What Mentally Challenged People Feel And Realize
Is it really worth the shame of making fun of someone who is mentally challenged? No, yeah some of us might have done it but it doesn't mean it's right.In “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes Charlie Gordon is a 37 year old man who has been mentally challenged ever since he had an operation which was supposed to make him more intelligent, but it only worked for a little while.He realized during the operation that many people that he thought were nice weren’t actually nice and that people made fun of him.After this operation he realized that it might not have been the best idea, but he would definitely do it again to expertise everything he gain like finding true love, being way …show more content…
Charlie loved going to work before the operation, because he loved working with what he so thought were his friends. He also liked going because he loved seeing and laughing with his “friends”, they weren’t really his friends and they would always make fun of him, then he never wanted to go to work at all. Joe and Frank also loved work but for a different, reason they liked to make fun of charlie, they push him around and make him do stupid stuff so he would embarrass himself in front of everyone. Joe and Frank also used to always say “ pulling a Charlie Gordon” which means when you make a stupid mistake. Now that Charlie realizes that he got made fun of, he starts taking himself out of society and doesn’t want to be by …show more content…
The movie Radio resembles Flowers for Algernon because both Charlie and Radio had the same mental capability. Radio was shunned from society, and society really didn’t care. Radio was verbally abused and teased by some of the football players for a while, but at the end they ended but liking Radio and also wanted to help and be around Radio. Although Charlie wasn’t shunned from society, he still was verbally abused too. Charlie’s friends at the bakery used to always verbally abused him , but never really actually shunned him from society.They used to invite him to parties just to make of him in front of everyone.For example the one party they made him drink, and made him dance with one of the girls.Another example there was the other party and they told him to show the girl his brooming skills while he was drunk and he fell and everything. They always still talked to charlie even if it wasn’t such a good thing he still had people talking to him that he called his friends.
In conclusion, Charlie Gordon is a mentally challenged man who didn’t notice how poorly treated mentally challenged people really are until his operation, once he realized then he wanted to help everyone who was mentally challenged. Daniel Keys helped one see this by making the story line Flowers for Algernon. Now, maybe that we all can see how poorly treated the mentally
Is it really worth the shame of making fun of someone who is mentally challenged? No, yeah some of us might have done it but it doesn't mean it's right.In “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes Charlie Gordon is a 37 year old man who has been mentally challenged ever since he had an operation which was supposed to make him more intelligent, but it only worked for a little while.He realized during the operation that many people that he thought were nice weren’t actually nice and that people made fun of him.After this operation he realized that it might not have been the best idea, but he would definitely do it again to expertise everything he gain like finding true love, being way …show more content…
Charlie loved going to work before the operation, because he loved working with what he so thought were his friends. He also liked going because he loved seeing and laughing with his “friends”, they weren’t really his friends and they would always make fun of him, then he never wanted to go to work at all. Joe and Frank also loved work but for a different, reason they liked to make fun of charlie, they push him around and make him do stupid stuff so he would embarrass himself in front of everyone. Joe and Frank also used to always say “ pulling a Charlie Gordon” which means when you make a stupid mistake. Now that Charlie realizes that he got made fun of, he starts taking himself out of society and doesn’t want to be by …show more content…
The movie Radio resembles Flowers for Algernon because both Charlie and Radio had the same mental capability. Radio was shunned from society, and society really didn’t care. Radio was verbally abused and teased by some of the football players for a while, but at the end they ended but liking Radio and also wanted to help and be around Radio. Although Charlie wasn’t shunned from society, he still was verbally abused too. Charlie’s friends at the bakery used to always verbally abused him , but never really actually shunned him from society.They used to invite him to parties just to make of him in front of everyone.For example the one party they made him drink, and made him dance with one of the girls.Another example there was the other party and they told him to show the girl his brooming skills while he was drunk and he fell and everything. They always still talked to charlie even if it wasn’t such a good thing he still had people talking to him that he called his friends.
In conclusion, Charlie Gordon is a mentally challenged man who didn’t notice how poorly treated mentally challenged people really are until his operation, once he realized then he wanted to help everyone who was mentally challenged. Daniel Keys helped one see this by making the story line Flowers for Algernon. Now, maybe that we all can see how poorly treated the mentally