“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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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 life-saving
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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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Essay on Flowers For Algernon In the novel Flowers For Algernon‚ Daniel Keyes keeps the reader constantly entertained by adding subsequent details to introduce the main character‚ Charlie Gordon. During the beginning of the book‚ Charlie‚ at age 32‚ is intrigued to have surgery on his brain to make him learn like an average person. Charlie is a mentally challenged adult‚ who was giving away by his mother because they said he would never be smart. Now‚ he is working at Donners Bakery doing mostly
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In the story “Flowers for Algernon” written by 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
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In Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes‚ a man named Charlie Gordon is given a chance to be smart by a doctor. Throughout the book Charlie is made fun of‚ by the people who work with him with them not knowing that he is a mentally retarded man. Through the book Charlie does not know what is good and bad for him but then he meets two doctors named Dr. Nemur and Dr. Strauss who want to develop him in a smart way. In this novel change explains that is does not necessarily always benefit the person
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different decisions writers make based on screenplay and novelists is that for screenplay‚ they have to make sure the movie will be pleasing to the eye. As for the book they have to make sure it’s easy to read and you can understand it. In Flowers For Algernon‚ some scenes get cut for different reasons. Like in the book‚ you didn’t hear about or see the flashbacks Charlie saw‚ the trip to Chicago‚ or anything about his mother. For some viewers this may make or break the movie/book. One scene
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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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English Nov. 3‚ 2006 Essay Assignment Flowers for Algernon was written by Daniel Keys‚ the novel is about a retarded adult who is turned into a genius by an operation. Then soon discovers how lucky he really was before the operation. Although the cause of the isolation may be different it always has a negative effect on the character. Charlie Gordon is the protagonist and author of the
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A person can be intellectually mature‚ but it is not always compatible with emotional maturity. This statement will be proven by revering to Charlie Gordon in the novel Flowers for Algernon where he is intellectually mature but not emotionally and how this gap between intelligence and emotional maturity creates inner conflict and confusion. Charley Gordon a retarded adult went for surgery to enhance his intelligent. Charley’s IQ got exceedingly high rapidly. His emotions does not have the ability
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