stories the main character is mentally handicapped and they are both used in experiments to make them smarter. But sadly, (in both stories) the operation wears off and they both regress to their past state. Both Flowers for algernon and Awakenings are life-changing stories. The story Flowers For Algernon is about a mentally handicapped man named Charlie Gordon who undergoes an operation to become smarter. Although the story is fiction, it still makes you realize that you shouldn't take the things you
In the book Flowers for Algernon By Daniel Keyes. Charlie Gordon (the main character). Wants become smarter ;except there’s one problem he’s mentally challenged. Charlie attends school for the mentally challenged, but this only to an extent. One of his teachers volunteered him to be a patient in a research project make the mentally retarded become smart. The theme of this story is don't do things to please others but yourself. The theme of this story is to please yourself not others. Charlie's main
Keyes, follows the events from the life of a man by the name of Charlie Gordon who had to answer this very question. He did not have the same mental capacity of the average person, so he had the opportunity to rapidly gain intelligence. Ultimately he chose to take an operation to make himself smarter. Son after that, he started to lose the intelligence just as fast as he gained it while simultaneously becoming more unstable. Charlie should not have done the surgery because there were many side effects
" Our relationship is becoming increasingly strained. “I resent Nemur's constant references to me as a laboratory specimen. He makes me feel that before the experiment was not really a human being” (79). Charlie (on this occasion) is still in the hospital where he had received his surgery to convert him into a more intellectual man. He stresses his emotions on the whole experiment, and how he is no longer a human being, but a “test dummy”. "Remembering how
Is Charlie Gordon Better Off Without The Operation? Was charlie better off without the operation? He does get smarter but eventually he become his self before the operation but worse. He also got sick and was dieing. So, he was better off without the operation. No one never wants to be sick or lose important memories from a operation that is suppose to make you smarter. Before the operation he was very happy with his life. He went to class everyday and he loved it. He loved
big of an impact that may have on your life. 37 year old, Charlie Gordon was born with a learning disability so it made everything harder on him, as well as his family. Charlie stated in the story “I want to be smart like other people,” (225) and after he said those words there was no way this man was going to give up. He goes through so much throughout the entire book, ups and downs, falls in love, and for the very first time Charlie gets real feelings. The question is though, was it all worth it
the book, Charlie the main character, starts and ends the story dumb and happy. Charlie believes that surgery will be the answer to make him smart, and smartness is what he wants in life. In both works, Charlie races a mouse named Algernon. Before Charlie has the surgery, he never beats the mouse. After the surgery, Charlie is able to win every time. Also in both works, Charlie takes care of Alganon, feeding and giving him water. The progression and digression of both Algernon and Charlie is seen
Albert Einstein. In the story Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes a man named Charlie Gordon who was mentally disabled had been offered a surgery that would make him smarter. After accepting the offer, Charlie's IQ began to rise drastically and he became one of the smartest people on the earth. Suddenly, Charlie's IQ begins to dramatically drop and he realizes that his brain is deteriorating as a result of the procedure. Charlie is trying to figure out how to keep as much knowledge as he can. Charlie's
handicapped man named Charlie. Charlie is 31 with an I.Q. of 70, and attends a learning class at the Beekman College Center for Retarded Adults. All Charlie wanted was to learn to read and write. He wanted to become smarter. Charlie was recommended for a research experiment by his teacher Alice Kinnian. Tests were ran on him, by Professor Nemur and Dr. Strauss, to see if he would be a good match for a special surgery, that could increase his intelligence. This this where Charlie meets Algernon. At
there was a study in the book that talks about the regression that follows the surgery. Charlie Gordon is a mentally challenged 37 year old man who has an operation to make him smarter.” I want to be a genius”. Does he understand that the surgery can backfire. Was he better off before or after the surgery. My thesis is that he was better off before the surgery because he was going to regress anyway. Charlie had more friends before the surgery. He wouldn’t correct people. Charlie’s friends made