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Imagine sitting in a chair awake. Your head is numb and there is a tool up your head moving your brain around. You are just sitting there hoping to get smart. Hoping the surgery will work. In the story ¨Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes, there is a man that is 37 years old. His name is Charlie Gordon. Charlie has a mental disability that make it hard for him to learn and understand things. All Charlie wants to do is become smart. He thinks that if he is smart then he will be a normal…

If you could have surgery to help accomplish obstacles in life and all your life dreams, would you? In the science fiction story “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes. A 37 year old man named Charlie Gordon has always had a large obstacle in his life which is a mental disability. Having mental disability makes him not as smart and he has a very low I.Q of 68. So, he goes to get an A.I surgery to make Charlie triple his I.Q in size. So then he can get smarter and have more friends. And…

“Flowers for Algernon,” is a short story written by Daniel Keyes. The main character, Charlie Gordon is a 37-year old retarded man who has a scientific procedure that heightens his IQ by three times. Science succeeds. In spite of the outcome,this procedure soon determines his intelligence is only short-term,later Charlie will revert to his original state of knowledge. Science is now unsuccessful,both Dr. Strauss,the neurosurgeon and Dr. Nemur, the Psycho - experimentalist has used Charlie to…

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…

How would it feel to have a low IQ and not be very intelligent? The story “Flowers For Algernon”by Daniel Keyes, the main character Charlie Gordon is not very smart or intelligent. Charlie can get an operation that will make him smarter, and maybe he won't fail the inkblot test again if he gets the operation. Also the operation will help him with his grammar, spelling and punctuation and he won't be getting made fun of by his friends and he won’t sound like a little child writing he will…

Flowers for Algernon Essay In the short story “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes, the main character Charlie Gordon longs to be as knowledgeable as his peers. When Charlie is offered the opportunity to become three times more intelligent, he takes advantage of the offer and is the subject of an experimental procedure. Although the operation was only successful for a short period of time, Charlie’s experience is a positive one, because of his increased awareness of the world around him,…

Most people don't think about what it's like to be incapable of learning. Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes features Charlie, a middle-aged man with a mental disability which prevents him from learning like most people. He is selected for an experiment to increase his intelligence. Indirect characterization is when an author indirectly describes a character. Keyes uses a variety of methods of indirect characterization to show that Dr. Nemur and Dr. Strauss are selfish, unconfident, and…

Surgeries to enhance intelligence, steroids to make super soldiers, cloning human cells, recreating organs, bionic eyes, when are we going to stop. In “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes, the main character Charlie Gordon, has a mental disability that makes his income of knowledge slower than most people. He undergoes a surgery that makes him smarter but in the end it leads to his death. There are many procedures in life that are similar to the procedure done in the story that exist and could…

Charlie’s reflections: A literary analysis of structure, theme, character, and style. In this essay, I critically explore a structure, theme, character, and style of Flowers for Algernon (1959) by Daniel Keyes with an intent to prove why it is written in a form of a reflective journal. The main protagonist, Charlie Gordon, wrote about his personal experience with an experimental surgical research that attempted to increase his intelligence quotient (IQ). As a result of this…

thing to do”’ (Keyes 84). This quote from Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes occurs when the teacher of a cognitively impaired individual, Charlie Gordon, is explaining to him that he needs to make his own decisions after he asks her for advice. In the book, Charlie undergoes an operation, making him able to learn. He has many interesting encounters, and he meets a mouse named Algernon along the way who went through the same experiences as him. Flowers for Algernon follows the life of Charlie…