Flowers For Algernon Analysis
“Im gonna try to be smart. Im gonna try awful hard.” In the short story Flowers for Algernon, Charlie Gordon is a 37 year old man with an extremely low I.Q. Throughout the story the author, Daniel Keyes, takes us on a roller coaster of emotions, which are constantly changing. One thing that doesn't change in the story was Charlie’s great want and need for acceptance. The author reveals the theme of the need for acceptance in the story Flowers for Algernon. It is human nature to want to fit in, and Keyes demonstrated this through Charlie’s words and thoughts. In a situation where one feels out of place, all they would want to do is fit in. When he was given the opportunity to get a surgery to make him smarter, he was very interested and he
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Empathy is the capacity to understand that someone else’s pain is just as meaningful as your own. One can observe this from the way that Charlie had great motivation to become smart and try his best. He went to night school and really wanted the surgery to become smarter. Charlie also told the doctors how hard he would try, and they could definitely see that through his efforts to pass each test that they gave him. On page 515, Charlie said “I said please let me try agen. Ill get it in a few minits becaus Im not so fast somtimes.” This passage revealed Charlie’s great motivation to be normal and try hard. Overall, his motivation throughout the story really made the reader feel a close connection to him because he wanted to do well and to fit in so badly. In conclusion, “Flowers for Algernon” taught one a strong message about fitting in through many situations with the main character, Charlie Gordon. Throughout this short story, Charlie went from being dumb to smart, and it really helped him to see the world better, and to know that he wasn’t ever going to be normal. With help from friends, doctors, and teachers, he was able to reach a genius level, but he just felt more alone. Overall, Charlie just wanted to fit in, but he soon realized that that wasn’t the path for
Empathy is the capacity to understand that someone else’s pain is just as meaningful as your own. One can observe this from the way that Charlie had great motivation to become smart and try his best. He went to night school and really wanted the surgery to become smarter. Charlie also told the doctors how hard he would try, and they could definitely see that through his efforts to pass each test that they gave him. On page 515, Charlie said “I said please let me try agen. Ill get it in a few minits becaus Im not so fast somtimes.” This passage revealed Charlie’s great motivation to be normal and try hard. Overall, his motivation throughout the story really made the reader feel a close connection to him because he wanted to do well and to fit in so badly. In conclusion, “Flowers for Algernon” taught one a strong message about fitting in through many situations with the main character, Charlie Gordon. Throughout this short story, Charlie went from being dumb to smart, and it really helped him to see the world better, and to know that he wasn’t ever going to be normal. With help from friends, doctors, and teachers, he was able to reach a genius level, but he just felt more alone. Overall, Charlie just wanted to fit in, but he soon realized that that wasn’t the path for