Charlie Gordon: Setbacks And Characters, Setbacks And Challenges

“Common sense would suggest that having ability, like being smart, inspires confidence. It does, but only while the going is easy. The deciding factor in life is how you handle setbacks and challenges. People with a growth mindset 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 topics which
He is always happy, never understanding when someone was teasing or mocking him. All Charlie wants to do is fit in with everyone else so he can get to know more people. During this process and after, he is able to face his setback and realize that he needs to accept it which helps him move on and become more intelligent. Having been part of this experiment was good for him because he was able to grasp emotions that he was not aware of before and he understands what it is like to be super intelligent. Some might believe that he should not have had the experiment because he was worse after it was over, but Charlie was only better after the test.
Charlie Gorgon was able to grasp emotions that he was never aware of before the experiment. Before the tests, Charlie Gordon always thought that when his friends laughed at him, they were just acting like his friends. He wasn’t aware that they were actually making fun of him. After the experiment was over he realized who his real friends were and that if anyone laughed at him in the way that his old friends did, then they were not his real friends. He realizes who his real friends were, “I didnt expect Joe to take my part so I guess hes really my friend [sic]” (Keyes
Before the experiment made Charlie smart, he always tried his hardest to become more intelligent. He was extremely excited to take part in the tests, but this changed after the experiment was over, “I dont want to do nothing like that agen [sic] ” (Keyes 27). He first craves to be smart by doing the experiment, but after it is over he realizes that he never wants be take part in something like that again. If he had never been part of the experiment in the first place, then he would keep wondering what it would be like if he was part of it. Charlie would not have been able to move on from it. He would regret his choice of not being part of the experiment and just trying to be smart. Charlie Gordon desperately wanted to fit in with everyone so that he could make more friends. After he knows that he would never do something like that again. He learns an important lesson, knowing he should not try to change himself with any experiments. This an crucial lesson which makes the whole experiment worth it for Charlie. He also says that he wants to move to New York. He wants to start a new better life for himself, with real