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. Charlie gets an operation done that makes him smarter. We are having an argument to see if he should or shouldn’t get the operation. We think he should get the operation. The first reason why we think Charlie should get the operation is because his friends will not make fun of him
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Everything comes at a price even intelligence. In the Science Fiction short story “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes is a mentally disabled 32-year-old man named Charlie Gordon. Charlie was chosen to have a life-changing surgery to boost his intelligence three times. After having the surgery he realizes that the surgery is not permanent and begins to go into a state of panic. After losing his intelligence he is forced to move away from everyone he knows Charlie should not have had the surgery
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Charlie Gordon is the main character in Flowers for Algernon‚ a story in which he is operated on to become more intelligent and to help him function “normally” in society. However‚ intelligence does not make a person happier‚ kinder‚ or generally better. One example that supports this theory is that Charlie’s friends from the factory are of average intelligence‚ but aren’t nice. Miss Kinnian is of average intelligence and is extremely kind‚ so there’s no correlation between intelligence and behavior
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Some are very lucky to have intelligence but some are not so lucky. Like the character Charlie Gordon from the story “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes. Charlie Gordon has a chance to have a surgery to make him smarter. As you know enery thing comes with a risk. With surgery it might make him die. Their was only one animal that survived the the surgery and his name was Algernon. So I don’t think he should have had the operation. First than first he went on with surgery and ended up dieing. I don’t
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The Giver and the Flowers are both books that involve the main character to lose his or her’s innocence. The Giver is where Jonas learns memories‚ and the flowers are where Myop learns the reality of the world. Overall the two stories were based on the main character learning what reality is. The Giver takes place in a dystopian community. In this community‚ everyone is the same and there are many restrictions. In this story‚ Jonas was selected to be the Receiver of Memories. The reason Jonas was
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In the book Flowers For Algernon a brain surgery was performed on a rat and then on a human named Charlie. The surgery was supposed to make you smarter and it did. However it was not permanent and it took a while to start working. In my opinion I don’t think that they should have done the test on Charlie or any human because something could have gone horribly wrong. It could have gone wrong on Algernon too. It could have been very dangerous. Charlie’s Decision Charlie wanted to be the
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In the short story‚ “Flowers for Algernon‚” by Daniel Keyes‚ Algernon‚ a mouse‚ is tested on for the purpose of scientific research. Some may argue that this is wrong. According to the article‚ “Animal Testing”‚ animals should be used for scientific and commercial testing because they contributed to many cures and are similar to humans. Animals should be used for scientific and commercial testing because they contributed to many cures and are similar to humans. Animals have helped to advance many
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“To be‚ or not to be‚- that is the question:” (Shakespeare’s Hamlet). Whether someone will pay to be intelligent for a time‚ or stay within their inability to understand the world around them. “Flowers for Algernon” a science fiction story by Daniel Keyes‚ follows the events from the life of a man by the name of Charlie Gordon who had to answer this very question. He did not have the same mental capacity of the average person‚ so he had the opportunity to rapidly gain intelligence. Ultimately he
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A web log or blog is defined in Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary as “ a web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections‚ comments‚ and often hyperlinks provided by the writer.” (Merriam-Webster). Blog’s are increasingly popular to many Internet users because of its up to date information and details that cannot be covered on the mainstream media. There are variety of topics on blog‚ this include topics on sports‚ business‚ technology‚ environmental issues‚ politics and entertainment
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Introduction Hook - man-made vs machine made ; which give greater benefits? Background information 1) According to today’s reality‚ the number of graduate that is jobless is increasing from day to day. 2) Albert einstein once said "I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots." 3) Man-made can be define as something that is created using human physical‚ not using machine while machine-made is vice-versa. Thesis statement
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