Flowers For Algernon Analysis

In this final write-up for Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, discuss the importance of Charlie’s change and how it came full circle in the end. Is Charlie the same as he was in the beginning or will there be changes in himself that he will not recognize? Was it worth it?
Charlie Gordon is a 32 years old and has the mind of a four year old. He works at a local bakery. He has worked there for 17 years. Charlie has been selected to be part of a science experiment and this is where the real change happens. The head of the science experiment is Prof. Nemur and Burt. They are going to try to get his IQ higher. He is starting to change through the operation that has happened but it happens over a short time period. He is getting smarter and …show more content…
A mouse named Algernon is the animal that has lasted the longest. As his Charlie's IQ raises he becomes smarter than the scientists themselves he went to a convention and he realized the scientist didn't know much at all. The scientists were very smart and highly respected, since his IQ was higher than theirs they seemed to know nothing, he caught flaws in their experiments. He is frustrated with the people at the conference, right before Algernon and Charlie were supposed to be exhibited Charlie took Algernon out of his cage throwing the whole conference into chaos. As everyone is looking for Algernon Charlie picks him up and gets on a PPflight home. They live together, Algernon becomes not smart and is unable to go through the and their mind is deteriorating. Charlie did some experiments and now his mind is also deteriorating. Now He is going to end up like Algernon he is going to die and not have any intelligence leading up to his death. It came full circle when he was not intelligent at a young age and then when they did the operation he started to become smart, as he got older and was the smartest person in the …show more content…
Principle B standard was met because they trusted the people that were working along side them. Trusting that they would do the surgery correctly. They also got no personal advantages other than their name was going to be published. Principle C, integrity was met because they did tell Charlie what the effects could be, the good and the bad. They did not engage in any fraud, misrepresentation, or cheat. The lab and the head of the experiment did have good judgment and treated Charllie the same as any other race, gender, religion, or age, as said in Principle D. Principle F wasn't completely followed, they set Charlie up for humiliation while in the learning stage, all in the benefit of later being socially accepted. They did not tell the general public about the experiment but some of the public knew before the Psychological Convention when he left and made the paper. They did do everything that they could to increase human welfare and make Charlie socially accepted. While some parts of the standards were broken, most all of them were withheld by the lab. The surgery was ethically okay because they don't break more than a few parts of the ethic code, but morally it is not okay to change such a big part of the human body. People should feel that they are socially accepted. The society does this to people, making them feel