Charlie Gordon In Flowers For Algernon By Daniel Keyes

If you could have surgery to help accomplish obstacles in life and all your life dreams, would you? In the science fiction story “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes. A 37 year old man named Charlie Gordon has always had a large obstacle in his life which is a mental disability. Having mental disability makes him not as smart and he has a very low I.Q of 68. So, he goes to get an A.I surgery to make Charlie triple his I.Q in size. So then he can get smarter and have more friends. And that's all Charlie has ever wanted is to become accepted. And this surgery does that for him. It was right for Charlie Gordon to get his A.I surgery to become smart. Charlie can develop an imagination, a better job that pays better, and make advancements in science. Well first of all Charlie can develop an imagination. Before his A.I surgery he was very blank and he never really had an imagination. “I have often reread my progress reports, the childish naivete, the mind of a low of intelligence peering from a dark room, through a keyhole, at a dazzling light outside.” (Keyes 237). This gives Charlie a brand new way to think and explore his mind. That is one reason it was better off with his A.I surgery.
Secondly, Charlie is able to get more money because he can find new ways to work. Before Charlie’s A.I increased he worked the same way every day, …show more content…
Once Charlie had his A.I surgery he rapidly increased in his intelligence to the point where he made his own theory the “ Algernon-Gordon Effect” “ Under separate cover I am sending you a copy of my report entitled “ The Algernon-Gordon Effect: A study of structure and function of Increase Intelligence, which I would like you to read and have published.” (Keyes 239). Charlie could help solve mysteries of this intelligence and other scientific theories scientists could not find out. That is why Charlie can be more useful and excepted, after his A.I