Ernest Gordon was a stalwart young man who fought and belonged to the Scottish regiment of the Allied POW during World War II. Soon‚ however‚ he was captured by the Japanese military and got sent to the Chong-Kai Prison Camp in Myanmar. At the prison camp‚ Gordon was forced to labor to build a railroad through the Burmese jungle. Gordon experienced the most extreme pain that humans can ever endure. The situation was getting
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Have you ever thought of what it would be like to be the smartest person in the world or to just simply be smarter than you already are. This is what the mentally challenged man Charlie Gordon from the science fiction book “Flowers for Algernon” written by Daniel Keyes had always wanted. So one day Charlie had decided to volunteer have an experimental A.I. Surgery to increase his Intelligence and to allow him to be like everyone else. Charlie Gordon’s life was increased by a substantial amount for
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lower their prices‚ and he also ran smaller companies out of business and then took them over for his own. After he took over most of the smaller businesses‚ he raised his own prices back up in order to bring in a bigger profit. Rockefeller’s robber baron side was reflected by this action because‚ he went behind people’s backs and turned the other way when it came to business partners. Rockefeller bought out his partner in an auction for a total of $72‚500 in February 1865. He also
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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
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commingling of the races is the figure of Dirk Peters‚ an embodiment of Cooper’s idea of equality: a combination of a white father and an Indian mother. Peters is one of the more splendid characters in Edgar Allen Poe’s novel The Narrative Of Arthur Gordon Pym‚ which places him on the completely opposite side of the spectrum as almost every other character in the novel. Dirk Peters becomes the ameliorative representation of race in Poe’s novel‚ a blend between the dark and light skin. He indicates a
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in the 6th grade academic team. Originally it was supposed to me and two other kids on the academic team but that day turned out very differently. It was 7:00 in the Lake Placid Middle School parking lot on a Saturday in May. I was hanging out than my Friend Jacob Sueppel and a few other kids and adults. We were waiting for the two other 6th grade members to come. It has been about 15 minutes and they still haven’t arrived. A few minutes later and Ms.Vipers got a call saying the other 6th grade academic
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Land‚ resources‚ and cheap labor were plentiful. During the latter part of the nineteenth century‚ industries began to bloom across the United States. Robber barons saw opportunities for mobilizing large capital and for building large businesses. The so-called "robber barons" grabbed those opportunities. Two men who have been called robber barons were Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller. Both started with very little in life‚ but went on to achieve fortunes. These tycoons built industry empires
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shaped their identity. Mary Gordon puts these sentiments to paper in her writing’ More Than Just a Shrine: Paying Homage to the Ghosts of Ellis Island’‚ an essay reflecting on her ’search for self’ through exploration of her ancestors’ immigration to the US. She tells us‚ for example‚ "The minute I set foot upon the island I could feel all that it stood for: insecurity‚ obedience‚ anxiety‚ dehumanization‚ the terrified and careful deference of the displaced" (Gordon 409). Gordon’s ability to come
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If you had the opportunity to have a surgery to increase your I.Q‚ would you? Charlie Gordon is a 37 year old man with an I.Q of 68. Charlie Gordon is the main character of a science fiction story titled “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keys. Charlie was given the opportunity to increase his I.Q from 68 to 204. Charlie Gordon should have had the A.I surgery. Charlie was able to develop new complex emotions‚ recall memories‚ and establish more adult like relationships. After the A.I surgery‚ Charlie
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would they want to do with that information? Devices these days like smartphones have become super computers at the palm of your hands‚ which can do so many tasks as taking pictures‚ making calls‚ text‚ surf the Web and track one’s personal life. George Orwell’s famous novel 1984 comes to mind. Technology in present day society parallels close to that of Orwell’s vision in 1984. By comparison the telescreens to those of
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