Have you ever been in the position where you have to make a decision to have an operation or not? Well, it's a big decision. In the science fiction story “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keys, Charlie Gordon a 37 year old man who has a mental disability, and a very low I.Q. of 68. Charlie took this great opportunity and had the Artificial Intelligence (A.I) surgery his I.Q. would be tripped to an I.Q of 204 . Charlie Gordon made the right decision to take the opportunity in the A.I. surgery, he was able to develop true and meaningful friendships, improved and became a better reader and writer, he also got to experience emotions.
Charlie was able to develop true and meaningful friendships. Frank Reily stood up for charlie at the factory. After realizing how he treated him before the surgery was wrong. “Later frank came over and said Charlie if anybody bothers you or tries to take advantages of you call me or Joe and we will set em straight” (Keys 243). This clearly show Joe and Frank are sticking up for him and being true friends. Joe and Frank use to bully Charlie. Now you see that Joe and Frank are changing how they are treating Charlie. …show more content…
Earlier in the story Charlie had some grammar mistakes like he never used commas, periods, question marks, exclamation points. He also didnt spell that well for example, the word happens he spelled it “happins”. But Charlie than became smarter than everyone! Ms. Kinnian told him “It’s true Charlie . You’re a better reader than I am. You can read a whole page at a glance while I can take in only a few lines at a time” (Keys 233). Anything that Charlie read he understood everything that he just read. Not only did he understand it he could tell you everything he just read and what happened in the story. All Charlie wants is to learn and everyday he’s getting smarter and
Charlie was able to develop true and meaningful friendships. Frank Reily stood up for charlie at the factory. After realizing how he treated him before the surgery was wrong. “Later frank came over and said Charlie if anybody bothers you or tries to take advantages of you call me or Joe and we will set em straight” (Keys 243). This clearly show Joe and Frank are sticking up for him and being true friends. Joe and Frank use to bully Charlie. Now you see that Joe and Frank are changing how they are treating Charlie. …show more content…
Earlier in the story Charlie had some grammar mistakes like he never used commas, periods, question marks, exclamation points. He also didnt spell that well for example, the word happens he spelled it “happins”. But Charlie than became smarter than everyone! Ms. Kinnian told him “It’s true Charlie . You’re a better reader than I am. You can read a whole page at a glance while I can take in only a few lines at a time” (Keys 233). Anything that Charlie read he understood everything that he just read. Not only did he understand it he could tell you everything he just read and what happened in the story. All Charlie wants is to learn and everyday he’s getting smarter and