Ignorance Or Intelligence In Flowers For Algernon By Daniel Keyes
Ignorance or Intelligence
As C.P. Snow from the ongoing New York Times once said, “Technology... is a queer thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other.”. This means that science, although great, can be dangerous. In the novella “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes there is 37-year old character named Charlie Gordon who is mentally ill and has a operation that increases his intelligence three times. The effects end up temporary and forcing him to transform within days back to his old, fun, and playful self. In my personal opinion, I think Charlie is better of without the surgery. It was always Charlie’s dream to be smart but, he is better off without a normal brain.
Charlie has more freedom
As C.P. Snow from the ongoing New York Times once said, “Technology... is a queer thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other.”. This means that science, although great, can be dangerous. In the novella “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes there is 37-year old character named Charlie Gordon who is mentally ill and has a operation that increases his intelligence three times. The effects end up temporary and forcing him to transform within days back to his old, fun, and playful self. In my personal opinion, I think Charlie is better of without the surgery. It was always Charlie’s dream to be smart but, he is better off without a normal brain.
Charlie has more freedom