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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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    “Your accomplishing day and weeks what it takes normal people to do in a lifetime” said Miss Kinnian (Keyes). During Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes‚ Charlie Gordon is the main character he is a thirty year old man trying to learn how to read and write again‚ as is his buddy Algernon the mouse. Charlie is doing the experiment with him to see how it will go at to get his test score up. He is also trying to accomplish so much even though his brain will not mentally let him‚ this is because he

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    ability‚ like being smart‚ inspires confidence. It does‚ but only while the going is easy. The deciding factor in life is how you handle setbacks and challenges. People with a growth mindset welcome setbacks with open arms‚” (Travis Bradberry). Charlie Gordon‚ a fun interesting man who craves to be smart‚ has a mental disability which keeps him from being able to comprehend many things such as spelling and complex concepts. This is his setback. Luckily‚ there is a new experiment coming around trying to

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    JEFF GORDON FOUNDATION Jeff Gordon‚ the famous philanthropist‚ has been a former NASCAR champion. In addition‚ he has dedicated his time and effort to the children for his foundation. He formerly drove the No. 24 Chevrolet for Hendrik motors in 23 full-time NASCAR sprint season seasons between 1993 and 2015‚ and served as a substitute driver for Dalen Ernest Jr. in the No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet in select races during the 2016 season. But portraying Gordon solely in terms of his driving

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    Ernest Gordon was a stalwart young man who fought and belonged to the Scottish regiment of the Allied POW during World War II. Soon‚ however‚ he was captured by the Japanese military and got sent to the Chong-Kai Prison Camp in Myanmar. At the prison camp‚ Gordon was forced to labor to build a railroad through the Burmese jungle. Gordon experienced the most extreme pain that humans can ever endure. The situation was getting

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    WITHOUT EMOTION In this paragraph I will talk about how a man named G. Gordon Liddy‚ struggled as a kid to kill without emotion‚ he was aspiring to be a soldier one day. His plans were to be ready for war one day and be effective when the time came. As a child he found himself in a situation with a squirrel while he was hunting‚ after taking the shot he did not managed to kill the squirrel in one shot‚ so he watched how the squirrel was falling down the tree mortally wounded and in lots of pain

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    yet somewhat the same‚ just as both essays LIving Like A Weasel and The Black Widow have their similarities and differences. Both authors‚ Annie Dillard and Gordon Grice‚ share their point of view on the unique creature they chose to write about; sharing about them‚ their natural way of life‚ and how each creature intrigues them. In Gordon Grice’s essay‚ the reader is able to identify the author’s passion for the deadly black widow through the validity of factual information about the spider;

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    Disturbances in the Island of Jamaica in 1865‚ (London‚ 1895‚) 3. * Parliament‚ Papers Relating to the Disturbances in Jamaica Part II‚ (London‚ 1866‚) 9.) * Sarah Winter‚ “On the Morant Bay Rebellion in Jamaica and the Governor Eyre-George William Gordon Controversy‚ 1865-70″ * Robotham‚ Don.‚ and Bogle‚ Paul. The notorious riot": The socio-economic and political base of Paul Bogle ’s revolt. Institute of Social and Economic Research‚ University of West Indies  (Mona‚ Kingston‚ Jamaica). 1981. Journals:

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    Daniel Keyes a character arises who is both brave and persistent. This character is named Charlie Gordon. Charlie is 37 years old and has a condition where his brain power is ultimately very low. The story is written in the form of Charlie’s progress reports. In the progress reports it tells what he did and how he is feeling‚ it also shows his progress in his writing and vocabulary usage. Charlie Gordon is both brave and persistent and shows it in many forms. Charlie exudes bravery during “Flowers

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    500 Days of Summer Title : 500 Days of Summer Producer : Mark Waters Director : Marc Webb Actors : Joseph Gordon Levitt as Tom Hansen Actress : Zooey Deschanel as Summer Finn Chloë Moretz as Rachel Hansen‚ Tom’s younger sister There is a boy named Tom who works as a writer at a greeting card company in Los Angeles. One day‚ he meets Summer Finn‚ the new assistant to his boss. He is attracted to her since he saw her for the first time. They start their first conversation when they

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