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Surgery In Flowers For Algernon By Daniel Keyes
Would you ever have a surgery that gives you artificial intelligence like in the book “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes? In the Science Fiction book “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes the main character Charlie had an I.Q of 68. Charlie got artificial intelligence and it made his I.Q increased to 204. It was an awful idea for Charlie to have the A.I surgery. The surgery made Charlie I.Q decrees to 68.
After the operation, Charlie began to go through a regression. Before the operation he was smarter than he is now that he regrets. “I did a dumb thing today I for got I wasnt in Miss Kinnians class at the adult centen any more like I use to be”(Keyes 243). His regression was so awful that his I.Q decrees to 68. So it was an awful idea
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