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    In the novel Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes‚ the author seems to be portraying how nothing in life lasts forever. This is shown multiple times throughout the story‚ such as when Charlie first received the surgery‚ lost his job at the bakery‚ and when the surgery results wore off. The author presents this idea to communicate to the readers how it is important to not get too uncomfortable when things in life change like moving schools or houses and to not hold on to materialistic items. In the

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    ||SHARED DOCUMENT|| Character Body Sketch -- Print-Out-- Personality trait: Perseverance Symbol/visual: Lotus Flower Salva is a naturally persevering person. When Salva was walking across the vast desert trying to escape the war‚ he never gave up. The entire time‚ while the sun was beating down‚ he was still walking. The author explains‚ “Each time‚ Salva would think of his family and his village‚ and he was somehow able to keep his wounded feet moving. One painful step at a time.” (Park 54). Even

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    Novel study- Flowers For Algernon ( Progress Reports 1-17) Progress reports 1-8 Vocabulary: Permanent- Is something that is everlasting. Something that is meant to last forever. Complicated- Means something hard/confusing to explain. Marooned- Leave someone trapped and isolated in an inaccessible place. Apprentice- A person who is learning something from a skilled employee‚ for a short period of time for low wages Conscious- When the brain is awake it’s called being conscious In what form has

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    Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes is about a 37 year old man who doesn’t have as much intelligence as the person sitting beside you. Charlie Gordon‚ the man’s name‚ is given the opportunity to have an operation to make him smarter than he ever was. He has to write down progress reports and do this consistently so that the doctors can look at his progress. Over the period of the story‚ Charlie improves in his punctuation‚ spelling‚ grammar‚ capitalization‚ and more just by learning with tapes‚

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    everyone terribly without thinking twice about it. Just because they don’t look the way we do or the way we “want” them too doesn’t give us any right to make fun of them and treat them like very poorly. One thing that really stuck out from the book Flowers For Algernon was something Charlie experienced‚ he says “How strange it is that people of honest feelings and sensibility‚ who would not take advantage of a man born without arms or legs or eyes—how such people think nothing of abusing a man with

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    "Flowers for Algernon" Argumentative Essay By: Declan Franey Charlie Gordon’s doctors did not act ethically when they performed the surgery to make him smarter. The definition of ethics are the standards of right and wrong that tell what humans should do (Dobrin). The doctors did not meet these standards. The doctors tested on Charlie too early‚ and were trying to help themselves more than they were trying to help their patient. Charlie also ended up dying because of the testing. While some people

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    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

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    CEVA Brand Identity Basics > Color > Primary palette The primary palette provides a distinctive basis for the CEVA brand identity. The principle color is CEVA burgundy. CEVA red is used primarily as an accent color‚ adding dimension to headlines and layouts. The neutrals black and white are also specified. The use of white is fundamental to the overall visual effect of the CEVA brand identity. White space creates a clean‚ efficient and professional image and reinforces the notion of simplicity and

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    Aim: To observe and describe an example of osmosis. Hypothesis: I predict that the water level will rise as the iodine stained water moves through the cellulose bag due to osmosis. The iodine is there so we can see this happening. Materials: * Dialysis(cellulose) tubing * Thistle funnel * Gas jar * Retort clamp and stand * Rubber bands * 50mL beaker * Iodine/potassium iodine solution * 5% starch solution Method: 1) Fill the gas jar to 3 quarters full with

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    The Man Who Loved Flowers

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    Assignment 1: Essay on Stephen King: The Man Who Loved Flowers‚ 1977 Write an essay in which you analyse and interpret The Man Who Loved Flowers by Stephen King. A part of your essay must focus on symbolism and the mood of the story (which we have been working a great deal with during class). Please feel free to use as much of the material from class and the notes you took during our work with the text. The assignment is to be written in pairs‚ but both students have to upload the documents on

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