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taking roles on the book as Professor Strauss and Nemur. Keyes had created a splendid story, even though before the publishing, Galaxy Magazine- his editor- asked him to change the ending so that Charlie remained intelligent and married Alice- Charlie’s former teacher- to which Keyes did not agree. Later selling the story to The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and winning the Nebula Award in

In “Flowers for Algernon”, Charlie Gordon is a 37-year-old who has below average intelligence trying to become smart through an experiment. Later throughout the story, he becomes smarter, but then, loses the gain of knowledge. “Their going to use me!” He was very happy because they were going to use him. “After the operashun Im gonna try to be smart. Im gonna try awful hard.” With this sentence from page 352, you can infer that he has below average intelligence for a 37-year-old, because of his low

Have you ever meet someone who has a mental disability? In the story Flowers for Algernon Charlie Gordon is a 32-year-old developmentally disabled man who has the opportunity to undergo a surgical procedure that will dramatically increase his mental capabilities. This procedure had already been performed on a laboratory mouse, Algernon, with good results. Charlie will be the first human subject.In a series of progress reports, Charlie documents everything that happens to him. As Charlie's intelligence

In the novel "Flowers for Algernon," by Daniel Keyes, the main character, Charlie Gordon, is a man with an IQ of 68 who undergoes a surgical procedure to increase his intelligence. The story follows Charlie's journey as he goes from being a mentally disabled man to a genius, and ultimately back to his former state of intellect. The question of whether ignorance is bliss in Charlie's case is a complex one, but ultimately the answer is no, he would not have been better off without the operation. Before

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes is about a mentally disabled man that went through an experiment to make him smart. Charlie Gordan started off as a clumsy and unintelligent man. His goal in life was to become the opposite of what he was. He then had the opportunity to become a more intelligent man by becoming a test subject for a surgery that is supposed to make anyone become smart in an instant. Little did he know that the experiment could ruin his whole life. After the surgery was completed

What if you had an IQ of a third grader for your entire lifespan? In the story ”Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes Charlie Gordon is the main character who wants to be innovative and has experimental brain surgery. After the surgery, Charlie was able to read books such as the grammar book and Robison Crusoe, he learns how to spell better and better grammar, his friends bully him, and he falls in love. The climax of this story was when Algernon bit Charlie and he noticed that Algernon was acting

ignorance Which one would you pick? Is knowledge always good or is ignorance bliss? There are many opinions on this topic. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes is a science fiction story. The story is about a 37 year old man with a very low IQ. He undergoes a surgery to triple his IQ and become smarter. He also goes through many obstacles and struggles throughout the process. In this story it is shown that knowledge is

Charlie Gordon was willing to risk his personality and perception of the world. In the story ”Flowers for Algernon,”by Daniel Keyes, he gets an operation to increase his knowledge.Charlie then starts to improve, but he becomes unhappy. He had learned a valuable lesson, that you shouldn’t change who you are. Charlie should’ve got the operation. First of all, Charlie finally realized that he was happier being less intelligent, than someone who's more intelligent. For example, Charlie

“I just want to be smart” (1). Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes is a science fiction book written in 1959. This book is about a 32 year old man named Charlie Gordon who is mentally retarded. All Charlie wanted in life was to become smarter. Because of this, Charlie had an experimental test done to him to raise his IQ. This operation did not just make him smart but it changed his whole life. After the operation Charlie was not as happy as he thought he would be. In Charlie's case, greater intelligence

In the short story Flowers for Algernon by Daniel keyes, we learn how Charlie took a risk at trying to become smart. He loses friends and regains them after being made fun of by a new guy and his friends stand up for him. When he became close to algernon he noticed he wasn’t himself and Carlie thought this would happen to him. I don’t think charlie should have taken the operation for this reason and many more. When Charlie said he wanted to go through with this operation he was warned that it might

In a letter to Dr. Strauss (the neurosurgeon who found Charlie through Miss Kinnian and performed the operation), he wrote: “...for the sake of science, I am grateful for the little bit that I here add to the knowledge of the function of the human mind and the laws governing the artificial increase of human intelligence. I recall you once saying to me that the failure or disproving of a theory was

In life people tend to treat you different based on your knowledge level. They will either respect you or use you as a punchline. In the novel Flowers for Algernon, Charlie Gordon is a mentally challenged man who undergoes an operation to make him smart. Before his operation his friends would treat him different than everyone else. Charlie's conflict with his inability to learn like everyone else teaches the reader the importance of knowledge through the way Charlie's parents and co workers treated

“Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. This is something that our main protagonist, Charlie Gordon, of the science fiction book, Flowers for Algernon learned. Struggling all his life with a learning disability, Charlie is given the opportunity to triple his low I.Q of 68 to an astonishing 204 with the A.I surgery. After Charlie takes the to be smart, his life is significantly improved! Because of the A.I, Charlie is able to feel emotions

T.S Eliot once said “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” This quote greatly relates to the story “Flowers for Algernon” because the main character Charlie Gordon takes a risk. He puts his life in harms way by getting an operation that could change his life forever. The risk Charlie took came with serious consequences, but he knew the outcome would shine greater than the worst part of the consequence. Taking Chances in life is important because if you

In the story, Flowers for Algernon, undergoing the operation was a bad idea, and the act was more harmful than helpful. One example of this was Charlie’s fading intelligence, such as when he was “forgetting the things that [he] learned recently”(206).This would foreshadow that like Algernon, Charlie’s intelligence would not last much longer, proving the operation to be almost useless. In the same way, His forgetfulness was just as painful, since he could remember the things he was able to understand

Do mentally disabled people have more hope than one who is normal? In the novel, Flowers for Algernon, the main character, Charlie Gordon is a disabled adult. Finds hope in people to assist him in getting smarter than his old self. The author, Daniel Keyes, concludes that one may recognize the struggle against a disabled adult whose hope is to become intelligent. Keyes wrote Flowers for Algernon from Charlie’s perspectives through his Progress Reports, a disabled adult with an unusually low intelligence

a physician, and all physicians take it, so Dr. Nemur and Dr. Strauss took it. Which means they would have to abide by it and keep their promises as a doctor. The Hippocratic Oath says "I will remember that there is an art to medicine as well as science, and that warmth, sympathy, and understanding may outweigh the surgeon's knife or the chemist's drug," (Lasagna). This means that as a doctor you would treat your patients medically, but also treating the patients emotions. The doctors treated Charlie

If IQ was measured by kindness, Charlie Gordon would’ve been a genius. In the short story, “Flowers for Algernon”, written by Daniel Keys, Charlie Gordon is a mentally-impaired man that was best friends with a mouse named Algernon. If I was given the opportunity to be Charlie’s friend, I think he would be a great one. I believe so because he is: optimistic, hard-working, and kind-hearted. To begin with, Charlie is a very optimistic man. On page 194, Algernon kept beating Charlie in maze races

operation that tripled his I.Q., and experienced the effects it had on his life. Charlie Gordon made the right decision to have the operation. Firstly, he wanted to become smart so he could fit in with everyone. He also made important contributions to science after his intelligence levels increased. Finally, he was able to feel more complex emotions. What Charlie wanted most in his life was to be viewed

“In the US, about 6.5 million people have an intellectual disability” (Intellectual Disability, paragraph 10). In the story “Flowers for Algernon” written by Daniel Keyes, Charlie is one of those people. Charlie is a 37 year old man with a child's brain. All Charlie wants to do is learn but because of the mental disability he has, he can not. His brain does not allow him to learn as well as others. When an opportunity comes up for Charlie to become smarter he takes it. He became very intelligent