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Emerson white Putman Hour 5 15 November 2016 Argument paper Ethics are the customs of a certain group. People pair ethics with their feelings and what is right. Charlie Gordon is 37, he has an IQ of 68. Charlie underwent an operation to try and make him smarter. His doctors did not act ethically when they preformed the surgery to attempt to make him smarter. Charlie Gordon's did not act ethically when they did the surgery when they tried to make him smarter. If Dr. Strauss and Dr. Nemur…

Max was considered a dumb, lonely, low-self esteem kid, but when Freak moved down the street, Max changes how he feels about himself, Freak, and others. Max felt like a butthead, but after Freak came along he started to become more wise. Max’s first look at Freak, he thought he was a weird looking, robot kid, but when he got to know him he was very intelligent. Other than Freak, Max also had a relationship with his grandparents, Grim and Gram, at first they didn’t really care about each other…

“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 “Ignorance is bliss.” ~ Thomas Gray Realization happens in only two ways; all at once, or slowly; there is but one feeling that you feel. Regret. If one were given the choice of eating the Forbidden Fruit from the Tree of Knowledge or of living in blissful ignorance, what would they choose? A very curious question in its origin and idea. Thinking too much will delve into the realm of “what if”, rather than pushing that thought away and indulging in the simple pleasures…

Flowers for Algernon is by Daniel Keyes. It examines the life of a young man named Charlie Gordon, who had a surgery to expand his intelligence. The book discusses Charlie’s emotional life and physical life before and after the surgery. For Charlie, ignorance is bliss because he would never know how poorly people were treating him. In the book, Charlie has different friendships that mean different things to him. If Charlie were ignorant, he wouldn’t have to try to discover how to handle…

" nope, nope. Not a good burn" Alec shook his head. "You don't understand the concept of a good burn." Max shook his head and started to walk. "Your just saying that because you're jealous at how good I am at burns," Alec scoffed and started giving a rant on how amazing he was at burns. Max smiled and shook his head, pretending to listen. In actuality he wasn't but it when Alec started ranting about things it was practically impossible to get him to stop, so he, Max, didn't have to say a word.…

Keyes reason for writing this book was to describe how his “education” was driving a wedge between him and his friends and family. The book showed how the increased intelligence affected Charlie’s humanity and social interaction with the people around him. The author compared and channelled his feelings through Charlie and his situation. Keyes showed how isolated someone can be when they have a higher education than the people around them. People isolate things that are different than them and…

Daniel Keyes science fiction story “Flowers for Algernon”, takes place in New york City a place where it never sleeps. Charlie, a janitor that works in a factory, that wants to be smart as everyone else (he has a lower IQ). He takes test’s because he wants to become smart like everyone else and make friends. Charlie got involved with an operation that could make him smart. In the story, Charlie has gone through a lot of major changes and gone through some tough times. He realizes that he loves…

Flowers for Algernon Charlie Gordon was a nice hardworking man, but he was not very smart. Charlie was chosen for an experiment that could make him a smarter person. I think the surgery will not help him because he will under stand what is so called friends have been doing to him. Then charlie will have no friends and will be lonely. Charlie dose not know that his friends are making fun of him. If he figures out Charlie will be devastated. In progress report 8 Mar 25 the author states "…

him the day before. “You will understand that being the smartest person you know won’t work out well emotionally.” I ended up hooked, in tears, and a completely changed person after reading Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. The movie adaption, Charly, directed by Ralph Nelson, was far less moving. Flowers for Algernon is on a higher caliber than Charly, for being more personal, allowing you to get to know the characters better and excluding all of the scientific points that the movie brings…