Charlie's Isolation In Daniel Keys Flowers For Algernon
English Nov. 3, 2006
Essay Assignment
Flowers for Algernon was written by Daniel Keys, the novel is about a retarded adult who is turned into a genius by an operation. Then soon discovers how lucky he really was before the operation. Although the cause of the isolation may be different it always has a negative effect on the character.
Charlie Gordon is the protagonist and author of the progress reports. Charlie is a thirty-two-year-old mentally retarded man who lives in New York City. He works at Donner's Bakery as a janitor and delivery boy. Charlie has no friends or family that he can talk to; Charlie spends most of his time alone …show more content…
When Charlie finds out that he has family he searches for them and finds that they are nothing as like he remembered them. Charlie's mother Rose was actually crazy and made Charlie as a kid, to stay inside the house when all the other children played she made Charlie isolated from the world. Now Charlie knows how his isolation started, he forgives his mother because of her mental illness something Rose could not do for Charlie. Charlie's I.Q. is decreasing and is the only living patient left that has had the operation a mouse named Algernon died and that will be Charlie's death soon to, unless he figures out how to stop the decrease. Charlie is getting dumber by the day and will loose all of his intelligence soon so he isolates himself from all you care about him and starts think of ideas to save himself. All of Charlie's intelligence is gone and he finds himself dumber then before the operation so Charlie packs his things and leaves to live his rest of his days at the Warren House where his final isolation begins, he is now isolated from his family, friends and the outside world. There fore all these key points and reasons are why Charlie Gordon is the most isolated character in the novel after Charlie, Alice is the second most isolated in the …show more content…
She teaches many retarded adults but fines Charlie to be one of the smartest so smart that she recommends Charlie to do the operation to make him smarter. Alice lives in an apartment in New York City, she has never had to serious relationships with another person. Alice enjoys cleaning and is a neat freak for her everything has to be perfect. After the operation Charlie finds an interest in Alice and takes her on a date afterwards Charlie wanted a kiss but Alice at the time did not have the same feelings for Charlie. Every time Alice met Charlie she started to like him a bit more soon she wanted to have sex with him but Charlie this time backed away and couldn't go through with it. Alice was alone most of the time her only friends where her students at Beekman. When Charlie started to loose his intelligence Alice didn't care she just wanted to be with someone to talk to listen to and to have a relationship with. Soon after Charlie has lost most of his intelligence he tells Alice that he wanted to be alone and never wanted to see her again which made Alice isolated from Charlie. Charlie now lives at the Warren House and Alice lives in her apartment they are both separated because the Charlie that Alice loved is dead and the Charlie that was her student is at the Warren House her feelings are mixed because their where really two Charlie's. Alice is isolated because she lost her student, her
Essay Assignment
Flowers for Algernon was written by Daniel Keys, the novel is about a retarded adult who is turned into a genius by an operation. Then soon discovers how lucky he really was before the operation. Although the cause of the isolation may be different it always has a negative effect on the character.
Charlie Gordon is the protagonist and author of the progress reports. Charlie is a thirty-two-year-old mentally retarded man who lives in New York City. He works at Donner's Bakery as a janitor and delivery boy. Charlie has no friends or family that he can talk to; Charlie spends most of his time alone …show more content…
When Charlie finds out that he has family he searches for them and finds that they are nothing as like he remembered them. Charlie's mother Rose was actually crazy and made Charlie as a kid, to stay inside the house when all the other children played she made Charlie isolated from the world. Now Charlie knows how his isolation started, he forgives his mother because of her mental illness something Rose could not do for Charlie. Charlie's I.Q. is decreasing and is the only living patient left that has had the operation a mouse named Algernon died and that will be Charlie's death soon to, unless he figures out how to stop the decrease. Charlie is getting dumber by the day and will loose all of his intelligence soon so he isolates himself from all you care about him and starts think of ideas to save himself. All of Charlie's intelligence is gone and he finds himself dumber then before the operation so Charlie packs his things and leaves to live his rest of his days at the Warren House where his final isolation begins, he is now isolated from his family, friends and the outside world. There fore all these key points and reasons are why Charlie Gordon is the most isolated character in the novel after Charlie, Alice is the second most isolated in the …show more content…
She teaches many retarded adults but fines Charlie to be one of the smartest so smart that she recommends Charlie to do the operation to make him smarter. Alice lives in an apartment in New York City, she has never had to serious relationships with another person. Alice enjoys cleaning and is a neat freak for her everything has to be perfect. After the operation Charlie finds an interest in Alice and takes her on a date afterwards Charlie wanted a kiss but Alice at the time did not have the same feelings for Charlie. Every time Alice met Charlie she started to like him a bit more soon she wanted to have sex with him but Charlie this time backed away and couldn't go through with it. Alice was alone most of the time her only friends where her students at Beekman. When Charlie started to loose his intelligence Alice didn't care she just wanted to be with someone to talk to listen to and to have a relationship with. Soon after Charlie has lost most of his intelligence he tells Alice that he wanted to be alone and never wanted to see her again which made Alice isolated from Charlie. Charlie now lives at the Warren House and Alice lives in her apartment they are both separated because the Charlie that Alice loved is dead and the Charlie that was her student is at the Warren House her feelings are mixed because their where really two Charlie's. Alice is isolated because she lost her student, her