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Change. Chances are, we’ve all experienced some kind of it throughout our lives. In Flowers for Algernon, Charlie Gordon goes through monumental changes with the help of his friend Algernon, a lab mouse who has recently experienced the same surgery as Charlie. Throughout this essay, I’ll describe these changes and how they shaped Charlie and Algernon. At the beginning of the book, Charlie was not intelligent at all. His IQ was at a 68 because he had a learning disability. Charlie was in a school

In the novel, Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, Charlie’s newfound intelligence shapes his emotions so that they alter his perspective on his personal relations with people in his life. Charlie’s recognition of his feelings allow him to vaguely express his “love” for Alice. Found on page 76 of the book, Charlie pronounced, “Why haven't I ever noticed how beautiful Alice Kinnian is?” Shortly after he recognized Alice’s appeal, Charlie shares his attraction towards Alice with her on page 80. This

Have you ever read the book "Flowers for Algernon"? It is a great story, It's all about this man named Charlie. Charlie had a mental disability and was determined to become smart like his friends Frank Rylee, and Joe Carp. In the book, he did a surgery that he thought could help him become smarter and more self-aware. But I disagree with Charles actions on getting smarter. I disagree with the surgery because the surgery doesn't help him. I believe that Charlie shouldn't have done the surgery

Being educated and learning are an essential to a “normal” lifestyle. In the novel Flowers for Algernon, Charlie has learned exceptionally quickly after the operation and impresses everyone with his quick learning skills. “... Charlie I dont know how you done it but it looks like you finally learned something. I want you to be carefull and do the best you can do. You got yourself a new job with a 5 doller raise.” (pg. 36) While Charlie didn’t tell anyone about the operation, he still shows up to

Making yourself smarter doesn't always make yourself more happy. If you had a choice what would you choose, being smart and not happy or be happy but not smart.In the short story “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes. A man named Charlie Gordon the age 37 years old has a devalamenting delayed mind which means he slow learner and it is hard for him to read and write. He also didn't know what he was doing at certain points in his life.Charlie should have not taken the surgery becaues he is losing

Flowers for Algernon, a story by Daniel Keyes, is about Charlie Gordon, a mentally retarded adult who is experimented on to become more intelligent. Throughout the story, he faces challenges having to deal with how he sees the world and how the world sees him; Charlie slowly becomes less mentally disabled, but, as the protagonist finds out, this procedure is not as great as it seems. At the beginning of the story, Charlie say that he has a below average IQ, is thirty-two years of age, and he goes

Flowers for Algernon is a touching novel written by Daniel Keyes and was published in April of 1959. Since then it has gotten loads of critical acclaim and has sold countless amounts of copies. This incredible novel is a story about a Thirty Two year old man named Charlie Gordon, who is mentally handicapped. Throughout the course of the novel Charlie is given a second chance at life, a chance to be smart. After a successful test on mice, Dr. Strauss and Dr. Nemur are looking for a human volunteer

"...all my life I wantid to be smart and not dumb and my mom always tolld me to try and lern just like Miss Kinnian tells me but it’s very hard to be smart and even when I lern something in Miss Kinnians class at the school I ferget a lot" (Keyes 4). Flowers for Algernon is an outstanding novel written by Daniel Keyes. The story is based on a mentally challenged man named Charlie Gordon and a fluffy white mouse named Algernon, who goes and becomes two super geniuses. Charlie Gordon faces many challenges

Daniel Keyes, in the story “Flowers for Algernon”, portrayed hope for a mentally disabled man, Charlie Gordon. The operation that had the intention of helping Charlie to become a normal person had quite the opposite effect. After the operation, Charlie became much smarter, at which point he realized how different socially he was from his peers. His “friends” make fun of him, his coworkers want him to be fired, made a saying that belittles him, and seeing a mentally impaired waiter at a restaurant

When a person has impairment, they are often seen by society as defective. In “Flowers for Algernon”, Charlie realizes he is seen by humanity as inadequate. Charlie has the surgery to fix what is wrong with him in an attempt for the doctors to be able to fix other mentally impaired people. The surgery to fix Charlie was initially considered a success; notwithstanding, Charlie quickly learned that the surgery was a failure. While Daniel Keyes in “Flowers for Algernon” portrayed hope for a mentally