An Analysis Of Charlie Gordon's Flowers For Algernon
"Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings," (Dali). All change needs a level of courage, and Charlie Gordon has that. In the short story, "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keys, Charlie Gordon is a thirty seven year old mentally impaired man who has an IQ of sixty eight. He receives the opportunity to have an operation done on him that will triple his IQ, and make it two hundred and four. This will allow Charlie to see the world through the eyes of a genius. Overall, this experiment has more benefits than costs to Charlie's life. To begin with, most people would love to be very intelligent and most people do not get that opportunity. Charlie Gordon did though, he got to finally see the world through a person with a high intelligence
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In this short story Charlie got to read so many books and learn so many new things that he could not have done without the operation. There are so many experiences where Charlie Gordon comes across something new and because of the operation, he was able to understand what was going on. Unlike before the operation where Charlie had no idea what was going on even when people were laughing and making fun of him. For instance, in the story Charlie Gordon told Dr. Strauss, who is one of the scientists performing this experiment, "I was too busy thinking and reading. . , he suggested I learn to type. It's much easier to write now because I can type seventy-five words a minute," (Page 528). This shows that Charlie is now getting to experience computers, and different types of books just because of the operation. Before the operation, Charlie Gordon barely knew how to write, his spelling was really bad, and he did not know how to type, but since he did get the operation done, he is able to know so much more and he has the privilege to understand a lot more now. Overall, Charlie Gordon got to read many new books, learn how to type, and learn a very advanced vocabulary because of this human engineering experiment, and that is why there are more benefits about this experiment for Charlie
In this short story Charlie got to read so many books and learn so many new things that he could not have done without the operation. There are so many experiences where Charlie Gordon comes across something new and because of the operation, he was able to understand what was going on. Unlike before the operation where Charlie had no idea what was going on even when people were laughing and making fun of him. For instance, in the story Charlie Gordon told Dr. Strauss, who is one of the scientists performing this experiment, "I was too busy thinking and reading. . , he suggested I learn to type. It's much easier to write now because I can type seventy-five words a minute," (Page 528). This shows that Charlie is now getting to experience computers, and different types of books just because of the operation. Before the operation, Charlie Gordon barely knew how to write, his spelling was really bad, and he did not know how to type, but since he did get the operation done, he is able to know so much more and he has the privilege to understand a lot more now. Overall, Charlie Gordon got to read many new books, learn how to type, and learn a very advanced vocabulary because of this human engineering experiment, and that is why there are more benefits about this experiment for Charlie