Charlie Gordon In Daniel Keyes's ¨flowers For Algernon

Imagine sitting in a chair awake. Your head is numb and there is a tool up your head moving your brain around. You are just sitting there hoping to get smart. Hoping the surgery will work. In the story ¨Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes, there is a man that is 37 years old. His name is Charlie Gordon. Charlie has a mental disability that make it hard for him to learn and understand things. All Charlie wants to do is become smart. He thinks that if he is smart then he will be a normal person. So Charlie decides that he is going to have a artificial intelligence surgery, he will be the first person to have the surgery performed on. Charlie Gordon was better off having the surgery because he didn't regret having the surgery, Charlie discovered ¨The Algernon Gordon Effect” , and the scientists learned more about the surgery. Charlie was definitely better off …show more content…
¨I am grateful for the little bit that I here add to the knowledge of the function of the human mind and laws of governing the artificial increase of human intelligence.¨ ( Keyes 239 ) . This mean that Charlie did not regret having the surgery. In fact he said that he was grateful for having the surgery. That is one reason that clearly proves why Charlie Gordon was better off with the surgery. Since Charlie had had the surgery he was able to discover ¨The Algernon Gordon Effect¨. ¨under separate cover I am sending you a copy of my report - The Algernon Gordon Effect: a study of structure and fiction of increased intelligence.¨ ( Keyes 239 ) . This quote states that Charlie found the ¨The Algernon Gordon Effect¨. In fact it is also clear that if Charlie wouldn't have had the surgery then they would have not found out ¨The Algernon Gordon Effect¨. They wouldn't have known about it because at one point Charlie was smarter than the doctors. So Charle was clearly better off having the