The novel “Flowers For Algernon” and the poem “Come Touch His Cheeks” both portrays the experiences a mentally challenged patient‚ however‚ through different viewpoints. “Flowers For Algernon” is told in the perspective of the mentally challenged patient‚ Charlie Gordon‚ while “Come Touch His Cheeks” is narrated by the mother of a challenged‚ young boy. Through different perspectives‚ both texts suggest that the world treats innocent and mentally impaired people with cruelty. People treat these patients
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Flowers for Algernon “The heart holds answers the brain refuses to see.” The author of “Flowers For Algernon‚” Daniel Keyes‚ would agree and disagree with this quote depending on the situation. He would do this because in the story‚ he lets the main character‚ Charlie who is mentally disabled‚ find answers with both his brain and heart. In this essay‚ I will explain how he does that. Daniel Keyes would disagree with the quote because after Charlie gets his brain surgery‚ he realizes that
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Question: How does Daniel Keyes create a protagonist and an antagonist within one character in the story? In Flowers for Algernon‚ the developmentally disabled Charlie Gordon lives a very innocent life. However‚ Charlie is harshly treated by his coworkers and his mental superiors‚ causing him to be viewed as the protagonist of the story. Due to the fact that the story is written in the perspective of Charlie‚ the reader begins to develop a strong relationship with him. When Charlie catalogues
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charlie starts to lose his intelligence. Charlie was apart of an experiment intended to raise a person’s IQ synthetically‚ and 3 times the original amount. The goal was achieved but the side effects were unbelievable: after it ultimately wore off‚ Algernon- the test rat- died‚ worrying everyone. Soon‚ Charlie began to lose his intelligence and he ended up right where he had started. Charlie had everything at the climax of the story (he had intelligence [something he never had] which made him very
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In the story "Flowers for Algernon"‚ the main character Charlie Gordon has an operation that triples his IQ from sixty-eight to 204. At the end of the story Charlie’s IQ returns to sixty-eight. This experiment was the worst thing that ever happened to Charlie. Charlie did not have a high enough IQ to make an intelligent decision on his own‚ the experiment messed with Mother Nature’s path of life and most of all it ruined any happiness or contentment that Charlie ever felt prior to the experiment
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what people don’t know about‚ they consider strange or awkward and this is the case with the hardships of the mentally challenged. Prejudice‚ maltreatment and ignorance towards the mentally challenged are illustrated by the novel‚ Flowers for Algernon. In Flowers for Algernon‚ Charlie Gordon‚ being mentally challenged‚ goes through many experiences when he is pre judged by many people‚ especially those who claim to be his friends. These ’friends’ of his have the wrong ideas and wrong views when it comes
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Flowers For Charlie 37 years old with an IQ of 68‚ that was Charlie Gordon’s life until March 10th. Charlie gordon received an operation to increase his smartness. Living in the dark all his life he finally realizes what the world really is when he receives the surgery. He’s taught how to write correctly. Just a day before the surgery Charlie knew barely anything‚ but now he’s incredibly smart. This surgery is going to change Charlie’s life‚ for the better. With the strive Charlie had the operation
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Charlie was intended to make him “smarter.” In the beginning of the story‚ Charlie was not as smart and he learned that the same operation that had been done on the mouse‚ Algernon‚ was the same operation that the doctors were planning to do for Charlie as well. Charlie agreed to this idea because he wanted to be smart‚ like Algernon. (Details & Multiple Perspectives) Dr. Strauss thought that Charlie would be a good subject for the operation experiment because his IQ was not high and if Charlie became
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education teacher. They have to be caring‚ patient‚ and understanding. People who take up this responsibility by helping these kind of people show that there are still good and selfless people out there in the world. The character Alice Kinnian in "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes is one of these people. She not only cares for Charlie and sees him as a person before the operation but continues on loving him even after he is way above her intellectual level. Through her caring and selflessness‚ Charlie
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The differences between "Flowers for Algernon" as a short story and as a movie represent the differences between the two media. In my essay I am going to show‚ from the differences between the short story and the movie‚ the differences between the two media‚ coming up with the conclusion that the short story is the better medium by which to tell this story. One of the most significant differences between the short story and the movie is the developing of Charlie’s character in the story. In the
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