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    I intend to write an essay based on the novel Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. I hope to allude to the ‘Mistreatment of the intellectually disabled' through the eyes of the main character Charlie Gordon, and how this comments on particular aspects of society. XXXXXXX(more) In the novel ‘Flowers for Algernon’ written by Daniel Keyes the event of the new ‘Dishwasher Boy’ was used to show the theme of the “Mistreatment of the intellectually disabled” to comment on an aspect of society. Through the first person diary format of Charlie Gordon we get front seat to an event that was able to express the ‘mistreatment’. This is what makes ‘Flowers for Algernon’ so powerful because it has the reality of society and the world we live in. Thus,…

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    If someone asked you to have surgery that would triple your I.Q. in just a matter of weeks, would you take it? Should Charlie Gordon have had the surgery? In the science fiction story “Flowers for Algernon” By Daniel Keyes, A man named Charlie Gordon wants to be smart and feel normal like everyone else, he takes an opportunity to have A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) surgery which would triple his I.Q. of 68. It was a good idea that Charlie had the surgery because he got to finally experience…

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    ‘Flowers for Algernon,' written in 1958 by Daniel Keyes, is a short science fiction story about a mentally disabled protagonist called Charlie Gordon. Charlie, who is a 37-year-old man, due to his eagerness to learn, receives the opportunity to increase his intelligence through an experimental surgery. Following the experimental process, Daniel Keyes uses the techniques of the juxtaposition of events such as the thematic apperception test, as well as changes his writing style’s literacy skills…

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    “All my life I wanted to be smart.” When Charlie Gordon was offered a chance to get smarter, he took it—without realizing that there were any dangers or side effects of that operation. In the fictional story Flowers for Algernon, Daniel Keyes creates the theme that if one tampers with natural humanity, especially for petty approval, consequences will occur. Algernon demonstrates the theme, showing how his change affected others in the story. Unnatural changes don’t always forge positive impacts.…

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    In Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes, Charlie Gordon a mentally disabled 39-year-old man wanted to become intelligent. He was motivated in his night class to do better than everyone else to become smarter and to get picked for a surgery. After the doctors saw his motivation to be smarter, the doctors finally picked Charlie to go through an operation to become intelligent. Before Charlie’s operation, Charlie couldn’t even spell, or have any good grammar. The most important thing Charlie…

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    This Story is called “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes. Charlie Gordon shouldn’t have the operation. Some people are treated differently not only for how they look but, because they aren’t smart. He thinks at the beginning of the story that because he thinks he failed a test that as he said “I had a test today. I think I failed it. Maybe they aren’t going to use me.”(Keyes,54) So Charlie is going to have an operation to make him become smarter. Here are three reasons why I think that…

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    Being able to make a 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…

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    them. In the book Flowers for Algernon, Charlie wants to be happy and the only way he thinks he can be 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…

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    “Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.” - Ernest Hemingway. In the book, “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes, Charlie Gordon, the protagonist, has low mental ability. This story takes place in the 1960s, and during this time period, people used different ways to measure intelligence. Charlie faces the decision to artificially increase his intelligence by having a surgery performed on him. Intelligence is not worth it when your happiness is at risk. Charlie Gordon should…

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    Flowers for Algernon What would you go through to gain more intelligence? In the story “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes, Charlie Gordon was a man who had a mental disability. All he wanted was to be smart, so he had an operation done that would triple his IQ. It made him very smart but then it wore off so he became mentally challenged again. Charlie Gordon should have never done the surgery because he got so smart it affected him socially to where he couldn't talk to people and after the…

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