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    Daniel Keyes science fiction story “Flowers for Algernon” takes place in the hospital Charlie goes to take tests and the factory where he works. He thinks that he has “friends” (Joe and Frank) at work, but they are really not his friends because they make fun of him because he is not smart. So Charlie wants to be used for an experiment to get smart. And when he gets the operation he starts to get smarter slowly. And when he gets smarter Joe and Frank leave him alone. The saddest day came,…

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    Antoine Robidoux: Genius

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    Antoine Robidoux was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to a family of French-Canadian descent. In 1822, he was one of the first St. Louis traders to embark on the newly opened Santa Fe Trail. In 1824–25, he took part in a fur-trading expedition from Fort Atkinson, near present-day Omaha, to the Green River in what is now northern Utah. Robidoux then took the fur trade to New Mexico. In 1828, he married into a prominent New Mexico family and settled in Taos, where he became known as the "first fur…

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    “Ishmael”? I don’t think everyone would know that that’s the name of the main character in the story Moby Dick, do you? Well, the main Character in “Don’t Call Me ISHMAEL” has that exact name. The Author (Michael Gerard Bauer) uses humorous and light-hearted language to inform readers about bullying which is a very serious topic. Not all, but many teenagers can relate to this book's target (to understand the consequences of bullying). And that it’s a horrific thing to do to others and that there…

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    happy is to be smart. Charlie wants to fit in with everyone, he wants to be normal. Charlie doesn’t understand that he doesn’t need to be smart to be happy, he just wants to be accepted. He ends up getting an operation that will make him smarter. Daniel Keyes shows that although Charlie had gotten smarter after the operation, he lost his uniqueness and didn’t have the impact he thought he would have on people because of his drastic change.…

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    Charlie Gordon from Daniel Keyes, Flowers For Algernon, is a smart, know it all who has little to no patience, but he was not always like that. Keyes creates Charlie Gordon as a mentally disabled 32 year old who thinks his whole life that if he was smarter he could have more friends but as he gets smarter he gets lonelier and has less friends. He struggles to find friends love and a reason Algernon has loss intelligence. In addition, to that he has fear that the same thing will happen to him. In…

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    Drake G. Smith Putman Hours 3 and 5 15 November 2016 FFA Argument Paper Ethics are what is morally right, they are ideas well cemented in what is right. "Flowers for Algernon" is a story about a man named Charlie Gordon who possesses mental disabilities and a low IQ of 68. He attempts to improve his mind and its capabilities by undergoing a procedure which would increase his intelligence. Charlie Gordon's doctors failed to act ethically when they performed the surgery upon him. Charlie…

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    fit in and become happier. So, when Drs. Nemur and Strauss asked him if he was willing to have this surgery that will triple his IQ of 68, of course he agreed. However, now, one can argue if this surgery is lawful or not. In Flowers For Algernon, by Daniel Keyes, the doctors made a bad choice by choosing Charlie Gordon for the intelligence-altering surgery because they didn't follow the rules of The Belmont Report, they didn't…

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    decision for oneself and acting upon it, despite overwhelming obstacles is an important quality when defining humanity. This quality allows humans to share how they feel and take a stand on certain situations. In the story “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes, a mentally stunted individual named Charlie proves his humanity when he makes his own decision and acts on it, even with overwhelming peer pressure. As Charlie is eating his dinner in a local restaurant one day, he notices a young…

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    Transitioning into adulthood isn’t easy, especially when physically you are thirty seven, but mentally you are barely a teenager. In the short story Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, a man named Charlie Gordon has a mental disability that makes him have a younger mental age than his actual age of 37. He then gets an operation to make him smarter also to increase his mental age. The doctors put him through tests with a mouse who had the same operation done, named Algernon, whom he has a deep…

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    misfortune at every turn and in the process they must contend with questions of their own faith, morality, and existence. Robinson Crusoe, being the earlier book, bears a great influence on The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym(TNAGP). Many aspects of Daniel Defoe’s writing style permeate into TNAGP, for example, a portion of the book serves as a journal to catalog the activities of the main character’s everyday life is in both Robinson Crusoe and TNAGP. I find that the most intriguing part of the…

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