Argumentative Essay On Flowers For Algernon

Have you ever felt dumb or stupid sometimes? In the story “Flowers For Algernon” by Daniel Keyes, it's about a mentally handicapped man named Charlie who gets the opportunity to get an operation to become smart. Should Charlie have gotten the operation yes or no. Yes i think he made the right choice and it does help him out in the long run.

What i meant by “in the long run” was that after Charlie got the operation he became smart and raced a mouse named Algernon. After a couple months the mouse died from the smart gene they put in Charlie. They thought that Charlie was going to die to from the same thing, but he didn't. Charlie just lost his memory, became dumb again, lost interest in people he loves, lost friends, got fired, almost died, hated people, and cried every night. Even though all that happened it helped him want to become smart again, even though he already wanted to it inspired him to become smart by himself even more.

Charlie might have had a bumpy start but after he lost his friends, got fired, and pleaded to come back to work where he got fired it all worked out. When he asked his boss for the job back he said “yes you can have your job back” to charlie. Now that he was dumb again people laughed at him and teased and tricked him. And one guy was doing all that, but Charlie loved his friends when he
He wouldn't have been inspired as much as he was to become smart. His friends have a ton more respect for him and don't pick on him any more and people at his job all respect him a lot more now. And last Charlie would have never met Algernon the little mouse who is Charlie’s best friend and loves him and cares for him. Also he would still met Miss Kinnian but he wouldn't have as much feeling for her that he did when he was smart, because when he was dumb he didn't care for her but when he's smart he loves her. So yes he made the right choice in my