How Does Charlie Gordon Trying To Do In Flowers For Algernon

When doctors are studying science and testing certain operations on patients, they could sometimes not think about the decisions or consequences about the treatment or operation. Or you could say they weren't thinking as ethically like a doctor should. Which ethically means the intelligence of ones mind and thoughts on any decisions that impact their life or another's life. Charlie Gordon is a character in the story "Flowers For Algernon", and he did not have the most intelligence. So, Doctor Nemur and Strauss took him in without thinking logically or ethically. Charlie Gordon's doctors did not act ethically when they performed surgery to make him smarter.

In the short story “Flowers for Algernon,” Daniel Keyes leaves the reader saddened, stunned and ultimately forming questions. Keyes also highlights several characters, a particular character is a mentally disabled janitor named Charlie Gordon. He has a sixty-eight IQ, works at a paper factory in New York, and is oblivious to his surroundings. Gordon’s deepest desire is to increase his intelligence by doing an operation that has only been done on a mouse, whose name is Algernon. Soon after the operation is done, Gordon starts becoming a super-genius with more knowledge than most doctors. He understands elaborate mathematical equations and can read and write at an age beyond his years. However, his increased intelligence starts to “ware off,” Gordon starts losing huge chunks of intelligence, he is unmotivated and is overall ashamed. His three stages which include his wanting to be the one for the operation, his super genius self, and his deteriorating self-are important in Charlie Gordon’s character development.

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.

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.

His old friends didn’t like how smart he was, and his intelligence caused a social disconnect between him and his old buddies. “This intelligence has driven a wedge between me and all the people I once knew and loved.” Mr. Donnegan, the owner of Donnegan’s Plastic Box Company and Charlie’s old boss, and his old co-workers, sign a petition that states Charlie has to be fired. Everyone signs it but Fanny Girden, but even she doesn’t like the new Charlie; she finds it strange how he got so smart. Charlie, after being fired, realizes that his intelligence caused people to not like him. This made him feel very alone because he now had no friends that were not included at school and in the lab. “Now I’m more alone than ever before…”

One reason is that Charlie fell in love, love is a great thing and there's nothing better then feeling love and, that is just

Hi I’m Charlie Gordon. The story “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes is about a 37 year old guy that has a metal state or IQ of 68. No I don’t think Charlie should have had the operation done on him.

While Daniel Keyes in “Flowers for Algernon” portrayed hope for a mentally impaired man, Charlie Gordon, the operation failed with devastating consequences! Charlie was not fit for the world around him. The societal conflicts became a harsh reality for Charlie. He was ultimately a human experiment to fix mentally impaired people. Charlie was seen not as a human but as a test.

We have all been labeled something we don’t like in life like bad test taker, or bad math student. Well imagine being labeled mentally retarded. And then on top of being labeled that you're mentally retarded you're bullied by the people you thought was your friend. That's how Charlie felt, he felt like everyone was labeling him stupid, retarded, and just downright dumb. That’s why Charlie felt the surgery was not just necessary but required.

Mentally handicapped is a word we use to describe somebody with a mental deficiency, but not all people are kind enough to call it that. We live in a world where humiliating a physically disabled person is a malicious thing to do. Nevertheless, the other way around is deemed to be hilarious. Although being mentally challenged can cause teasing, being intelligent doesn’t always lead to a contentful life either. In Flowers for Algernon, author Daniel Keyes presents two societal issues.

Flowers For Algernon is an amazing book, for many reasons. Flowers For Algernon follows events in the life of Charlie Gordon, a 32 year old man with an I.Q. of 68. He has always wanted to be smart, but with the help of an operation, he can. It had only been tested on animals so far, but Charlie was willing to take the risk. So what are some of the things that make Flowers for Algernon such a great book? It’s a combination of the wonderful narrative, the change that takes place in the novel, the exploration of intelligence in human life, the characters, and the relation between Charlie and Algernon.

This story perfectly reflects the complex element to being a human. As Charlie gains super-intelligence, he finds himself no better off with his factory colleagues and Ms. Kinnian. In fact, this situation gets worse. These people are frightened and upset at the sudden change that was Charlie’s mental capacity; so much so, that his peers had him fired from his job, and Ms. Kinnian becomes too upset to talk to him. Later on in the story, Charlie decides it would be best for him to leave the area altogether, as he believes the damage couldn’t be undone. In a way this is really ironic and funny; Charlie becomes smarter and thinks people will like him more that way, though really he was liked more when he was dumber. Flowers for Algernon does such a good job of being detailed and complex with it’s characters’ actions and

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.

Intelligence greatly affects how people feel and who they truly are. The level of understanding of others' emotions and how the world works changes who a person is. Who someone is how they act, and what they think. Intelligence is as much of a factor in the formation of personality as genetic makeup. Flowers for Algernon shows this very acutely, as Charlie’s personality changes greatly throughout the book as his intelligence fluxuates.

Throughout the novel Charlie’s personality and intelligence level changes a lot. In the beginning Charlie is happy, has friends, he’s retarded, and can’t remember a lot of things. “I fergot his last name because I dont remebir so good.” (Keyes 2),