; to be smart.

This is how Charlie’s mental and emotional development changed through the story “Flowers to Algernon”. First when Charlie did not have surgery he had no emotion and was slow at learning. He also lost in a race to a mouse named Algernon. He was researched on before and after the surgery. After the surgery Charlie finally beats Algernon because on the paragraph titled April 6 he says, “ I finally beat Algernon.”. He starts feeling emotions after he beats Algernon because he can only have food when he has beaten a maze and on the paragraph April 6 it says, “That made me sad because if he couldn’t learn he would be hungry.”. He also understand jokes from the “Late Late Late Night Show”. So, that’s how Charlie grew emotions and intelligence over

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