People has the dream to become smarter than their friends, some even succeed while others fail. Charlie dreamed of becoming smarter so he could be accepted, and he achieved his dream with one simple operation. His life after the operation was easy, but it all started going downhill from there. People, such as myself, say that in the story “Flowers for Algernon”, by Daniel Keyes, Charlie should have never had the operation. But the opposing side has a different view on the situation. But in my own personal opinion, I believe that Charlie should of never had the operation.…
What if there was an operation to make people with a low IQ smarter? In the story,” Flowers for Algernon”, one of the most asked questions is, should Charlie have had the operation? No, I do not think that Charlie should have had the operation and these are reasons why.…
Daniel Keyes’ story, “Flowers for Algernon,” is the progress reports of 37 year old, Charlie Gordon, who gets a surgery to gain intelligence. Throughout the reports, you can see where Charlie intellectually starts and his progress from there. Then, unfortunately, Charlie’s intelligence descends and he’s back where he started. The story teaches you that too much of anything is unhealthy.…
Flowers for Algernon was written by Daniel Keys, the novel is about a retarded adult who is turned into a genius by an operation. Then soon discovers how lucky he really was before the operation. Although the cause of the isolation may be different it always has a negative effect on the character.…
The main characters grow from boys into men. Both Henry and Charlie fought for the same side in the war. They also grow strong both mentally and physically. These are a few of the many similarities.…
I fale almost every test that I take. I am not smart at all. Do you say that sometimes? Charlie, a character in the story called “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes thinks that he isn’t smart. He has a low IQ score.…
Overall, I firmly believe that the best theme for “Flowers for Algernon” is that too much of a good thing can end up being bad. In the end, you can look at it two ways… either Charlie died or he simply moved away. “Goodbye Miss Kinnian and Dr. Strauss and evreybody.” (pg. 215) The point is, his happy-ever-after ending never happened. His brain couldn’t keep the new intelligence in his mind, therefore, it began to wash away. I think that my choice of theme works best with this…
To conclude, the operation that Charlie went through in “Flowers for Algernon” was nothing but bad. Charlie did have a couple weeks to feel almost normal (almost meaning he was smarter than everyone around him, making him feel less normal) but that ended quite quickly, possibly killing him. Charlie even came close to suicide during his downward spiral. This is my opinion on the theme for “Flowers for…
Charlie Gordon showed us that surgerys are very risky and we should really think before we do risky things. In the science fiction story “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keys, Charlie has a passion to get intelligent but in my perspective the surgery was useless and risky. Charlie Gordon should not have had the Artificial Intelligence surgery because i was risky and it wasn't permanent.…
In the story “Flowers for Algernon” written by Daniel Keyes a character arises who is both brave and persistent. This character is named Charlie Gordon. Charlie is 37 years old and has a condition where his brain power is ultimately very low. The story is written in the form of Charlie's progress reports. In the progress reports it tells what he did and how he is feeling, it also shows his progress in his writing and vocabulary usage.…
Although Daniel Keyes wrote “Flowers for Algernon” with hope for mentally impaired Charlie Gordon, the operation failed with grotesque consequences! After the surgery, Charlie was blown away by the concepts and uncertainties he now understood, negative and positive. He was a human experiment to fix mentally impaired people like himself. He understood the failure and cruelness of the surgery. Charlie suffered the consequence of losing his care-free, stress-free, worry-free nature.…
In the Movie,”Charly”, and the short story,”Flowers for Algernon” there are many similarities and differences. In “Flowers for Algernon” and ”Charly”, Charly was dating Ms.Kinean but in the book they werent dating,the movie was also focusing on Charlys and Ms.kineans relationship,but the book wasnt being specific enough about Charly’s and Ms.kineans Relationship they had between each other.In “Flowers for Algernon”, Charly was struggling with life but in the movie there were only sometimes where he struggled but not much. In “Charly”, he loses his ability of being smart and keeps going on with life,but in “flowers for Algernon”, he was near death and lived the rest of his life depressed. In Conclusion There can be many similarities and differences…
6. Secure the blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity. (posterity meant the future generation, so liberty for the future).…
In the story “Flowers for Algernon” written by Daniel Keyes, the main character, Charlie Gordon, and he has a decision to make. Should Charlie make the decision by getting the operation to triple his IQ of 68? Charlie made the wrong decision by getting the operation because it brought pain; he was able to see the true side of his friends, and he was able to see the sad realities of life which he was oblivious to before the operation. He was happy and non-emotional. He thought his friends liked him. He went to adult night school so he can become smarter.…
Prior to reading Flowers for Algernon, I agreed with the statement that the smarter a person is, the happier he or she is. I believed that intelligence held a calming peace of mind in a person and somehow knowing everything made a person happier. After reading Flowers for Algernon, I realized this is not necessary true. We see the theme of intelligence trying to create happiness in the beginning of the novel. Charlie believed that if he became smart then everyone would want to be his friend and those around him would be proud of him. In fact this is seen in the following quote, " I just want to be smart like other pepul so I can have lots of frends who like me" (Keyes, 13). Like Charlie, I tried to believe that when he did become intelligent,…