“The only source of knowledge is experience,” Albert Einstein once stated. Throughout the story Flowers for Algernon, Charlie Gordon desires to be intelligent. With an intelligence quotient of only sixty-eight, Charlie is used to being an outcast. In Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, the doctors made the right decision by choosing Charlie Gordon as the test subject for the intelligence-altering surgery because of how Charlie realized who is friends were, made scientific contributions, and accomplished his lifelong dream.
To begin with, Doctor Strauss and Doctor Nemur took the correct path when they chose to perform the surgery because Charlie realized who his real friends were after the operation was performed. “It’s a funny thing I never …show more content…
“After the operashun Im gonna try to be smart. Im gonna try awful hard” (Keyes 185). By the effort and hard work Charlie put into the process, one can instantly tell that Charlie was very motivated to becoming smart. “I told them becaus all my life I wantid to be smart and not dumb. But its very hard to be smart” (Keyes 184). Charlie’s lifelong dream was to be intelligent and fit in with society. From Charlie’s scientific discovery, it was revealed that Charlie might perhaps die since the lab mouse, Algernon, did. However, even if Charlie does die, he would have died achieving his dream. Although some may argue the operation was not worth the risk, Charlie did not have much of a bright and successful future with an intelligence quotient of sixty-eight in the first place. “If you ever reed this Miss Kinnian dont be sorry for me Im glad I got a second chanse to be smart becaus I lerned a lot of things that I never new were in this world and Im grateful that I saw it all for a littel bit” (Keyes 209). In other words, Charlie did not regret being a test subject and was even glad to have had the opportunity. In conclusion, if there really is a goal to accomplish, then it is best not to have any regrets. Just as Charlie’s goal was to become intelligent. Afterwards, when his goal was achieved he did not regret his choice to particate in the intelligence-altering
To begin with, Doctor Strauss and Doctor Nemur took the correct path when they chose to perform the surgery because Charlie realized who his real friends were after the operation was performed. “It’s a funny thing I never …show more content…
“After the operashun Im gonna try to be smart. Im gonna try awful hard” (Keyes 185). By the effort and hard work Charlie put into the process, one can instantly tell that Charlie was very motivated to becoming smart. “I told them becaus all my life I wantid to be smart and not dumb. But its very hard to be smart” (Keyes 184). Charlie’s lifelong dream was to be intelligent and fit in with society. From Charlie’s scientific discovery, it was revealed that Charlie might perhaps die since the lab mouse, Algernon, did. However, even if Charlie does die, he would have died achieving his dream. Although some may argue the operation was not worth the risk, Charlie did not have much of a bright and successful future with an intelligence quotient of sixty-eight in the first place. “If you ever reed this Miss Kinnian dont be sorry for me Im glad I got a second chanse to be smart becaus I lerned a lot of things that I never new were in this world and Im grateful that I saw it all for a littel bit” (Keyes 209). In other words, Charlie did not regret being a test subject and was even glad to have had the opportunity. In conclusion, if there really is a goal to accomplish, then it is best not to have any regrets. Just as Charlie’s goal was to become intelligent. Afterwards, when his goal was achieved he did not regret his choice to particate in the intelligence-altering