Dialectical Journal Of Charlie

Another example of Charlie being happy was that he was thankful for the chance he got. Charlie wrote to Miss Kinnian saying, "If you ever reed this Miss Kinnian dont be sorry for me Im glad I got a second chanse to be smart becaus I lerned a lot of things that I never even new were in this world and Im grateful that I saw it all for a littel bit." (page 21, paragraph 217). This shows that Charlie was thankful for the operation even when everything eventually faded away. Although at the end Charlie was happy, he hasn't always been. On June 15, Charlie wrote, "I feel the darkness closing in. It's hard to throw off thoughts of suicide." (page 18, paragraph 183). This shows that once, Charlie was so depressed that he thought about ending his own
life. I still believe that this proves the operation was successful because even if he was depressed at one point, he got better. Charlie was happy at the end. The last thing that proves that the surgery changed Charlie's life for the better was his understanding of others and the world around around him.
After the operation, Charlie became less oblivious; he realized that not everything is what he thinks. Page 14, paragraph 130 states, "It was as if he'd hidden this part of himself in order to decieve me, pretending-as do many people I've discovered-to be what he is not." This shows that Charlie now understands that not everybody is good and people will pretend to be someone they're not to benefit themselves. However, a con of the operation is that Charlie is no longer able to communicate with others. When Charlie went out to eat with Miss Kinnian, the text stated, "I tried to avoid all discussions of intellectual concepts and to keep the conversation on a simple, everyday level, but she just stared at me blankly and asked me what I meant about the mathematical variance equivalent in Dorbermanns Fifth Concerto." (page 14, paragraph 134). This means that Charlie is so intelligent that he can no longer communicate with people under his intelligence level. In my opinion, this improves Charlie's life because even if he could no longer communicate with anybody, he is no longer oblivious to
things. In conclusion, the operation that was performed on Charlie not only was a success, but it improved his life because even if his mental ability, emotional development/feelings, and understanding of others and the world around him had some cons, it also had pros. For example, even if he eventually regressed, he did get more intelligent. He also became less oblivious and at the end he was happy; he was thankful for the chance he got. The chance to experience things he never even knew existed. The theme of this story is to take every chance offered to you because it's better to regret it than live the rest of your life wondering what would have happened if you took it.