The Importance Of Intelligence In 'Flowers For Algernon'
Imagine being able to have your IQ tripled by a surgery and then losing it. That's what happened to Charlie Gordon, a 37 year old with an IQ lower than most people. Charlie Gordon has an IQ of 68. After a surgery, his IQ becomes 204. However, he then lost his IQ and was where he was at before the surgery. Throughout the story “Flowers for Algernon”, Charlie Gordon’s experiences shape and change him and his values for the better.
At the beginning of the story, Charlie values intelligence. To prove this,let's look at his first progress report. “ Miss Kinnian says maybe they can make me smart. I want to be smart.” This clearly shows he values intelligence. In addition to this, he also goes to an adult night school. Charlie even had an operation …show more content…
“ Thats why Im gonna keep trying to get smart…”. This shows that he once again wants to get smart, like he did before the operation. He is still very determined to get smart. Further evidence from the text that shows that Charlie values intelligence is”If I try reel hard maybe Ill be a littel bit smarter then I was before the operashun.”. This shows that he is still determined to get intelligent , even after all he’s been through, and all the time he went to the adult night school. If a normal person went through what Charlie went through, most likely that person would not try to get smart again and just give up. However, Charlie is not just a normal guy. He is very determined to learn how to read and write good. That is how his values change throughout the story “Flowers for Algernon”. In the story, the things Charlie experiences change what he values for the better. In the beginning, he did not know much of the world, only things like the night school, his house, the factory, and the lab. In the middle, his eyes are opened to all of the world.At the end, he knows that there are things outside of what he can understand. What we can learn from this story is that it is morally wrong to mess with what you were born with. People say “it's playing God”. Wecan learn that it is wrong to play God and mess with
At the beginning of the story, Charlie values intelligence. To prove this,let's look at his first progress report. “ Miss Kinnian says maybe they can make me smart. I want to be smart.” This clearly shows he values intelligence. In addition to this, he also goes to an adult night school. Charlie even had an operation …show more content…
“ Thats why Im gonna keep trying to get smart…”. This shows that he once again wants to get smart, like he did before the operation. He is still very determined to get smart. Further evidence from the text that shows that Charlie values intelligence is”If I try reel hard maybe Ill be a littel bit smarter then I was before the operashun.”. This shows that he is still determined to get intelligent , even after all he’s been through, and all the time he went to the adult night school. If a normal person went through what Charlie went through, most likely that person would not try to get smart again and just give up. However, Charlie is not just a normal guy. He is very determined to learn how to read and write good. That is how his values change throughout the story “Flowers for Algernon”. In the story, the things Charlie experiences change what he values for the better. In the beginning, he did not know much of the world, only things like the night school, his house, the factory, and the lab. In the middle, his eyes are opened to all of the world.At the end, he knows that there are things outside of what he can understand. What we can learn from this story is that it is morally wrong to mess with what you were born with. People say “it's playing God”. Wecan learn that it is wrong to play God and mess with