Charlie's Flowers For Algernon

Charlie Gordon was fighting, working hard, and struggling for being smart. Charlie had a once in a lifetime to increase his I.Q. three times as much. In the story “Flowers for Algernon,” written by Daniel Keyes, the genre is Science Fiction. Charlie has a low I.Q. of sixty eight, and wants to be a genius. Charlie Gordon’s life is better with the A.I. Surgery.

When Charlie was intelligent he often got irritated at the doctors because they weren’t as smart as him. He had also dealt with a lot of emotion with Miss Kinnian, Charlie was in love with Miss Kinnian. When he regressed, he was embarrassed to see her because he thought she would think he was dumb. When Charlie was at a diner, he saw a kid with disabilities, and everyone was laughing at him and so was Charlie. He was upset with himself that he laughed at him because that kid was him before he had the surgery to make him smart.

“Flower for Algernon” and Charly, one is a story and the other is a movie. Both of the authors, Daniel Keyes and Stirling Silliphant had to change different parts of the story line in order for it to work. In both, Charly Gordan is the protagonist. He is 38 years old and lives in Boston at the time. At this time, Charly was not highly intelligent. After doctors performed an experimental surgery on him, he became more sophisticated and smarter. At work, his so-called “friend” bullied Charly. The only reason Charly “friends” take him out is to make fun of him for an amusement. Charly would have never found out what they laughing about if he had not gotten the surgery. Therefore, when Charly was out of a job, Silliphant perspective was that the boss fires Charly. However, Keyes perspective was that he is persuaded that he should quit his job. In both cases, he was unemployed. While Charly was unemployed, he has different feelings about people and things. When the bust boy dropped the tray with glasses in the movie and in the story, everyone in the diner laughs at the poor boy. Charly has seen himself in the boy who has dropped the dishes.

* Students should work through the idea that different levels of intelligence, emotional and intellectual, lead to different types of interactions with people and society.

People now days treat others with disrespect and look down upon on other who are mentally challenged, and this is not right. In the story “ Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes, Charlie gets the opportunity to get an operation that could potentially make him smarter. The bad news is it could have side effects and he could lose everything he has learned from the operation and it not work. I believe in this story Charlie should have gotten the operation.

Imagine you were given the opportunity to have a surgery that would make you the smartest person in the world, having the largest I.Q. out of anyone, and being able to fulfill your life dreams! That was the situation Charlie Gordon was in. Charlie Gordon was a thirty-seven year old man who lived in New York, in the story ¨Flowers for Algernon¨ by Daniel Keyes. Charlie was a mentally disabled man with only an I.Q. of 68. One day he was interviewed and was chosen to receive a surgery to, at the least, triple his I.Q., making him the smartest man in the world. Charlies biggest dream was to be smart and with the artificial intelligence (A.I.) operation, he could finally fulfill his biggest dream. The life that Charlie Gordon lived improved significantly after the artificial intelligence surgery. Charlie had been given the opportunity to feel new emotions, have an increase I.Q., and

Throughout reading the text and watching the film Flowers for Algernon, I’ve noticed an amount of similarities and differences. For instance, they both took place in a lab as well as a workplace for Charlie’s tests and experiments. In addition, another resemblance between the two is how Charlie Gordon started as a slow learner, became intelligent, then went back to his old habits while still having motivation in himself. Nevertheless, a similarity would also be how Charlie’s co-workers would make fun of him as well. However, it brought my attention when Charlie began falling in love with Ms. Kinnian and the movie includes Ms. Kinnian having a fiance, a husband who passed away, and being together with Charlie which I thought was surprising.

The Experiment People all around the world are affected by mental disorders and they all wonder what is it like to be normal. In the excerpt, Flowers for Algernon, Daniel Keyes, Charlie a 37 year old man with mental disability, that agrees to have a surgery to make him one of the smartest people in the world. Charlie Gordon goes through love and heartbreak. He also learns many new things. This story will touch your heart.

Even after Charlie’s regression did he ever regret having the A.I surgery? No. In the story “Flowers for Algernon”, A character named Charlie Gordon had a disability that made his mind into a child. Then a man named Dr.Strauss needed a test subject for an experiment, Charlie was the perfect subject for the A.I experiment. After his surgery his I.Q went up rapidly and he enjoyed life. Then Algernon bit Charlie and started to progress regression rapidly and soon died. Everyday after his death Charlie laid down flowers where Algernon died. Charle should have gotten his surgery because he wouldn't have better grammar, he wouldn’t have develop feelings, and wouldn't have discovered the “Algernon-Gordon Effect”

Darr 1 Sabrina Darr Mrs.Borba ENG-1D1 Wednesday November 29 Charlie’s Journey There is no greater journey than one must take to discover all of the mysteries that lie within. In the novel Flowers For Algernon, Charlie undergoes an operation that ultimately changes him. In the beginning Charlie is happy, and selfless in his ignorance, but eventually those emotions turn to shame and that is all Charlie is left with in the end. In the novel Flowers for Algernon, Daniel Keyes demonstrates the importance of being true to yourself, as seen through Charlie’s changes before, during, and after the operation.

Why does change in Charlie Gordon's life make him act differently? The intelligence Charlie gained made his demeanor change. He became more angry and pushed all his friends away. He then began realizing that people were not as nice as he thought they had been. Finally, he became split pre and post surgery Charlie.

In his journal entry on April 13th Charlie tells of sighting a group of boys while delivering a bundle. Charlie begins to feel uneasy as the boys begin teasing him as he states “when he thinks about it the skin on his back twitches and he feels the way the older boys throw things at him.” On the way back to the bakery,

The story "Flowers for Algernon", by Daniel Keyes, that we read in English was about a mentally retarded person, named Charlie who had an operation to increase his intelligence, but the operation was a failure and Charlie is slow again. He wants to move now so society won’t ridicule him for being slow again. Daniel Keyes wrote this short story for good reasons. Daniel Keyes wrote "Flowers for Angernon" to show people from an outside look on how we treat mentally challenged people. When you treat people as you always do, you don’t see how mean or how cruel it really may be. It could just be your personality or the way you were brought up. By him writing a story on a mentally challenged person wanting to become smart to

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.

In my opinion Charlie has a joy in learning every day. Charlie has found new ways to use and fix certain materials, after getting the operation, it’s like his mind was opened up to a new world. He as even found a way to improve the mixing machine to help speed up production at the bakery, which helped him earn more pay. Charlie’s intelligence has increased every day. He is even taking college classes and is having intellectual conversations with other students. Now that Charlie is so smart some people are frightened of him. I believe that the only reason they were so scared of him because they can’t handle a man with a disability to become smarter than them. Charlie even beliefs that college professors are beneath him or anybody in that matter. I think that Charlie was getting a little too cocky just because he became smart instead of remaining