to be used for medical experiments. According to Flowers for Algernon on the progress report‚ “If you volunteer for this experiment‚ you might get smart. They don’t know if its permanent but there’s a chance”(page 57). This shows that if scientists used humans‚ they could volunteer and it would provide answers to people for the future. Human testing helps provide researchers with better information. According to Flowers for Algernon‚ when Charlie had the operation done to him‚ he slowly became smart
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The story “Flowers for Algernon” is about a mentally troubled man named Charlie Gordon‚ who gets a surgery to make him smarter. In my opinion‚ Charlie’s life is better off with him being smart. Even though there are some bad things about him being smart‚ there are also many good reasons that he is. He is smart enough to know what’s going on. Whether it be at work or at the lab‚ he knows how people are actually treating him. In my mind‚ Charlie is better off being smart‚ shown through how other people
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In Flower for Algernon‚ Daniel Keyes presents the idea that everyone should treat people the way they want to be treated. In the book Charlie was invited to a party‚ some people there decided to joke with Charlie and gave him a plastic apple. Charlie ended up taking a bite into the fake apple and when he did everyone was laughing at him‚ Frank then said “I told ya he’d eat it. C’n you imagine anyone dumb enough to eat wax fruit?” (Keyes 41). This evidence shows that the other adults at the party
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person to experience all life has to offer. In the novel Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes Charlie Gordon’s life was routine and lacked fulfillment‚ which makes his decision to undergo surgery to increase his intelligence justified. Charlie was given the opportunity to experience decision making on his own‚ he was able to experience love‚ as well as experience intellectual achievements. To begin with‚ due to the operation Charlie was finally able to experience decision making on his
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Short story Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes gives the opportunity for many different themes. Even if I have only chosen one‚ ‘ Too much of anything is not good for anybody’ that does not mean that it is the only one that I can see throughout the story. Though I do find it to be the best represented. As the story starts out we see that the main character Charlie is obviously not very intelligent. Some might interpret this to mean that he is not very happy‚ but he is actually very enthusiastic
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Flowers for Algernon´s summary report Everything started when there was a guy named Charlie who was about 35 years old and he was somehow less intelligent then others. Everything started when he was told to write a journal to keep a record of how he felt every day. Every day he had to write what he had done so that people at the laboratory or hospital could see what he did and how he reacted to everything around him. A very childish adult man who always liked to be congratulated by what he did.
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Daniel Keyes’s fictional story‚ "Flowers for Algernon"‚ drew on themes‚ patterns of events‚ and character types from the Biblical story of the Garden of Eden. Both stories had a mutual theme: Ignorance is bliss. Both stories also shared a similar pattern of events. Charlie Gordon‚ the protagonist in "Flowers for Algernon"‚ and Adam and Eve‚ the main characters in the Garden of Eden‚ all started out in a state of innocence‚ unaware of evil‚ until they were encouraged to become smarter. After they
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Flowers for Algernon is narrated by Charlie Gordon who is not smart as other people‚ but later he has an operation and becomes intelligent. In the beginning of the book‚ Charlie’s words are written as if a child wrote the book and progressed later. However‚ Charlie is 32 years old and still goes to school just for retarded adults. He isn’t a know-it-all but‚ he really tries to know more than people his age. If an omniscient person told the story‚ it would be different and more effective because
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story “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes and the movie Charly are about a mentally challenged man named Charlie Gordon who struggles to fit in with society. Charlie tries to fix his problem by getting an operation‚ performed by Dr. Richard Nemur and Dr. Edith Strauss‚ that would make him smarter. The operation did work. However‚ Charlie became way too smart for the rest of the society. The movie Charly‚ changes the point of view‚ foreshadowing‚ and characterization of the story “Flowers for
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Daniel Keyes’ Flowers for Algernon features Charlie Gordon‚ a mentally retarded thirty-two-year-old man. He is chosen by a team of scientists to undergo an experimental surgery designed to boost his intelligence. Alice Kinnian‚ Charlie’s teacher at the Beekman College Center for Retarded Adults‚ has recommended Charlie for the experiment because of his exceptional eagerness to learn. The directors of the experiment‚ Dr. Strauss and Professor Nemur‚ ask Charlie to keep a journal. The entire narrative
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