Charlie Gordon In Daniel Keyes Flowers For Algernon

Doesn’t everyone want to be intelligent. Some are very lucky to have intelligence but some are not so lucky. Like the character Charlie Gordon from the story “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes. Charlie Gordon has a chance to have a surgery to make him smarter. As you know enery thing comes with a risk. With surgery it might make him die. Their was only one animal that survived the the surgery and his name was Algernon. So I don’t think he should have had the operation.
First than first he went on with surgery and ended up dieing. I don’t think he should of went on with it. He did help with a major scientific discovery. On the other hand he misses out on life in general. He is in the laboratory most of the time, not being to go places and enjoying himself. He also falls in love with his teacher Mrs. Kinnian. Witch doesn’t last for long because he dies, because of the surgery.
He new this and still went on I have no clew way anyone would lose their life to be intelligent for a couple of days. It might help mankind but it is still your life. While he was get studied he made a friend named algernon. Algernon was a white mouse with red eyes who had the surgery too. He was the only animal that it worked on. They built a strong friendship. And at the end of the story algernon dies too, and in charlie’s last letter it said, “if you get a chance with you put flowers on algernon’s grave in my backyard.” ( Keyes, 86) if that doesn’t show that they were best of friends than nothing does. I don’t think losing friends and loved ones are worth a scientific