Charlie Gordon went from not knowing how to spell, to being smarter than a neurosurgeon in a matter of weeks. “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes is about a man named Charlie who is mentally disabled and goes through an operation that is supposed to triple his I.Q. of sixty eight. He does in fact become much more intelligent within weeks of the operation, but he doesn’t stay that way. When he is at his highest level of intelligence, he does some research and realizes that he will not stay that
Flowers for Algernon Rough Draft “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes is about Charlie Gordon, a 37 year old who is mentally handicapped but strives to become smarter despite the challenges that are put upon him and out of his control, who is given the chance to enhance his intelligence and triple his IQ (Intelligence Quotient) of 68 through a surgery. This surgery was first performed on a mouse named Algernon, who is tested daily through mazes in order to earn food. Before the surgery was performed
Flowers for Algernon tells the story of Charlie Gordon, a man in his early thirties with the intellectual capacity of a young child. The narrative is expressed through his “progris riports.” Charlie writes these journal entries for an experiment in which researchers perform an operation on his brain. The procedure is intended to increase human intelligence. Professor Nemur, the head researcher, feels apprehensive about choosing him as the human test subject, because, as Charlie writes in one entry
If everybody could be smart/ really intelligent, they would, but something like that takes time and courage and in the book “Flowers for Algernon,” written by Daniel Keyes he showed how 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
Flowers for Algernon is a science fiction story that makes you rethink about the life deeply and makes you feel grateful for what you have. The story, written by Daniel Keyes and published in 1959 by Fantasy house, won the Hugo award in 1960, and more than 5 million copies have been sold over the world. In this book, the author Keyes looked at many different things such as intelligence, human nature, mental disabilities and love. Keyes stated that he got the ideas for this story from his childhood
and slowly, painfully died. This experiment was unethical not doing anything good for the whole of mankind even breaking all 7 laws of ethical research. In the book “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keys an experiment was conducted to increase human intelligence. This experiment was done upon one individual whose name was Charlie Gordon and the experiment done upon him was unethical. The experiment tripled his I.Q. but with a cost, after 2 months his brain started to deteriorate, slowly but surely killing
Flowers For Algernon Persuasive Essay Draft An extremely successful and famous cognitively impaired man once said, “The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race (Stephen Hawking)”. Similar to Stephan, Charlie Gordon, a thirty seven year old man is cognitively impaired, someone who has trouble remembering, learning new things, concentrating, or making decisions. In Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes, doctors use Charlie as an experiment for this operation
but for those around them”(Anthony). Many people with mental disabilities are viewed as lower, or less fortunate or more vulnerable to society. Daniel Keyes, the author of Flowers for Algernon, grew up in Springfield Illinois where he was raised by his mother and father. Keyes had written the book for his mother, and it was in memory of his father. Keyes was also inspired to write from numerous events in his own life. For example, his personal conflict with his parents who were pushing him through
their dreams. “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel keyes exemplifies how you should go after your dreams and to be happy. Charlie Gordon a 37 year old who's mentally challenged. The experiment game him the opportunity to feel and experience intelligence. This experiment will change his life in many ways. With his intelligence he felt the emotion of love, awareness of how people treat mentally challenged people. An advantage of this experiment was he shown the emotion of love. Charlie gordon never went
the story, “ Flowers for Algernon,” written by Daniel Keyes, Charlie Gordon should not have gotten the operation to increase his Intelligence Quotient (IQ) because, it damaged his relationships,it damaged his self esteem, and it had life