Flowers For Algernon Quote Analysis

One of the ways Lennie faces issues of power is due to the fact that he has mental disabilities. This is shown when George asks Lennie, “What you gonna say tomorrow when the boss asks you questions?” And Lennie responds with, “I… I ain’t gonna… I ain’t gonna say nothing” (1, 15,11) This shows that Lennie isn’t the brightest and would get himself into trouble if George didn’t do the talking for him.The second way that Lennie faces struggles is when he is distracted by himself and laughing about something while Curley is upset. This is shown when it says, “Curley stepped up to Lennie like a terrier. ‘What the hell you laughin’ at?’ Lennie looked blankly at him. ‘Huh?’ Then Curley’s rage exploded.” (62; Ch. 3) This is an example of the struggles Lennie faces because it shows how poorly Lennie acts in certain situations compared to the other men. Lennie’s mind didn’t analyze the situation well and therefore he didn’t know to not draw attention to

Imagine the possibility of a surgery that could dramatically increase your intelligence. Imagine what a change of life that could mean if you were a mentally handicapped person. This is exactly what happens in the story, Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes. Charlie Gordon, is a mentally handicapped man living alone in New York City. He who undergoes an operation that increases his intelligence he realizes how poorly he was treated by people including his family and friends. Although most mistreated Charlie there was one who was kind and caring towards Charlie and that was Alice Kinnian. The story follows the rise and gradual fall of his intelligence and with that the awareness of how poorly treated he has been treated

“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things”, -Henry Miller. When one reads this quote, it may have a different meaning to them than to others. To Charlie Gordon, it practically defines his life journey. In the shorty story “Flowers for Algernon”, Charlie Gordon is a main who obtains an IQ of 68, and desires to be smart. Charlie finally gets his dream one day by partaking in an intelligence enhancing operation. His perspective of life is much different before and after the surgery. Although Charlie seems happy before the surgery, Charlie is able to apprehend reality through a “pair of new eyes”, regarding the operation. Three arguments why Charlie’s emotions are happier following the surgery are: He learns about lies he had in life, Charlie had a positive learning experience, and Charlie discerns his full potential.

“Flowers for Algernon” Argumentative Essay In “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes, Charlie should of not of had the surgery. Since Charlie got the surgery he saw the societal conflicts as he became more intelligent. Charlie was just a human experiment; the doctors did not care for him. As Charlie’s IQ soared over everybody else he understood the failure of society. If Charlie never had the operation he would never saw the societal conflicts.

Imagine yourself as a young child. You’re extremely happy and you have little to no worries. Now imagine yourself as a teenager or adult, and you’re the exact opposite, because of school, relationships, jobs,money, or responsibility. These contrasts tie into the theme I’m about to introduce you to. This theme is expressed thoroughly in many parts of the story, Flowers For Algernon, which is “Ignorance is Bliss”. In the story, the main character Charlie Gordon undergoes an operation to gain intelligence. After a while, he finds out the operation is only temporary, which leads many negative things to his mind including stress. Two reasons this story explains great examples that “Ignorance is Bliss”, is that when you’re ignorant or unintelligent or even young, you’re upbeat and when you are smart, you endure much more stress and worries. I remember when I was young, and I had nothing to worry about in life.

You wouldn't like it if you had a below average IQ level, would you? Well, that was the case for Charlie Gordon, a thirty-two year old man with the below average IQ of 68. All Charlie wanted was to become smarter and understand. He got the opportunity to participate in a scientific operation to see if you could surgically increase someone's intelligence. This raises the question of whether or not it is right to try to increase the intelligence of a person if the outcome is unknown. Ethics are ideas that guide people in their daily life of deciding what is right or wrong. They are centered around the virtues of honesty, compassion, and loyalty.

The novel Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes is an excellent written novel that has deep meaning to it. The novel is about a 32 year old man named Charlie Gordon who is mentally disabled, and he goes through a medical procedure which enhances his knowledge. Throughout the novel, all Charlie wants to be is normal. Charlie just wants to fit in, have friends, and make his parents proud. Charlie is the first person ever to go through this surgery so he is going through a journey that only he has experienced. In the novel, Charlie's operation is based off of a similar operation that was performed on a mouse called Algernon and the things that happen to Algernon usually end up happening to Charlie. As Charlie's intelligence increases he goes through struggles that affect his relationships and his views on life. Charlie experiences and remembers things that have happened previously in his life and his ultimate goal is to learn his past. At the end of the novel Charlie starts to lose his intelligence which results in his ultimate demise. Depending on the situation, ignorance is bliss, however, there are other scenarios where knowing the whole truth regardless of the consequences is also beneficial.

