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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…

the biblical passages tend to relate to matters based on religious views or secular views. The three passages, Exodus, Daniel 6, and Job depict the relevance of the Bible today through the religious and secular views uncovered. Some passages have shaped tradition and have been used as an influential force in American history and culture. While, other passages…

“The Devil and Tom Walker” and “The Devil and Daniel Webster” are both brilliant literary works that present the danger of greed and the misuse of wealth. Through the main characters’ follies and rash decisions, it sets up the story to give the readers an idea on how quickly wealth can become bad. Both short stories include the Devil and views of wealth; however, there are numerous differences within the text. Alongside the differences, there are also many similarities. Throughout the story many…

Daniel Kish understands blindness in a literal sense by using echolocation, similar to what some marine animals use to gain a sense of their surroundings. From a sociological standpoint, Kish understands blindness as a form of psychology that is later changed into a tangible reality. The most common misconception of blind people is that their abilities and daily activities are limited because of their lack of eyesight. Kish quickly proves this misconception wrong by describing how personal…

We are reviewing the article by Daniel Dennett. The main topic is about Intentional system, it is a system whose behavior can be predicted by relying on it beliefs and desires, this is part of theory of mental content proposed by Dennett, which become the fundamental of his later work on free will, consciousness and evolution. It does raise a significant philosophical issue such as the existence of mind and its consciousness which has been debated so long by many philosophers and logical…

In the short story Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes a character by the name of Charlie Gordon has an operation to increase his IQ. All the time, Charlie gets picked on by everyone, but doesn’t know it; he has a form of mental retardation that inhibits his ability to learn, spell and remember facts and information. Even though Charlie gets the operation, does it really help him out in the long run? Charlie was disliked for being absent minded before the operation and being a bit dull, but…

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…

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…

Chicago in 1893: Bright City, Dark Menace In the historical novel “The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America,” author Erik Larson portrays Chicago as both the city of opportunity and simultaneously as a hotbed of crime and human exploitation (Larson). Chicago in the 1890’s was quite rough because jobs and murders have made the city a place of both danger and opportunity. Numerous murders have led to turmoil in the city. In addition, the changes that…

Edward Snowden and Daniel Ellsberg are two men that developed a need to exploit The United States government of secret and confidential information. Though Ellsberg and Snowden both leaked highly classified information to the public the actions and outcome of doing so was different between the two. Ones actions considered him to be a patriot and on the other hand a traitor. Daniel Ellsberg is known for leaking the pentagon papers in 1971; which “revealed that the government had ramped up the…