Was Charlie Gordon Better Off Before Or After The Surgery

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Did you honestly think a little surgery could change a man’s mind? In fact, 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 fun of him, but it was playful. His friends made him laugh. Most of all, his friends defended him. “Later Frank Reilly came over and said Charlie if anybody bothers you or trys

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