Although it is often not thought of, the experiences from the past greatly influence the future. The tragic story; Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes is an excellent example of this as it exemlplifies a mentally retarded man's journey from being mentally disabled to becoming a genius. Charlie, the protagonist and narrator of the story, gradually gains intelligence from a rather unethical surgery and writes progress reports as a way forProfessor Nemur and Dr. Strauss to overlook his progress in the experiment. These reports are important, as they show Charlie's growth from a middle-aged retarded man, to a genius who constantly craves knowledge, and as he narrates his life, he provides the reader with his past experiences and how they have made him the person he is in his every day life.

Imagine living a life of emotional torture, where the person you love most in the world is your biggest burden and because of them you live your life in a constant state of fear. In John Steinbeck’s incredibly moving novel, Of Mice and Men a beautiful story is told about the one of a kind friendship between George and Lennie. George is a loyal, hardworking man who will do just about anything for his travel partner and best friend Lennie, despite the amount of misery having Lennie in his life brings him. Lennie is a sweet and clueless man who is never directly diagnosed with, but shows signs of having mental illness. His child-like behavior and ignorance to the world around him is the reason that George and Lennie can never keep a job. The book

They did not know what it was, so when people meet Lennie, they think that he is just not intelligent and cannot grasp most subjects because he was not educated. In reality, he had a mental disability. Crooks explains, “’George knows what he’s about. Jus’ talks, an’ you don’t understand nothing’” (Steinbeck 71).

“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.” Genesis 1:27. (N/a., King James Bible Online) In the book Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes, a thirty-two year old man named Charlie Gordon, who suffers from a metal disability, has the motive to become more intelligent and to gain more friends. To complete his wish, he undergoes a life threating surgery. There are many reasons why it was not ethical for Charlie to have the surgery.

. . Lennie’s so scared all he can think to do is hold on” (Steinbeck 41). Lennie did not know what he was doing wrong, and strangers like the girl who was wearing the red dress do not know him or his ‘disability’. George had explained that the girl was scared because she thought Lennie was trying to attack her, and after George finally made Lennie let go of the dress, they were driven to run and hide so neither of them would get caught and sent to jail. Children tend to be very tactile at a young age, they love to reach out and grab a hold of items that peak their interest, considering they truly do not know any better. George even says that as well, “He’s jes’ like a kid. There ain’t no more harm in him than a kid neither, except he’s so strong” (Steinbeck 43). Lennie does not realize that he is so strong either, so as he goes about his life he ends up scaring people, or hurting them, and hurting animals as well, without realizing why. He does eventually learn that what he does is wrong, but he still does not know what happens, really. For example, just like Steinbeck explains at the beginning of the book how he accidentally kills mice because he wants to pet them and does not recognize his strength. He accidentally did it to a puppy as well, “Why do you got to get killed? You ain’t so little as mice . . . I di’n’t know you’d get killed so easy . . . I was jus’ playin’ with him” (Steinbeck 85-7). Because Lennie cannot be left alone, and George has

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

Society has become a shallow place. If an individual does not fit into societies form of the normal person then they are treated differently. But does society treat those who are different in a negative or positive way? In the novel Flowers for Algernon, the author Daniel Keyes shows an in depth look at the treatment of individuals in today's society. Firstly society tends to discriminate against those whose IQ does not fit into the norms of our society. The physically handicapped in today's world are not considered to be "equal" as those who fit into the normal physical appearance, Keyes portrays this through Charlie's thoughts while in the café. Although animals are not technically humans society treats them in ways which no human would

There are people in the world who are smart. Although there are people who are as dumb as a mouse. Charlie from Flowers for Algernon was at first a disabled person with an I.Q of 55 and with not a lot of friends. He had discovered there was an experiment that can possibly make someone have lots of intelligence. Once he did, he became smart and now has an I.Q. of 180. Even though Charlie likes to be smart, he finds out “Ignorance is bliss.” The quote “Ignorance is bliss” means not knowing anything is good. Although there were a lot of events showed he was happy he wasn’t dumb anymore. Therefore, ignorance is not bliss because it’s not good to have bad intelligence, and if a person is having a hard time living, they might consider doing something unheard of.