Disabilities In Charlie's Flowers For Algernon
The truth is we don’t respect those with a disability people the way we do as “regular” people and vice versa. We really should respect others no matter if they have a disability or not. That’s one thing that pisses me off about society is we think we can go around and treat everyone terribly without thinking twice about it. Just because they don’t look the way we do or the way we “want” them too doesn’t give us any right to make fun of them and treat them like very poorly.
One thing that really stuck out from the book Flowers For Algernon was something Charlie experienced, he says “How strange it is that people of honest feelings and sensibility, who would not take advantage of a man born without arms or legs or eyes—how such people think nothing of abusing a man with low intelligence.” (199). After the procedure Charlie was eating at a restaurant and one of the workers dropped some plates and the owner came in and yelled at him as the customers laughed at him and made fun of him.
Now why would they do that? Why do they feel the need to treat someone with a disability …show more content…
Charlie was fully aware of his problems throughout the book, he just had a hard time solving them. He knew he couldn't spell and comprehend words correctly but couldn't find a way to fix that. This really helps to explain my thoughts on this topic.
People with disabilities no matter how severe, some are actually aware of their problems but they just don't know how to solve them or can’t. That sounds a lot like what “regular” people deal with right? I've had to deal with this so many times and I'm sure everyone has too. It's a normal part of life, everyone has struggles and just because someone can’t help it, or struggles dealing with it gives us no right to make fun of them struggling. The thing is you’ll never realize it until it happens to
One thing that really stuck out from the book Flowers For Algernon was something Charlie experienced, he says “How strange it is that people of honest feelings and sensibility, who would not take advantage of a man born without arms or legs or eyes—how such people think nothing of abusing a man with low intelligence.” (199). After the procedure Charlie was eating at a restaurant and one of the workers dropped some plates and the owner came in and yelled at him as the customers laughed at him and made fun of him.
Now why would they do that? Why do they feel the need to treat someone with a disability …show more content…
Charlie was fully aware of his problems throughout the book, he just had a hard time solving them. He knew he couldn't spell and comprehend words correctly but couldn't find a way to fix that. This really helps to explain my thoughts on this topic.
People with disabilities no matter how severe, some are actually aware of their problems but they just don't know how to solve them or can’t. That sounds a lot like what “regular” people deal with right? I've had to deal with this so many times and I'm sure everyone has too. It's a normal part of life, everyone has struggles and just because someone can’t help it, or struggles dealing with it gives us no right to make fun of them struggling. The thing is you’ll never realize it until it happens to