The Importance Of Life Events In Flowers For Algernon By Daniel Keyes

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In life we need to look at the good in our lives as Charlie did before his operation. After the operation he was not as happy because he couldn’t focus on anything good happening to him. The importance of life events regard to shaping who we do or do not become can be supported through “Flowers for Algernon,” “Tell-Tell Heart,” and “Charles.” In the story “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes regards to the importance of life events to shape who one does or does not become through the choices one makes, the importance of life, and the success of yourself. The choices you make in life shape who or who we won't become because if one makes the right choices when one is young one might grow up to be successful in life. Also if one makes …show more content…
The obstacles one may fac in life shape one for what he or she will or will not become because one deals with everything life throws at him or her. Some might think different of of one and the individual has to deal with that. An individual has to think about what might happen in one’s life to make it better through all the bad. Life events one might have to go through dealing with the good events happening to him or her and responsibility. The good events in one’s life help shape his or her life when the individual gets good attention or something good happens to one. Having responsibility in a young life will help he or she when they get older to get a good job or go farther in one’s life.the actions in he or she’s life help with whom one does or does not become through the choices one makes and thinking before ones does. Choices one makes in the young life will make he or she go somewhere or mess up the individual’s whole when they get to be older. When one thinks before he or she does one might be liked a little more than others or one may be more successful than another. The story “Charles” by Shirley Jackson helps the importance of life to shape who one will or will not become through obstacles we face in life, events in life, and the actions we

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