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    Daquan Beasley Sept. 16, 2017 Why Charlie is Better off After the Surgery 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

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    If you had one wish, what would it be?  A mountain bike, doll house or even a brand new phone. Charlie Gordon on the other hand had only one wish.  His wish was to become intelligence.  In the science fiction story “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes, Charlie Gordon, a thirty seven year old man had a mental disability . He strived to feel accepted by his peers. Changing his life forever, he undergoes a surgery to increase his I.Q.  Charlie Gordon was significantly better off having artificial

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    In this novel, Flowers for Algernon, written by Daniel Keyes, a man named Charlie Gordon has an operation done to increase his intelligence. He started as a mentally retarded man and slowly became a genius. He seemed to soak up information like a sponge and he was able to figure out the most complex scientific formulas. The only problem with the operation is that it does not last for ever and in his remaining time he tries to figure out why it is not permanent. He will eventually lose everything

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    Charlie Gordon knows he is not very intelligent and that the only thing he is good at is his job. In Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, Charlie, a 37 year old man, has an I.Q. of 68 which is a result of a mental disorder. Later on he gets an opportunity from Dr. Strauss and Dr. Nemur to get an A.I. surgery which would triple his I.Q. Charlie takes them up on the offer. After the surgery, Charlie gets smarter, and a lot people get scared after knowing him as not being intelligent. He even gets

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    Do we question doctors enough? People seem to trust their doctors, and never question them. In the book Flowers For Algernon, Charlie Gordon is a 37 year-old man who has an I.Q of 68. Charlie has an operation done on himself to increase his own intelligence. The question is, did Charlie Gordon's doctors act ethically when they performed the surgery to make him smarter. Charlie Gordon's doctors did not act ethically, and there are many reasons for this. Charlie never questioned the doctors, and as

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    most extensive networks known to mankind and can be easily influenced through the use of written texts. Texts often feature themes and issues about the world around us, helping open our eyes to issues that could affect us, as a society. In Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes and Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs, both main characters; Charlie Gordon and Jacob Portman were perceived by society as outsiders. They didn’t fit within the norms of what society views as normal

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    The movie Charly was made in 1968, directed by Ralph nelson and was based on the novel “Flowers for Algernon” By Daniel keyes. The main Characters are Charly, Miss Kinian, Algernon, Dr Strauss, Miss Apple, Joey, And Dr Nemur. My reason why I am Analysis is to rate this movie in certain section. To put in the short summary for the movie is about 32 man named Charlie gordon how is mentally challenged and try to get smarter when he goes to Miss Kinian class and Dr Strauss clinic were they do test on

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    they can. My question for this essay is intelligence is changeable and I believe that you can change your IQ level completely. You can change and manipulate your intelligence if you believe that you can you will be able to do it. In the story Flowers of Algernon A man named Charlie Gordon was a “little” slow. He had surgery that would make his IQ go up but he still had to learn the information. Here is what happened before and after before: he not very

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    There are several differences and similarities in the book Flowers for Algernon versus the movie. Some of the many similarities are, Charlie’s co-workers are extremely rude to him, tease him, and play tricks on him while they’re at work. His co-workers also made a petition to fire Charlie when they found out that Charlie is no longer “dumb” and is getting smarter and won’t fall for their tricks anymore. Another similarity is that in the movie just like the book, Charlie also mentions that, “why

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    Per.2 Irony Irony happens in a lot of places in the stories Flowers for Algernon and The Necklace. Irony happens in The Necklace when Mathilde loses her friends Necklace she bought a 36 thousand franc necklace. Meanwhile, the necklace that she actually lost was only worth about 500 francs. In The Necklace, the irony is shown when “Madame Forestier, deeply moved, took her hands. “Oh, my poor Mathilde! But mine was imitation. It was at the very most five hundred francs!..” (Maupassant, 5). It is ironic

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