Flowers for Algernon

Imagine that you were given a decision, a decision that could Chang your life forever, it could take you from your IQ of 68 and triple it. Would you do it ? In "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes, a cognitively impaired man named Charlie Gordon with an IQ of 68 undergoes operation that could Change his life forever by tripling his IQ. Charlie has to make this decision with his unitellgentce mind. He was not told all the side effects of the experiment, he was told that it might be temporary.…

Scientists are developing ways to edit the DNA of tomorrow’s children. In the short story “Flowers For Algernon”, by Daniel Keyes, there is an intellectually disabled man named Charlie Gordon that is also going to be operated on to promote his intelligence. As informed scientists are developing ways to edit the DNA of babies. That means that people are making their babies with requested traits: intelligence, eye color, athleticism, and disease prevention. They are known as designer babies. As…

man who had parts of his brain cut out to stop the loud ringing in his ears. The operation was a success, but it also turned him into a great artist (http://www.cracked.com). This situation was similar to what happened to Charlie Gordon in “Flowers for Algernon”, but Charlie’s talent was he's super intelligence and Charlie’s special talent doesn’t last. Charlie Gordon, before his surgery, was not so smart and saw the world differently than others, but when he had the surgery, not only did his…

students differently? Sadly the truth is, yes, less intelligent students are treated differently. The less intelligent students tend to usually be treated worse because others think they are putting in less effort and hard work. For example, in Flowers For Algernon, Charlie is treated poorly, because of his slowness, by majority of the people around him. His teachers treat him poorly because they assume he could be working harder than he is, and his friends treat him poorly by taking advantage…

The differences between the short story of “Flowers for Algernon” and the movie are very noticeable, and they make the story better and worse in certain ways. The first difference is that in the movie Charlie works at Donner's bakery instead of at Donnegan’s Plastic Box Company like in the short story. The second difference is in the movie Charlie had a flashback about his mom and went to meet her yet in the short story he only has a flashback about his childhood and never sees his mom. A…

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be 37 and have an IQ of 68? In the story “Flowers For Algernon,” this was Charlie Gordon life and he wanted it to change. He made a decision to have an operation done to his brain that changed his life. Charlie’s decision to have this surgery was a bad idea because he found out who his really friends were, died faster, and also didn’t want to become dumb again. After the operation took place, Charlie started to realize lots of things that the old Charlie…

Achieving goals is an important part of success. When Charlie saw the chance, he took it with gratitude. In the story, Flowers for Algernon, Charlie is a grown up man with an IQ of 68. Doctor Nemur and Strauss asked him if he wanted an opportunity to triple his IQ in a few months. However, it can be debated, whether the doctors had the right to perform the surgery on a mentally unstable adult or not. Charlie was thrilled when he got chosen to be operated on. His teacher, miss Kinnian recommended…

His intellectual increase improved his motivation and work ethic. As he got smarter he saw how his actions toward others had to change, for example in the story "Flowers for Algernon" he stands up for the mental disabled boy in the restaurant. This event showed him how the teasing and disrespect affects people. However his social abilities decreased along with his intellectual abilities. As he looses his intelligence…

Flowers For Algernon Essay In the story a mouse named Algernon has the procedure before charlie, the reason they did this is because if something went wrong like if it killed algernon after the procedure they would know not to try it on charlie. this kind of testing is called animal testing, it is when scientist try an experiment on animals rather than humans, because if the experiment kills the animals instead of the human’s the scientist will have less legal stuff to deal, with then if a human…

before the operation. He was able to recognize a few things that had occurred to him, like when he woke up and couldn't remember where he was, and when he forgot where he lived, he also couldn't make sense of the book he was reading or the Algernon-Gordon…