Flowers For Algernon And A Tale Of Two Cities
Meaning Flowers for Algernon, a short story written by Daniel Keyes follows a man by the name of Charlie Gordon a his journey to become a more intelligent man. The most profound themes in this text relates to Charlie and his developing intellect. The one I found the most important would be, intelligence does not necessarily equate to a joyful existence. During the story all of Charlies efforts were put towards becoming smart, however, when he finally got what he wanted, he realized all the cruel hardships that are apart of life. This leads me to believe that the message of the text is that intelligence may be a noose but ignorance is an accident waiting to happen. In other words being smart may be a loaded gun but you are holding all the answers
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Arguably Dickens best written character, Sydney is the tragic protagonist in A Tale of Two Cities. The jackal, the brilliant mind, Carton was born lucky. He had the looks and the brains. So smart he was able to make the dumbest man in London look a genius lawyer. Sydney was the big picture thinker who should have had the world at his feet….but, he did not. He lived a miserable life due to his intellect. Orphaned at a young age Carton would do his peers homework, as he grew nothing had really changed, he just ended up doing stryver’s work instead. Carton had always lives others’ lives for them, but why? Dickens has never given a reason.Carton hated himself, even though he seemed to intelligent to wallow in his own self pity, but that never stopped him before Sydney is unhappy because he believes he should be unhappy. He sentenced himself to life full of melancholy. “ I am a disappointed drudge, sir. I care for no man on earth and no man cares for me.” Carton had always thought about the big picture ,asking the complicated questions. The meaning of existence and his importance in life. However his intelligence was his downfall.He felt his life had not meaning because of his immense knowledge. He fully comprehended how little his life mattered in the grand scheme of existence and turned to alcohol to ease his sorrow. His tale ends with his death where he comes to terms with his life and protects the hearts of those he loved and cared about. He was an admirable character, whose intelligence was a
Arguably Dickens best written character, Sydney is the tragic protagonist in A Tale of Two Cities. The jackal, the brilliant mind, Carton was born lucky. He had the looks and the brains. So smart he was able to make the dumbest man in London look a genius lawyer. Sydney was the big picture thinker who should have had the world at his feet….but, he did not. He lived a miserable life due to his intellect. Orphaned at a young age Carton would do his peers homework, as he grew nothing had really changed, he just ended up doing stryver’s work instead. Carton had always lives others’ lives for them, but why? Dickens has never given a reason.Carton hated himself, even though he seemed to intelligent to wallow in his own self pity, but that never stopped him before Sydney is unhappy because he believes he should be unhappy. He sentenced himself to life full of melancholy. “ I am a disappointed drudge, sir. I care for no man on earth and no man cares for me.” Carton had always thought about the big picture ,asking the complicated questions. The meaning of existence and his importance in life. However his intelligence was his downfall.He felt his life had not meaning because of his immense knowledge. He fully comprehended how little his life mattered in the grand scheme of existence and turned to alcohol to ease his sorrow. His tale ends with his death where he comes to terms with his life and protects the hearts of those he loved and cared about. He was an admirable character, whose intelligence was a