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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…

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…

There are certain things about a person that makes them stand out, that’s their individuality. Happiness will come from people embracing their unique characteristics and surrounding themselves with people that accept 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…

Human Test Subjects Dr. Strauss and Dr. Nemur were terrible people using Charlie Gordon as a test subject. Charlie was a test subject to try to achieve a higher IQ of 204. In Flowers for Algernon the doctors made a poor choice using Charlie Gordon as a test subject. The first reason is that it could be temporary and just a complete waste. If it is permanent then great, but if not it is just a complete waste of time money and other factors that go into the operation. “Deterioration progressing. I…

“Flowers for Algernon” focuses on a mentally challenged man name Charlie who undergoes an operation to make him three times smarter, but this decision was very unethical. The experiment was being done by two men, Dr. Strauss and Dr. Nemur, who test his intelligence before and after the operation to find out if it worked. After the operation Charlie experienced new feelings starting from love to betrayal just for it to be stolen from him. Charlie’s decision wasn’t ethical since Charlie didn’t…

be mentally disabled, everyone taking advantage of one’s low intellect. But what if that mentally disabled person could be smart, insanely smart, even if for a month or two, would it be worth it? Most would dive in without a second glance but in Flowers for Algernon, not everything is as it seams. Charlie Gordon, the main character is a loving guy with friends that love to laugh. He works as a janitor for a local company but sadly, he is mentally disabled and can barely read or write. Even with…

can one leave the safety of ignorance without feeling the real consequence? The main question and biggest obstacle that one faces before becoming intelligence is "ignorance are bliss". One man who went through this adventure was Charlie Gordon. In "Flowers of Algernon" by Daniel Keyes, Charlie pays the price for temporary knowledge, and sees the true meaning of "ignorance is bliss". Through this emotional rollercoaster, we can see how Charlie Gordon goes through his changes to become a "genas".…

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…

Flowers For Algernon Everyone is different and people think differently, however you can usually change yourself to be like everyone else or whatever you want to be but some people struggle and have learning differences so they can't change no matter how hard they try. Charlie Gordon is a full grown man with an IQ of 68 and the only thing he wants is to be smart, but with a score like Charlie's you would be considered mentally inadequate. Charlie cannot change his intelligence because of mental…

15 November 2016 Argument Paper What are ethics? Ethics are the idea of what is right and what is wrong. These ideas are based on well-rounded reasoning such as obligations, benefits to society, fairness, and specific values. In the short story "Flowers for Algernon" Charlie is a thirty-seven year old man who has a very low IQ of sixty-eight. Doctors decide to use him as a text subject for an experiment that will supposedly make him three times smarter.Charlie agrees to undergo the surgery and…