People has the dream to become smarter than their friends, some even succeed while others fail. 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.…
The main characters grow from boys into men. Both Henry and Charlie fought for the same side in the war. They also grow strong both mentally and physically. These are a few of the many similarities.…
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.…
What if there was an operation to make people with a low IQ smarter? In the story,” Flowers for Algernon”, one of the most asked questions is, should Charlie have had the operation? No, I do not think that Charlie should have had the operation and these are reasons why.…
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.…
Daniel Keyes’ story, “Flowers for Algernon,” is the progress reports of 37 year old, Charlie Gordon, who gets a surgery to gain intelligence. Throughout the reports, you can see where Charlie intellectually starts and his progress from there. Then, unfortunately, Charlie’s intelligence descends and he’s back where he started. The story teaches you that too much of anything is unhealthy.…
In the Movie,”Charly”, and the short story,”Flowers for Algernon” there are many similarities and differences. In “Flowers for Algernon” and ”Charly”, Charly was dating Ms.Kinean but in the book they werent dating,the movie was also focusing on Charlys and Ms.kineans relationship,but the book wasnt being specific enough about Charly’s and Ms.kineans Relationship they had between each other.In “Flowers for Algernon”, Charly was struggling with life but in the movie there were only sometimes where he struggled but not much. In “Charly”, he loses his ability of being smart and keeps going on with life,but in “flowers for Algernon”, he was near death and lived the rest of his life depressed. In Conclusion There can be many similarities and differences…
Although Daniel Keyes wrote “Flowers for Algernon” with hope for mentally impaired Charlie Gordon, the operation failed with grotesque consequences! After the surgery, Charlie was blown away by the concepts and uncertainties he now understood, negative and positive. He was a human experiment to fix mentally impaired people like himself. He understood the failure and cruelness of the surgery. Charlie suffered the consequence of losing his care-free, stress-free, worry-free nature.…
Overall, I firmly believe that the best theme for “Flowers for Algernon” is that too much of a good thing can end up being bad. In the end, you can look at it two ways… either Charlie died or he simply moved away. “Goodbye Miss Kinnian and Dr. Strauss and evreybody.” (pg. 215) The point is, his happy-ever-after ending never happened. His brain couldn’t keep the new intelligence in his mind, therefore, it began to wash away. I think that my choice of theme works best with this…
After the operation Charlie is soon allowed back to work but is upset at the fact that he doesn't think he is smart the very second the operation is over. The explain that it will take some time for him to learn and they allow him to return back to work. When he returns to work the workers become scared of him as his intelligence grows, both mentally and emotionally. His friends at the bakery and all the workers there would use his name if something stupid or bad happened, they called it pulling a Charlie Gordon. Throughout the story it is mainly told through progress reports from Charlies point of view and they are collected and filed into a report. Charlie is told from the beginning that his intelligence may not last forever and realizes Algernons downfall in intelligence. As the story ends Charlies intelligence regresses and he returns to his normal state of mental…
The story “Flowers for Algernon” is about a mentally troubled man named Charlie Gordon, who gets a surgery to make him smarter. In my opinion, Charlie’s life is better off with him being smart. Even though there are some bad things about him being smart, there are also many good reasons that he is. He is smart enough to know what’s going on. Whether it be at work or at the lab, he knows how people are actually treating him. In my mind, Charlie is better off being smart, shown through how other people treat him, how he treats other people, and his potential contributions to the world.…
In the story “Flowers for Algernon” written by Daniel Keyes, the main character, Charlie Gordon, and he has a decision to make. Should Charlie make the decision by getting the operation to triple his IQ of 68? Charlie made the wrong decision by getting the operation because it brought pain; he was able to see the true side of his friends, and he was able to see the sad realities of life which he was oblivious to before the operation. He was happy and non-emotional. He thought his friends liked him. He went to adult night school so he can become smarter.…
6. Secure the blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity. (posterity meant the future generation, so liberty for the future).…
There’s a lot of information that the writer is throwing at the reader in this progress report. This report starts off with Charlie's and Algernon’s hitting the press and the rude things they had to say. Charlie starts to read the papers and in one of the articles it talks about his parents and even gives an address to where they live. Charlie is really nervous about meeting with his parents, but he knows he has to for the better good of his sake. This report has a lot of flashbacks that pull up good information. Like Charlie’s parents “mainly his mom” decide to put Charlie into the Warden state home because Norma might get affected by Charlie. Charlie also finally meets his dad, but he never gets the guts to say anything to him. Charlie…
Prior to reading Flowers for Algernon, I agreed with the statement that the smarter a person is, the happier he or she is. I believed that intelligence held a calming peace of mind in a person and somehow knowing everything made a person happier. After reading Flowers for Algernon, I realized this is not necessary true. We see the theme of intelligence trying to create happiness in the beginning of the novel. Charlie believed that if he became smart then everyone would want to be his friend and those around him would be proud of him. In fact this is seen in the following quote, " I just want to be smart like other pepul so I can have lots of frends who like me" (Keyes, 13). Like Charlie, I tried to believe that when he did become intelligent,…