The Rollercoaster Of Charlie

Have you ever thought about being smart? Well, Charlie Gordon did. Charlie Gordon is a 37 year old male with an I.Q. that is not very high. In the Science FIction story “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel keyes. Charlie Gordon wasn’t very smart, he has a low I.Q. of 68. Charlie wanted to be smart so he would be liked by people. Charlie had the opportunity to have the A.I. surgery to triple his I.Q. Charlie Gordon should have had the A.I. surgery.

?I?m jealous of every moment away from the work-impatient with anyone who tries to steal my time.?(165) The reason that he has no friends may be that he does not make time for them and does not treat them properly. He tries to make love to Alice and he has to pretend she is Fay for it to work. Therefore, since Charlie had friends before he received the operation and no friends after the operation, Charlie was better off before he had the operation.

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

This entire book highlights both the high and low points in Charlie’s life, and how he changed and has not changed all from his constant value of friendship to his many realizations, based on the one experimental surgery that gave him insight on what life would be like if he was “normal”.

Charlie wanted to be left alone because he is not a “guinea pig any more. I 've done enough. I want to be left alone now.” (Keyes 288). Charlie is fed up with how he has been treated by the doctors. He wants to be left alone, so he can do whatever he pleases. He “can’t afford to spend my time with anyone-there’s only enough left for myself” (Keyes 292). Charlie is beginning to shun his peers, and the people that love him. He has become devoured by his work, and is not able to give up any of his time to spend with loved ones. Charlie does not value the importance of having his loved ones around him, but prior to the operation, he had a strong motivation to have friends, and to be loved by his peers.

But, the reason why was all because he was starting to feel things. Emotions are normal and that surgery made him feel like that. Itś honestly not a bad thing. Other readers may also think he shouldn't have had the surgery because it led him to get fired from his only job, however, it wasn't his fault. The other guys were uncomfortable and were afraid only because if they tried to pick on him, that Charlie would out-smart them all. One last reason people with my opposite idea believe that he shouldn't have had the surgery because in the story, Charlie says he didn't want anyone to feel sorry for him, so he left New York. However, most people wouldn't want anyone to feel bad or sorry for them and Charlie made a good choice because if Miss Kinnian was going to cry when she saw Charlie, he wouldn't want to hurt her more even though he was hurt by himself

Have you ever thought about having an IQ 3x normal that usual.Charlie an 37 year old that is slower than a averge person. Therefore he would be the perfcet contender for that surgery.

After the operation, in only a couple of months, Charlie starts showing signs of new intelligence. His grammar, improved, and he is able to reflect on what his does in the past something he wasn’t able to do before. He had finally gotten something use had always desired. Then, everything and everyone turned on him. In “PROGRESS REPORT 12” April 30th (pg. 60) Charlie writes: “now, they hate me for my knowledge and understanding. What in the name of god do they want of me? They’ve driven me out of the factory. Now I more alone than ever before…” Charlie got what he always wanted, and now he lost everything he had. It was a sacrifice it sounded like he didn’t want to make. I can tell just be the tone of his writing. This shows that we should embrace everything that we have. Charlie didn’t embrace everything, although he appreciated most of the thing he never became happy not being able to just enjoy life as it is.

The surgery helped Charlie so much, that he passed his teacher. Charlie kept learning and while it was a bad thing for getting friends, he liked it. Miss Kinnian says " You've got

Why did Charlie want to become smarter? Charlie Gordon wanted to be smarter so he got a brain operation and he learned a lot faster than normal and then started loosing what he learned and what he knew before the operation. In the story, “Flowers for Algernon” Daniel Keyes explains that a person should not compare his/her intelligance with others.

Charlie deserved to get the surgery. Miss Kinnian vouched for him when Prof. Nemur and Dr. Strauss asked for her opinion. She told them that Charlie was the smartest student in her class and that he was eager to learn. Then, Charlie went into the operation room to get his surgery. After the surgery Charlie thought his would mature right after. Little did Charlie know, the effects of the surgery would take time to take effect. Before his surgery, Charlie could barely read, write, or remember. Charlie deserved to get the surgery. Miss Kinnian vouched for him when Prof. Nemur and Dr. Strauss asked for her opinion. She told them that Charlie was the smartest student in her class and that he was eager to

One reason Charlie was better with the surgery is that he understood what was happening around him. His friends weren’t really his friends, he even laughed at their jokes. He had no idea that what they were saying was about him. Even though, when Charlie found out, it hurt him. It was better for him to know what was happening. In the story Charlie

The tone of the story changes after the operation because Charlie starts processing more information. He is first ecstatic and optimistic but then is negative. This makes me feel bad/sad for Charlie because he's a good person. First and foremost, "I tryed hard but I still couldnt find the picturs I only saw the ink. I told him maybe I need new glases." This shows how determined he was to just understand something, he was very optimistic and that is really nice. Furthermore, “I want to be smart like other people. If it works perminint they will make everybody smart all over the wurld.” This proves that he was still very optimistic and ecstatic for becoming smart. Lastly, “I hate that mouse. He always beats me...Those inkblots are stupid. And

One reason why I think the surgery was a bad idea was because, no one was expecting him as a friend. When Charlie got his surgery, some people at his work were realizing that Charlie had changed, and was starting to have feelings. “Look at him. His face is red.He's blushing. Charlie is blushing.Hey, Ellen, what'd you do to Charlie? I never saw him act like that before”. In this sentence Charlie's workmates realized that Charlie's operation was actually working, and that Charlie was

Stephen Hawking is regarded, by the world of science, as one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists in history. Despite his challenging disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), his capacity of knowledge is incomprehensible. Hawking once said, “The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.” (Hawking This bold statement applies to all of humanity, however, Charlie Gordon, a character in Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, is a perfect fit. Charlie qualifies to undergo a surgery to increase his intelligence quotient (IQ) after his dedication in his studies at the Beekman Center for Retarded Adults. This surgery causes his IQ level to reach new