Also, when Holden wakes up to Mr. Antolini patting him on the forehead in the middle of the night, he tells us of similar “perverty” stuff that happened to him multiple times as a child. Therefore, he clearly struggles to trust anyone he both meets and knows, which shows his insecurity and skepticism of others. Another instance of this is Holden’s relationship with D.B. Although Holden says that they were once close, he now considers D.B. as phony because of the work he does in the film industry. In doing so, he loses a close relationship with his brother, just because he feels
Smitty let go of his fear and let everyone know he was not weird different strange or an alien like they made him look he was just a boy with a closed life and, Ginny had changed that . There was problem between Ginny and Smitty she wanted Smitty to understand that everyone has a hard life but you could not just let it be like that. Ginny wanted him to do something about it . She wanted to know why he treated her like he could not hear her or wanted to talk to her or at all talk Ginny had been mad to see what he would do to her and himself. Ginny did not see why Smitty would want to stay out in the quiet when there was a party and she wanted to go back in and she was mad, she did not know why she was babysitting Smitty .Ginny had said to Smitty that she did not have time to be babysitting him and that he should have been having fun, but then she saw him get scared of her screaming and telling him to look at her.
Once his experiment started and his intelligence began increasing he found out that he was constantly teased and made fun of by his fellow employees. This made Charlie feel very ashamed and embarrassed. He soon realized that the mentally handicapped were teased throughout society, and that it was not specific to him. Many people did not consider mentally handicapped people fully human, but rather as things because of their low intelligences. Charlie was very upset about how society treated mentally handicapped people.
Insanity or Insecurity Society, It is always changing, just like the people in it. No one wants to look out of place in the world so they do what they can to fit in. Everyone does it differently it might be acting a certain way, or changing style, but with fitting in comes rejection. Just like trying to fit in, dealing with rejection is done differently, most people try to fix the problem before they start to get labeled.
I think this because in the other books from these series, Mr. Poe was in charge of taking care of their protection but never really did a good job. Frankly, the Baudelaires were quite annoyed that it was all due to his clumsiness and disbelief in the children’s remarkings. Since Mr. Poe was clumsy, he probably wouldn’t notice the telegram and would leave the children hanging, without even knowing it. If on the other hand he did, he wouldn’t believe the message and would leave the children alone, or even worse, in jail, for something they never did, but nevertheless were accused of doing. Although both are possible, it’s most likely that he just won’t
Prospero’s ideals and views destroyed right when a spirit questions his ethics. Ariel, a non human spirit, even admits he feels bad for the men that Prospero tortured. This causes Prospero to forgive the men, not because he truly wants to, but because of his ego. He doesn’t want to be lower than one of his servants so he pretends to be more compassionate and accepting. Prospero then tells Ariel;“The rarer action is/In virtue than in vengeance.
Since people treat him differently, Brent tries to fit in as much as possible. He refuses to go anywhere or let anyone see him without a hat on. I feel like if people never made fun of him in the first place, then he would be confident in going places without a
because when the bullies make fun of him then Auggie was bullied by Eddie at the playground people always judge him about his looks not the way he acts. Auggie struggles with the way he looks he didn't like his braid so he cut it off. The other kids are making fun of Auggie braid. Auggie thinks that he is a star wars characters because the kids are being mean to him.
This proves that Bryce has changed his feelings towards Juli, because in the beginning he was criticizing Juli and her family because of something small, like their yard. But now, he feels the need to actually hurt someone because they were making fun of Juli’s
People are not good at heart, even when people nice or caring, they still do things that are mean. People are constantly being rude, and selfish, because they want to be right, alternitivly of nice. People do horrible things because they are so self centered and don’t want to help anyone else. People are also always blaming things on other people, to make themselves look better, or smarter. People often only do nice things to get something, or make people feel better after they have done something wrong.
Dupuy Kenzie Chang English Period 2 OPTION 2 WRITING ASSIGNMENT Animal and human testing is widely known to be used for aiding scientific experiments very often. People either despise it or believe it’s necessary and useful. The story Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes is about a man named Charlie Gordon who gets a surgery and ends up becoming temporarily smart. Was performing an experiment on Charlie Gordon ethical?
“ The measure of intelligence is the ability to change, ” (Einstein). This shows that the more changing that happens is how much intelligence one has not how intellectual they are. In the short story “Flowers of Algernon” written by Daniel Keyes, a boy named Charlie Gordon is mentally impaired with an IQ of sixty-eight. It is hard for him to function in real society. He has to take tests and do things an average person would be able to do easily.
“ I curse myself for losing control and creating a scene”, Charlie Gordon wanting to be smart but, always thinking low about himself and was tired of everyone making fun of him. Charlie Gordon had the chance to have a surgery that would make his mental abilities increase and he would be a lot smarter than he was before. I am arguing that the operation Charlie got for his intelligence was bad for him for some reasons. One reason that will help me prove that the operation was bad for Charlie is that he never believed in himself and doubts himself, he had little hope. In the text it says,”I had a test today.
For Charlie Gordon being smart is all he wants,or so he thinks, Charlie has wanted to be smart for so long for so many reasons. In Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes Charlie learns that if you do not know then do not worry about it. After Charlie had an operation to gain his intelligence, the most important lesson Charlie learns is that ignorance is bliss. Charlie learns the lesson of ignorance is bliss through his friendships, situations, and his conclusions he has drawn in his writings.