Charlie Gordon In Daniel Keyes 'Flowers For Algernon'

If you saw a person bullying a mentally challenged person should he/she be charged with harassment? If so should it be as severe as if she/he was harassing a regular person? Charlie Gordon was a victim of this and after his life changing Artificial Intelligence surgery to increase his I.Q he witnessed the same thing happening to other people. In the science fiction story “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes, the protagonist has the A.I operation to triple his I.Q from 68 to 204. Charlie deserved the chance the experience feeling intelligent. During the short time while he was smart he contributed to science, he experienced new emotions, and he finally understood what was happening and what people were doing to him. When your I.Q is much higher than anyone else alive or even dead you can do so much good things even if it's temporary. Charlie discovered the fact that the operation was a complete failure and that he was going to regress until his I.Q was as low as it was before the A.I …show more content…
However Charlie was grateful for the chance to be intelligent and feel new emotions even he lost the ability to feel them, he was still happy for the chance to know what he was missing for his life. In fact even though Charlie was happy being bullied as long as he had friends it's never good to let someone bully you, even if you’re ignorant to it, it’s still a problem. Many people who harass mentally challenged people get away with because the victim is to oblivious to notice the fact that they're being bullied. Charlie was able to contribute to science, experience new emotions, and finally understood what people did to him. Flowers for Algernon was a story that pointed out what mentally challenged people went through. Now that the problem has been pointed out, we have a chance to protect the mentally challenged and punish the