Flowers for Algernon

Tung Bui Putman Hour 1, 6 15 November 2016 Argument Paper What is ethic? Ethic refers to standards of right or wrong that a person ought to do. Ethic also refers to the development of one's ethical standard( feelings, laws, social). The story "flower of Algernon" is about a man that had the IQ of 68 named Charlie. Despite of his lacking of intelligences, Charlie's doctors and his teacher, Miss.Kinnian, convinced him to take a operation to get smarter. Charlie Gordon's doctors didn't act ethical…

“The only source of knowledge is experience,” Albert Einstein once stated. Throughout the story Flowers for Algernon, Charlie Gordon desires to be intelligent. With an intelligence quotient of only sixty-eight, Charlie is used to being an outcast. In Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, the doctors made the right decision by choosing Charlie Gordon as the test subject for the intelligence-altering surgery because of how Charlie realized who is friends were, made scientific contributions, and…

IQ or intelligence quotient is said by some to be one of the best ways to measure a person’s intellectual capability. Similarly, in the short story “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes, a mentally challenged man named Charlie Gordon undergoes a surgery to triple his IQ of 68 to 204. As the story progresses, Charlie slowly but surely starts to become smarter and gains more self-awareness for his surroundings, making him angry and often frustrated with his doctors. At the peak of his…

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…

Do you ever wonder what it would be like to be trapped inside your own body? Or to have an IQ of 68? These fantasies were realities for Leonard Lowe and Charlie Gordon. Charlie is a 37 year-old man with an IQ of 68 who dreams of being smart. He is picked for an operation to become smart and goes through with it, but who knows if it will work? Leonard Lowe was put into a catatonic state at age 11 because of a disease called encephalitis. He is discovered by Dr. Sayer who puts him on the L-Dopa…

One of the themes of this novel is the role and definition of family. Explain how Keyes develops this theme. How do you define family? (Not Webster’s or any other dictionary). Daniel Keyes develops the idea of family throughout “Flowers for Algernon” by constantly reminding the reader of Charlie’s life at home with his family. The information is given to the reader through flashbacks and memories of Charlie, telling different events that take place in his strange day to day life. The role of…

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. For example, when Charlie was in the process of getting smarter, he wrote, “I had lots of tests and different kinds of races with Algernon. I hate that mouse. He always…

Every book has its own plot, setting, and characters. Flowers for Algernon, written by Daniel Keyes, is a book about a man, Charlie Gordon, who receives a surgery to increase his IQ; he becomes a brainy man who realizes that intelligence is not the key to happiness. Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is a story about a boy, Huck Finn, who goes on an adventure down the Mississippi River to escape a turbulent environment at home. Charlie Gordon and Huckleberry Finn were two characters that had large…

In the story “Flowers for Algernon” a man named Charlie undergoes an operation that will make him smarter. It starts out fine but things suddenly start going down hill. It seemed like the smarter Charlie got, the unhappier he became. Charlie thought that him being smart would make him happier, but as the story goes on he realizes he was very wrong. As soon as the operation started to take affect, Charlie started to see the world for what it really was. He noticed things about people that he…

More than 3 million people are mentally impaired every year in the United States. Some people are mentally impaired and not able to understand basic things. “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes, is about a mentally impaired man was able to become the smartest man in the world with an IQ over two-hundred in less than 2 weeks. Charley Gordon is a thirty-seven year old man who receives “a one of a kind surgeries” that allows his IQ to triple is a few weeks. He becomes the smartest man in the…