Recently in class we read the science fiction story Flowers for Algernon‚ a story about a mentally disabled man named Charlie. It is a tale of self-discovery‚ and the perils of fighting a battle you cannot win. Charlie writes progress reports before and after his operation‚ detailing how he changes throughout the story- not just how he writes‚ but what he writes about. It is 1965‚ and leading scientists Dr. Strauss and Dr. Nemur have developed a method of enhancing brain function‚ like memory‚ academic
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In the story Flowers for Algernon the main character Charlie has a learning disability and he wants to learn to become smarter. So he undergoes an operation on his brain by Neurosurgeons named Doctor Strauss and Doctor Nemur. Charly´s emotions changed after the operation‚ for instance he became happier‚ he thought he was better than some people‚ and he didn’t become kinder.The first sign of him becoming happier after the operation was when he finally realized that he was slowly gaining knowledge
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English class called the Human Condition‚ in this class we read a variety of short stories and had many class discussions about them. Out of all the stories we read one particularly stood out to me and that was an excerpt from a book called Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. The story was about the main character Charlie Gordon who only had an IQ of 68 that is until Charlie agrees to become part of a medical study and to have surgery to increase his IQ. After the surgery is successful Charlie starts
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Charlie Gordon showed us that surgerys are very risky and we should really think before we do risky things. In the science fiction story “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keys‚ Charlie has a passion to get intelligent but in my perspective the surgery was useless and risky. Charlie Gordon should not have had the Artificial Intelligence surgery because i was risky and it wasn’t permanent. Charlie Gordon lost his friends because of the AL surgery. His “friends” didn’t like how smart he get and I
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“Flowers for Algernon” Argumentative Essay Charlie Gordon should not have been the subject of the experiment. While Daniel Keyes in “Flowers for Algernon” portrayed hope for a mentally impaired man‚ Charlie Gordon‚ the operation failed with devastating consequences! Before the surgery‚ Charlie desperately longed to be a member of a society that he was unable to completely comprehend. Charlie‚ as a genius‚ was permitted to witness the horrendous actions towards those with mental ailments. Additionally
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If you had the opportunity to have a surgery to increase your I.Q‚ would you? Charlie Gordon is a 37 year old man with an I.Q of 68. Charlie Gordon is the main character of a science fiction story titled “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keys. Charlie was given the opportunity to increase his I.Q from 68 to 204. Charlie Gordon should have had the A.I surgery. Charlie was able to develop new complex emotions‚ recall memories‚ and establish more adult like relationships. After the A.I surgery‚ Charlie
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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
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In Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes‚ the main character Charlie Gordon is an 37 year old man that has the IQ of 70 which is very low. His whole life all he wanted to be was smart. When an opportunity was revealed to him he did not hesitant to go through with it‚ even though the opportunity was an surgery to his brain that could affect him in a good or bad way. The scientists didn’t even know if it was permanent‚ but he went through with it anyways. But after he got the surgery he got a unpleasant
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Charlie dreamed of becoming smarter so he could be accepted‚ and he achieved his dream with one simple operation. His life after the operation was easy‚ but it all started going downhill from there. People‚ such as myself‚ say that in the story “Flowers for Algernon”‚ by Daniel Keyes‚ Charlie should have never had the operation. But the opposing side has a different view on the situation. But in my own personal opinion‚ I believe that Charlie should of never had the operation. Charlie had the operation
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Wouldn’t it be nice if someone could increase his or her intelligence? In the story “Flowers for Algernon‚” by Daniel Keyes a man with a very low IQ of 68 can have this done. This man is 37 years old and can hardly spell. This mans name is Charlie Gordon and he is getting an operation to make him temporarily smarter. Charlie should get this operation because of many different reasons but the ones that will be gone over are as following‚ Charlie is tired of being dumb and wants to be smart‚ he gets
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