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    Flowers for Algernon Argumentative Essay In the fictional text “Flowers for Algernon”, written by Daniel Keyes, Charlie Gordon should not have had the brain operation. The surgery failed with consequences of which the doctors were faintly aware. After Charlie recovered, he understood how people thought of him; they treated him differently than ordinary individuals. He was a human experiment and was fully conscious of the failure. Charlie Gordon was satisfied with the results until he noticed…

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    The story, "Flowers for Algernon, is about a boy named Charlie Gordon, who is thirty-seven years old and has a mental disability. He had gotten a surgery, which helped him become smarter, and the surgery turned out to be a success. But he also found out that the surgery was temporary. Charlie Gordon was better off before the surgery. Charlie was more gleeful at the beginning of "Flowers for Algernon." He had friends at the beginning of the story, Frank Reilly, and Joe Carp. Charlie had…

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    Charlie Gordon is the main character in the story “Flowers for Algernon”. He’s a 37 year-old adult with an IQ of 68. He is mentally challenged but he desperately wants to be smart. Charlie is asked to have a surgery that the doctors think will make him smarter but the results are not guaranteed. Charlie will do anything to gain more intelligence and therefore agrees to have the surgery and take part in the scientists’ experimentation on him and his advances. Charlie’s surgery does in fact…

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    In the story flowers for Algernon by Dannell key, Charlie is the main character and has a low IQ then gets an operation witch triples his IQ. He found a flaw in the operation had his IQ drops again. In the story you read his journal so you can see how he became smarter and in the order he became smarter and how. Charlie is determined to get smart and never gives up he always went to class, his teacher could tell he was trying hard, and he always did what the doctors told him to do. Charlie is a…

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    In this final write-up for Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, discuss the importance of Charlie’s change and how it came full circle in the end. Is Charlie the same as he was in the beginning or will there be changes in himself that he will not recognize? Was it worth it? Charlie Gordon is a 32 years old and has the mind of a four year old. He works at a local bakery. He has worked there for 17 years. Charlie has been selected to be part of a science experiment and this is where the real…

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    “Life is like a difficult puzzle, you can try to solve it all, but there’s always gonna be missing pieces” - Anonymous. In the novel, Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes shows how being smart can be difficult. Charlie has trouble with his emotions after the operation. Charlie also faces problems in his social life due to his brilliant mind. Therefore, Charlie’s life is more difficult now that he is intelligent. Firstly, Charlie experiences many challenges with his emotions once he becomes…

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    Progressing, feeling, learning, regressing are what Charlie has been through after the artificial intelligence surgery. In the science fiction story "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes, Charlie Gordon a 37 year old man with an I.Q. of 68. Charlie was given an opportunity to have the opportunity of a lifetime. Charlie took the opportunity to have the A.I surgery so people would accept him for who he is. He thought that if he had the surgery people will start to like him more. Charlie Gordon's…

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    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.…

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    probabilities of transitions. Introducing an indicator matrix I= Iij. This is an n×n matrix with Iij =1 if there is a link from individual i to j. If there exists no such link Iij =0. Inlinks point towards a node and outlinks away from a node. The larger the number of inlinks, the more important a node is. The “weight” of an individual owing to his own degree of influence is proportionally distributed to the individuals he points to. This means that having an individual of higher degree of…

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    This too is a very good example of specific information for a specific audience. While scrolling though the site, one thing the magazine states is there are “Tested Bible studies” (youthministry.com/group-magazine/about). After going downloading and reading through one of the bi-monthly editions, there are some articles that can been used as scholarly resources. One thing to keep in mind when using this resource is, one…

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