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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Charlie Gordon is the main character of Flowers for Algernon. Charlie is a mentally retarded‚ 33 year old adult. He desperately wants to be smart‚ especially after a very troubled childhood in a family who had a hard time adapting to his illness. Charlie has a great attitude about changing his life‚ and was willing to do whatever it took to accomplish the task of becoming smart. Charlie partakes in a surgery to boost his intelligence that has only been tested on rats‚ specifically one named Algernon
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Charlie Gordon Essay In the story “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes‚ the main character‚ Charlie Gordon‚ is very dynamic. He has to undergo many changes throughout the story‚ some of them were advantageous‚ but some of them were unfortunate. Originally he starts out as a man with an IQ of around 70‚ but after an operation he acquires a higher level of intellectuality. Both good and bad results arose out of this. For
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Argumentative Essay Charlie Gordon was a determined man. He wanted to learn as much as he could but he was unable to because he was mentally retarded. Meanwhile‚ his doctors were testing an operation which they wanted to perform on Charlie to make him more intelligent however‚ he would eventually lose his intelligence and knowledge leading to his death. He would be unable to connect with other people because he would be too smart. Despite these affects‚ people still believe that the operation preformed
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Characterization of Charlie Gordon from the short story: Flowers for Algernon Charlie Gordon has all his life been mental disabled‚ but for just as long time wanted to be a geni-ass. One day he is given that opportunity and he agrees to let the doctors operate his brain. Before the operation Charlie is a very friendly man‚ who only sees the good things in life and trusts everybody. His lack of intelligence makes it impossible for him to see that his best friends are in fact victimizing him. (Report
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would you? Charlie Gordon is a 37 year old man with an I.Q of 68. Charlie Gordon is the main character of a science fiction story titled “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keys. Charlie was given the opportunity to increase his I.Q from 68 to 204. Charlie Gordon should have had the A.I surgery. Charlie was able to develop new complex emotions‚ recall memories‚ and establish more adult like relationships. After the A.I surgery‚ Charlie begins to feel more complex emotions. One new emotion Charlie begins
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welcome setbacks with open arms‚” (Travis Bradberry). Charlie Gordon‚ a fun interesting man who craves to be smart‚ has a mental disability which keeps him from being able to comprehend many things such as spelling and complex concepts. This is his setback. Luckily‚ there is a new experiment coming around trying to help people with that disability become super smart. Charlie‚ a thirty seven year old man‚ has a lovely teacher named Miss Kinnian. Charlie always tries his best to be smart and to learn new
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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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CHARACTER SKETCH: A character sketch is a vivid description of a person‚ attitude‚ special qualities or traits‚ typical behavior or response. The character sketch gives a deep insight into the personality of a person which makes him different from another person. The character sketch usually depicts the dominant trait that is most important to the story. Example of a short character sketch of Maxwell’s stenographer - from a short story by O’ Henry named The Romance of a Busy Broker The stenographer
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Adopt a Character Assignments 1. Using the information from your Adopt a Character sheet‚ fill in the Bio Cube‚ cut it out‚ and cube it. The link for the Bio Cube is on my website under resources. 2. Using the information from the Adopt a Character sheet‚ write a detailed character sketch of your adopted character. This is a creative piece. Stretch your writing and your imagination! On my website‚ there is an example of a character sketch and there are directions on how to write a
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