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Having intelligence can change you- sometimes in a good way, sometimes in a bad. In the short story “Flowers for Algernon”, by Daniel Keyes, Charlie Gordon, a 37 year-old mentally challenged man, undergoes an operation to make him more intelligent. Charlie was unknowingly chosen to be the lab rat in an experiment to see if a certain operation could help mentally disabled beings become smarter. After he underwent this operation, Charlie was brilliant, but as time went on his brilliance started…

“We live in a painful world, no doubt about it. But let me tell you this: The ONLY disability in life... is a bad attitude. A positive attitude is the most combatant to life’s misfortune” (Matthew Jeffers). Charlie Gordon lives in New York and has an I.Q. of 68 at the age of 37 and two doctors, Professor Harold Nemur and Dr. Strauss, are conducting an experiment, in 1965, to boost Charlie’s intelligence. Charlie is operated on after Algernon, a white lab mouse, begins to show signs of…

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…

Alyss In Wonderland In The Looking Glass Wars Beddor used detail, to revealed a purpose In the beginning of the novel Alyss is characterized as gifted,ravishing,and pure. Alyss is gifted because she has the strongest imagination in wonderland “Imagination was an important part of life in wonderland” so that reminded Queen Genevieve about Redd because she also had the strongest imagination when she was about Alyss’s age (Beddor 13).Alyss is ravishing because the wonderlanders could recognize…

Charlie went from being “retarded” from the beginning to some kind of genius throughout most of the book. The change wasn't instant, it took a little bit of time but the change was drastic. On page 1 Charlie couldn’t spell progress, then a while after the surgery, on around page 50, he spelled every single word correctly. Charlie developed emotions he's never felt before, he never had any drive towards women in a loving way, he also didn’t feel much anger or hate towards anyone. I think that…

Bessette I think the doctor Nemur and Doctor Strauss did act ethically because they tested the procedure on a mouse instead of testing it on Charlie right away. People think that they should of not used Charlie Gordon for their science experiment and the doctors did not act ethically. The mouse was smart and had smartness for a long time so they decided to try to make a human smart which was ok to Charlie Gordon, because he wanted to be smart. Ethics is what you feel is right or wrong and these…

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…

“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.” ( Einstein ) This greatly applies to the story, “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes which is about a young man named Charlie Gordon who unfortunately has a low intelligence level. Just like the quote, Charlie had the ability all this time to become very smart with an IQ of over 200 after a neurosurgery. Later on the story, Charlie’s operation backfires putting his IQ back down to sixty-eight. Although the result of the intelligence was…

Flowers of Algernon Essay Thomas Durham 10/9/2017 1st Period Flowers of Algernon is a short story by Daniel Keyes A 37 year old man who is mentally disabled and he wants to be smart so more people will like him, so he can have more friends.Charlie Gordon was better off after the surgery because the people who used to make fun of him now stood up for him and even though Charlie wasn’t smart anymore it was a good experience to have. The Surgery was still a good experience for Charlie Gordon…

Well… Mind telling me why I.Qs are about as important as food & water? Yeah, I know, it´s apparently a measure of intelligence… But STILL. ¨Flowers for Algernon¨ is basically a Science Fiction written by Daniel Keyes. A man named Charlie Gordon has a I.Q. of 68, and consequently, is increased to 204 after an A.I. operation. Charlie Gordon should NOT have had the A.I. surgery since he left Miss Kinnian behind, became angrier, & regressed. Charlie shouldn't have had the surgery since he had to…