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    Chapter 9‚ The Constitution: A More Perfect Union 9.1 Introduction: -The framers of the Constitution had to convince the people that the Constitution was the best idea for a government for the country. They wanted to make sure that ordinary citizens could understand it‚ so they gave it a short intro and organized it into parts‚ called articles. The articles were broken down into sections that discussed topics in a specific order. -The Constitution combines a strong framework for government

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    In the fictional story “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes‚ It is about a mentally handicapped man named Charlie Gordon that gets an operation that is supposed to make him smarter and get rid of his disability. The operation is tested on a mouse and it gets smarter‚ so they perform it on Charlie and it makes him smarter for a short period of time. Eventually the mouse loses the intelligence and dies. Obviously‚ there are more costs as a consequence of Algernon-Gordon experiment. To start off

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    In Charlie Gordon’s case‚ the struggle begins when he was born with a mental disability. A scientific outbreak allows Charlie to undergo an operation to enhance his brain capacity. Suddenly he is able to understand and learn so many things about himself and life and he changes into almost a completely different person. But the old Charlie still exists inside of him and this is a constant battle inside his head. He learns

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    Charlie Gordon is a 37 year old man with an IQ of around 68. For his whole life‚ he has only wanted to be "smart" like everyone else. Charlie has two doctors named Dr. Strauss and Dr. Nemur. The doctor’s want to use Charlie as a test subject to test out a surgery to increase the Human IQ. Ethics are if you really did the "right" thing‚ so Charlie’s doctor’s did not act ethically when performing the surgery on Charlie. They had not kept their choices opinion free‚ they had not put Charlie’s social

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    to rights‚ obligations‚ fairness and virtues. The short story‚ "Flowers for Algernon‚" is mainly about a 37 year old man named Charlie Gordon who has a very low intelligence. An operation is performed on him to make him smarter. Charlie Gordon’s doctors did not act ethically when they performed the surgery to make him smarter. Charlie’s doctors did not act ethically when they performed the surgery because they didn’t inform Charlie of all the information that they should have. According to "Ethics

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    report on is called Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. The book has 274 pages and the publisher is Harcourt‚ Brace & World. The novel was published March of 1966. The reason I decided to read this book was because it was read to our class in eighth grade. The book won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1960‚ the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1966‚ and was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1967. The main character is a mentally-retarded man named Charlie Gordon. He is the main character

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    is widely known in society. Mental illness is not something that can be chosen or changed. Instead of helping the mentally ill conform into society people today make sure that everyone knows that they are “different from us”. Daniel Keyes’ “Flowers for Algernon” stresses the intense ridicule society

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    Belle Gattis Hours 3 and 5 11/21/16 Argumentative Essay In the story Flowers for AlgernonCharlie Gordon’s doctors do not act ethically while they tried to increase his intelligence with a surgery. Ethics are the standards of right and wrong‚ and what we as humans are supposed to do. Ethics are also the development of ethical standards‚ and how one lives up to those standards (Siegler). Charlie Gordon is a grown man who has an extremely low intelligence for his age. He was chosen to go through

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    July 5‚ 2013 Pranz Ocampo Five Paragraph Essay: Short Story Unit My essay will be about the challenges that young people may have to go through when growing up. The short story that im going to compare this with is going to be "War"‚ "The Crystal Stars Have Just Begun to Shine"‚ and "Sniper". The author of these stories are Timothy Findley‚ Martha Brooks and Liam O’Flaherty. The main points that i would be focusing on are the hardship of young person with a single parent‚ the loneliness

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    Charlie Gordon is the narrator and the main protagonist of the novel‚ who has struggled the whole life toward the burning wish of "being smart". Over a nine-month period‚ Charlie keeps "Progress Reports" documenting his miraculous transformation from a mentally disabled person to a man of genius‚ which sets the stage for Daniel Keyes to address to the society a number of broad themes and issues. Charlie’s limited intelligence has made him a trusting‚ ingenuous and friendly man‚ as he assumes that

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