Charlie Gordon In Daniel Keyes Flowers For Algernon
Wouldn’t it be nice if someone could increase his or her intelligence? In the story “Flowers for Algernon,” by Daniel Keyes a man with a very low IQ of 68 can have this done. This man is 37 years old and can hardly spell. This mans name is Charlie Gordon and he is getting an operation to make him temporarily smarter. Charlie should get this operation because of many different reasons but the ones that will be gone over are as following, Charlie is tired of being dumb and wants to be smart, he gets a better job, he realized that he loved his teacher Mrs. Kinnian.
To start it off is Charlie is tired of being dumb. In the story Charlie says “All my life I wanted to be smart and not dumb.”(Keyes,55) This shows that he doesn’t like being dumb …show more content…
In the story we learn that Charlie says that he quits his job at Donnegans Plastic Box Company. In the story it says that Donnegan suggested that he leave, if not he would have more than likely been fired due to the fact that there was a petition signed by 840 people that he be fired so he really didn't have a choice. Now to his new job. Charlie is given his own lab and has been given permission to go on with research. The story also tells us that Charlie rarely sleeps but when he does it is in his lab where he makes more money because it is a regular salary.
Furthermore with my claim, Charlie realizes that he loves Miss Kinnian. “I don’t understand why I never noticed how beautiful Miss Kinnian is.”(Keyes,70) This evidence from the texts shows that Charlie is developing feelings for Miss Kinnian. Also the text says “I think from the beginning I had the feeling that she was an unreachable genius-and very very old. Now every time I see her she grows younger and more lovely.”(Keyes,71) This piece of text shows that he is really starting to love her and he thinks that she is beautiful and smart.
In the end the final result is clear that Charlie should have gotten the operation. The fact that Charlie is tired of being dumb, he gets a better paying job, and he learns to love are all things that help support my claim. At last the argument of whether Charlie should or shouldn’t have is concluded because of greater wins than
To start it off is Charlie is tired of being dumb. In the story Charlie says “All my life I wanted to be smart and not dumb.”(Keyes,55) This shows that he doesn’t like being dumb …show more content…
In the story we learn that Charlie says that he quits his job at Donnegans Plastic Box Company. In the story it says that Donnegan suggested that he leave, if not he would have more than likely been fired due to the fact that there was a petition signed by 840 people that he be fired so he really didn't have a choice. Now to his new job. Charlie is given his own lab and has been given permission to go on with research. The story also tells us that Charlie rarely sleeps but when he does it is in his lab where he makes more money because it is a regular salary.
Furthermore with my claim, Charlie realizes that he loves Miss Kinnian. “I don’t understand why I never noticed how beautiful Miss Kinnian is.”(Keyes,70) This evidence from the texts shows that Charlie is developing feelings for Miss Kinnian. Also the text says “I think from the beginning I had the feeling that she was an unreachable genius-and very very old. Now every time I see her she grows younger and more lovely.”(Keyes,71) This piece of text shows that he is really starting to love her and he thinks that she is beautiful and smart.
In the end the final result is clear that Charlie should have gotten the operation. The fact that Charlie is tired of being dumb, he gets a better paying job, and he learns to love are all things that help support my claim. At last the argument of whether Charlie should or shouldn’t have is concluded because of greater wins than