Daniel Parke Custis

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    The Bronze Bow, a book written by Elizabeth George Speare, tells of Daniel’s struggle between revenge and forgiveness. Daniel despises all Romans because of his father’s crucifixion, which also lead to his mother’s death. Daniel’s sister, Leah, was traumatized after witnessing her father’s crucifixion. Daniel thinks she won’t leave her home because of demons. Daniel, seeing an old friend named Joel and his sister, Malthace or “Thacia”, talks to them about Leah and Daniel’s grandmother. Due to…

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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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    Name: Cohen Hill Hours: 4 & 6 Mrs. Trimble Flowers for Algernon Ethics Ethics consists of right and wrong, telling humans what should be done, by ones own standards. It does not include feelings, beliefs, law, or what society accepts. In Flowers for Algernon, Charlie Gordon, age 37, has mental disabilities and seeks help from doctors that could make him smarter. The surgery made him smarter, but soon figuring out, from Algernon the mouse who also had the surgery, that the test is not…

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    The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Transmuted America is a 2003 non-fiction book by Erik Larson. Mr. Larson relishes to embroider the past. So he relentlessly fuses history and regalement to give this nonfiction book the dramatic effect of a novel, consummate with abundant cross-cutting and foreshadowing. Mundanely these might be alarming tactics, but in the case of this material they do the artifice. Mr. Larson has indicted a dynamic, enveloping book filled…

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    Intelligence versus Happiness The ability to apply and acquire knowledge and skills versus a feeling of pleasure or showing contentment. Charlie Gordon is a 32- year- old science fiction character by Daniel Keyes in his novel Flowers for Algernon. Charlie was born with a brain disability where he can’t comprehend things. He had lots of life troubles when he was a kid. When he grew up and became an adult, his dream was to become “smart”. So, he volunteered to be a…

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    into four different parts. The last part takes the reader into two perspectives. One perspective is of Daniel Burnham who was the architect that built the 1893 Chicago’s World Fair. The book describes of the obstacles that Daniel and his partner John Root had to overcome. These obstacles include the two of them having to figure out an attraction more spectacular than the Eiffel Tower. Also, Daniel was left building the fair by himself when his partner John Root died. The other perspective is of…

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    Flowers for Algernon Argumentative Essay In the fictional text “Flowers for Algernon”, written by Daniel Keyes, Charlie Gordon should not have had the brain operation. The surgery failed with consequences of which the doctors were faintly aware. After Charlie recovered, he understood how people thought of him; they treated him differently than ordinary individuals. He was a human experiment and was fully conscious of the failure. Charlie Gordon was satisfied with the results until he noticed…

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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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    The story, "Flowers for Algernon, is about a boy named Charlie Gordon, who is thirty-seven years old and has a mental disability. He had gotten a surgery, which helped him become smarter, and the surgery turned out to be a success. But he also found out that the surgery was temporary. Charlie Gordon was better off before the surgery. Charlie was more gleeful at the beginning of "Flowers for Algernon." He had friends at the beginning of the story, Frank Reilly, and Joe Carp. Charlie had…

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    George Orwell’s dystopian novel, “1984” has proven time after time to be a valuable-satirical novel that pushes readers to really think about how the government runs and how it affects them. For many reasons this novel should not be banned from high school curriculum and classrooms. Although it has been challenged and banned because of its immorality, obscenity, and anti-communist views, “1984’s” educational value overshadows all these issues. It should not be banned, because it shows us the…

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