An adjective I would use to describe Charlie in the story Flowers for Algernon, would be compassionate. Compassionate means to feel or show concern for others. Charlie is compassionate because when he realizes that Algernon has to learn something new before he eats, he quickly says “That made me sad because if he couldnt lern he woud be hungry.” Charlie believes that it is wrong and he thinks that for Algernon to eat he shouldn’t have to pass a test. In the story Charlie says “I dont think its right to make you pass a test to eat. How woud Dr Nemur like it to have to pass a test every time he wants to eat.” Charlie is also warmhearted. Ths means that charlie is sympathetic and kind when it comes to Algernon’s feelings. Charlie says “...because
“I said Miss Kinnian never gave me tests like that one only spelling and reading. They said Miss Kinnian told that I was her bestist pupil in the adult nite scool becaus I tryed the hardist and I reely wantid to lern” -Charlie. Concluding that if you could feel smarter than you are now, would you. That's what Charlie feels like until he has an operation that makes him smart. The theme of this story I think is that people change over time. Like charlie changes throughout the story. In the story “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes Charlie patarys the theme that people changed overtime.
However, that's still not acceptable for doctors to do, especially with experimenting certain tests and operations on the patient. Also, Doctor Nemur and Strauss did proceed with the operation, but later gave him an unstable limbic system and failure in the nervous system. Which shows that the doctors weren't thinking of any future conflicts that would put Charlie in a harmful state of mind. They also kept Algernon dying confidential to Charlie since they both got the same operation, and the doctors weren't thinking ethically if they couldn't even share it to Charlie (Dobrin). Overall, Doctor Nemur and Strauss did motivate him to start making himself smart again in the end, but they should've thought about future conflicts that the operation would put on Charlie that would effect his mental health.
Next, the characters between the two stories have many differences. In "Flowers for Algernon" one of the main doctors, Dr. Strauss, is a man while in Charly they are a woman. The characters actions and emotions also differ greatly between the two stories. In Charly Mrs. Kinnian and Charlie both like each other and want to be together while in "Flowers for Algernon" Charlie likes Mrs. Kinnian, but she does not like him back. The characters in the stories have different aspects to their personality.
Should Charlie have had the operation? In the story “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes, Charlie isn’t very intelligent. His teacher Mrs. Kinnian thinks he would be good to get to operation. Charlie is willing to lose his personality and everything about him already, just to get an operation that is supposed to make you intelligent. It may be temporary, but he goes for it. If he never had gotten the operation he wouldn’t have lost everything he had, such as his personality and most of all Mrs. Kinnian.
Have you ever wanted to know several languages, be able to learn everything easily, or even have an IQ of at least 200? Charlie Gordon, in the story “Flowers for Algernon,” was a man who had an IQ of 68, but he went through a surgery that made him smarter than his own teacher at a school for the mentally challenged, and his own doctors. Charlie’s IQ was tripled after the surgery once he began to practice different languages as well as the English language. Charlie soon reverted to his former self at the end of the story, and this tripled intelligence that he possessed once before was soon back to the IQ of 68 Charlie had it easier in life after the surgery.
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.
Before Charlie's operation he was taking multiple tests over a period of time. In a few tests he needs to compete with Algernon and lost every time. “Anyway that test made me feel worser than all
This passage appears in Progress Report 13, when Charlie and Algernon accompany Nemur and Strauss to the scientific convention in Chicago where they are presenting their findings. The researchers treat Charlie and Algernon as exhibits, and Charlie grows increasingly upset that he is being treated as more of a laboratory animal than a human being. At the convention, Charlie’s feeling of victimization reaches a new level of intensity. He is surrounded by an entire auditorium of scientists who are curious to see him not as an individual but merely as the result of Nemur and Strauss’s experiment. Charlie feels as though there are hundreds of Nemurs all eyeing him clinically, and that he is there not so much to enlighten the scientists as to entertain
Finally, Charlie shows that ignorance is bliss when the doctors tell him not to come back, when his friends leave him, and when he realizes he likes Miss Kinnian. First, Charlie shows that ignorance is bliss when the doctors tell him not to come back. On page 216, the author states, “Dr. Strauss and Dr. Nemur have asked me not to come back to the lab anymore.” This proves that they didn’t want him to come back because he didn’t want him to find out that what happened to Algernon was going to happen to
The protagonist and author of the progress reports that form the text of Flowers for Algernon. Charlie is a thirty-two-year-old mentally retarded man who lives in New York City. At the start of the novel, he works at Donner’s Bakery as a janitor and delivery boy. Charlie’s friendliness and eagerness to please, along with his childhood feelings of inadequacy, make him the hardest-working student in Alice Kinnian’s literacy class for retarded adults. When Charlie undergoes an experimental surgery to increase his intelligence, his IQ skyrockets to the level of a genius. His obsession with untangling his own emotional life and his longing to reach an emotional maturity and inner peace to match his intellectual authority inform many of the novel’s
Flowers for Algernon Everyone is who they are and no one can change that no matter what. Charlie Gordon is a thirty-seven year old man who has an IQ of sixty-eight and wishes to be smart. He was chosen for the intelligence-altering surgery to become smarter and triple his IQ. After the surgery, there were huge changes in his life.
In “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes, Charlie searches for his identity and goes through many unpleasant experiences. When Charlie is going through the challenges of his life, he finds out how far he can truly go in life, despite the expectations of others, and more of what he can really do. We can all triumph over tribulation and grow from it with the help of God. I went through a similar experience at Charlie’s when I decided to go down the steepest, and what seems like the fastest, slide at White Water. When I asked my mom if she would be going down the slide with me she laughed and said, “I am not going down that steep slide.”
The protagonist, Charlie Gordan changes through many stages throughout the story "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keys. Towards the beginning of the story "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keys, Charlie Gordan viewed everything and everyone from a positive perspective. But he gets treated like garbage. " I don't know why but he says it's important so they will see if they use me. I hope they use me".
He can't help but be what he is! But for God's sake... he's still a human being!" This trait changes Charlie entirely because now, he is really able to see exactly how the customers had treated the dishwasher, just because he was less intelligent than the rest of them. He then compares his experience to the one of the dishwashers and empathizes with him. Through this experience, Charlie is able to find his true interest and passion: to help neurodiverse
“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.” - Harriet Tubman. Charlie Gordon is a very welcoming, playful, and genuine man. He attends Beekman College for Retarded Adults and has a strong motivation to learn and to improve his intelligence. He dreams of being popular, and making friends. Throughout the novel Flowers for Algernon, Charlie Gordon changed in many ways. Prior to his life changing operation, he was not able to grasp that the people at Donner’s Bakery were not his friends, they only spoke to him to make fun of him. Charlie acknowledged their harsh actions, and started retaliating. Charlie is a very open