discriminated against? If so‚ you are aware of how Charlie feels. Charlie is a thirty-seven year old man‚ with the I.Q. of a child. He has an I.Q. of sixty-eight. Charlie was exploited and discriminated against by friends‚ doctors‚ and his boss in Flowers For Algernon. First of all‚ Charlie was exploited and discriminated against by his friends. He was beaten up by his "friends" for being different. Charlie was also exploited by his "friends" when they made fun of him behind his back. Most of all‚ he was
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A theme that is present in Flowers For Algernon is friendship. Throughout the novel‚ the theme of friendship is presented in multiple ways‚ but one example is the judgment of friendship. Before his operation‚ Charlie states‚ “If your smart you can have lots of frends to talk to and you never get loneley by yourself all the time.” (Keyes 14) which Charlie believed at the time. An example of judgment is his friends from Donners bakery (Gimpy‚ Joe‚ and Frank). Before Charlie took the surgery‚ he couldn’t
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Society’s Misunderstanding Society tends to believe that the mentally challenged are at a disadvantage compared to a person of high intelligence‚ is this always true? In Daniel Keyes’ short story “Flowers for Algernon”‚ that wasn’t the case with Charlie Gordon. Due to an experimental surgery‚ Charlie experienced advantages and disadvantages in his life and in his mind. Charlie’s operation benefitted him in many ways. For instance‚ Charlie‚ already knowing history‚ geography‚ and arithmetic‚
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Does Charlie really deserve to die? Charlie just wanted to become smart and live longer; but the Doctors didn’t tell Charlie that the intelligence would be temporary. In the story‚ Flowers for Algernon‚ I strongly feel that the Doctors did not follow their ethics of fieldwork and made a bad choice by choosing Charlie Gordon as their test subject for the intelligence surgery. If Charlie didn’t take the surgery‚ he could have lived longer with an IQ of 68‚ but instead dies. Charlie made a contribution
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can increase or decrease‚ but no matter what‚ their true nature will always stay the same. In the narrative “Flowers for Algernon” written by Daniel Keyes‚ Charlie‚ a grown man with a low IQ‚ is given a neurological operation to “enhance” his intellect. Over the course of the text‚ as Charlie’s intelligence shifts from low to high‚ Keyes reveals aspects of Charlie’s character. In the story‚ Daniel Keyes reveals Charlie’s true nature‚ describing how Charlie is honest when it comes to his feelings‚
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Dupuy Kenzie Chang English Period 2 OPTION 2 WRITING ASSIGNMENT Animal and human testing is a widely known experiment used in life. People either despise it or think it’s necessary and useful. The story Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes is about a man named Charlie Gordon who gets a surgery and ends up becoming temporarily smart. Was performing an experiment on Charlie Gordon ethical? Some might say that it wasn’t ethical. Charlie didn’t even know what he was getting himself
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Flowers For Algernon Theme Paragraph In the realistic fiction‚ Flowers For Algernon‚ the author‚ Daniel Keyes‚ tried to convey the theme that a person shouldn’t change who they are for someone else. Charlie’s relationship with Alice represented this theme because one of the reasons Charlie signed up for the experiment was because he wanted to impress her. He thought if he became smarter‚ Alice would be proud of him‚ and he would be able to speak to her about smart-people stuff. Although she was
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Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes Throughout the book "Flowers for Algernon" Charlie‚ a retarded person goes through a whole process in which he becomes a genius and then regresses‚ which results in him being retarded again. In this work I will try to show that the process Charlie goes through (becoming a genius and the regression back to being retarded)‚ is much like the human life‚ and compare his development to that of a child‚ and his regression to that of an old man. Before the operation
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Will Esposito Mrs. Broich 10 Honors English 9/17/15 Themes in Flowers for Algernon When reading this book‚ the casual reader might overlook some of the themes presented in the story’s contents. But‚ upon looking deeper within the book‚ the reader will notice aspects first unseen by the casual reader. Upon analysis of the book‚ it is shown that Keyes was intending to portray men as God in this novel‚ and he does so through the characteristics shown by Fanny Birden‚ Professor Nemur‚ and Hilda the
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Ethics are what guides your conscience. It’s the right and wrong; good or bad; to follow or not follow the law. Charlie is a mouse with low intelligence in the book "Flowers of Algernon."He agreed to get an operation done to himself to make his intelligence grow. His intelligence grew‚ but after a few weeks started to decrease Algernon was someone who got tested be for Charlie and is now died. Charlie Gordon’s doctor’s didn’t act ethically when they preformed there operation to make him smarter. Charlie
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