Emotional Maturity In Charlie Gordon's Flowers For Algernon
A person can be intellectually mature, but it is not always compatible with emotional maturity. This statement will be proven by revering to Charlie Gordon in the novel Flowers for Algernon where he is intellectually mature but not emotionally and how this gap between intelligence and emotional maturity creates inner conflict and confusion.
Charley Gordon a retarded adult went for surgery to enhance his intelligent. Charley’s IQ got exceedingly high rapidly. His emotions does not have the ability to keep up with the growth of his knowledge, which creates confusion. With the growth of knowledge one cannot study and learn emotions, but only experience it. During the novel Charlie is an adult, but is still being called a child, because he struggles to make wise decisions on his own, he is depending one people to make the decisions for him; this is made clear when Alice says "Charlie, you amaze me. In some ways you're so advanced, and yet when it comes to making a decision, you're still a child. I can't decide for you, Charlie. The answer can't be found in books-or be solved by bringing it to other people. Not unless you want to remain a child all your life. You've got to find the answer inside you-feel the right thing to do. Charlie, you've got to learn to trust yourself"(Keyes,195:102) According to doctor Jerome Murray, people have four ages one is the chronological age which refers to the age of your body and he said that “A person may be chronologically mature, but emotionally immature. A person may also be intellectually mature, but emotionally immature. There is no correlation between chronological age, intellectual age, social age, or emotional age. Just because someone is "grown-up" by chronological age doesn't mean …show more content…
It is made clear in the novel Flowers for Algernon that there is no correlation between emotional and intelligence maturity, because Charlie is a grownup man, he is not emotionally mature, but is still learning emotions through his
Charley Gordon a retarded adult went for surgery to enhance his intelligent. Charley’s IQ got exceedingly high rapidly. His emotions does not have the ability to keep up with the growth of his knowledge, which creates confusion. With the growth of knowledge one cannot study and learn emotions, but only experience it. During the novel Charlie is an adult, but is still being called a child, because he struggles to make wise decisions on his own, he is depending one people to make the decisions for him; this is made clear when Alice says "Charlie, you amaze me. In some ways you're so advanced, and yet when it comes to making a decision, you're still a child. I can't decide for you, Charlie. The answer can't be found in books-or be solved by bringing it to other people. Not unless you want to remain a child all your life. You've got to find the answer inside you-feel the right thing to do. Charlie, you've got to learn to trust yourself"(Keyes,195:102) According to doctor Jerome Murray, people have four ages one is the chronological age which refers to the age of your body and he said that “A person may be chronologically mature, but emotionally immature. A person may also be intellectually mature, but emotionally immature. There is no correlation between chronological age, intellectual age, social age, or emotional age. Just because someone is "grown-up" by chronological age doesn't mean …show more content…
It is made clear in the novel Flowers for Algernon that there is no correlation between emotional and intelligence maturity, because Charlie is a grownup man, he is not emotionally mature, but is still learning emotions through his