How Does Charlie's Life Improved

In this novel, Flowers for Algernon, written by Daniel Keyes, a man named Charlie Gordon has an operation done to increase his intelligence. He started as a mentally retarded man and slowly became a genius. He seemed to soak up information like a sponge and he was able to figure out the most complex scientific formulas. The only problem with the operation is that it does not last for ever and in his remaining time he tries to figure out why it is not permanent. He will eventually lose everything he learned and become worse off than when he started, so Charlie was better off before he had the operation.

Have you ever found yourself less educated than others around you? Well, Charlie Gordon had to experience that almost his entire life. In the short story "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes, the protagonist, Charlie Gordon, undergoes an experimental surgery that dramatically increases his intelligence. Whether Charlie was better off before or after the operation is a complex issue that has divided readers. However, I believe Charlie was better off after the operation, even though he eventually regressed back to his original condition.

”(Keyes 203). This quote shows that Algernon is starting to become uncooperative which means so will Charlie. Soon Charlie will forget all the information that considered him smart. If you’re only going to be smart for a few months it is definitely not worth it. When Charlie first got the surgery he did not know that it would be temporary.

The story “Flowers for Algernon”, by Daniel Keyes, is about a character named Charlie Gordon who undergoes an experimental surgery that will, in theory, make him “smart”. The surgery goes as plan, but only for a certain amount of time. The “smartness” later wears off. After reading the story, I believe that it was not the beneficial for Charlie to get the surgery.

Unveiling: The Brain Charlie Gordon What if it were possible to triple human intelligence by surgical means? This is the question that Daniel Keyes answers in the story “Flowers for Algernon.” Charlie Gordon is the main character who wants to be smart and has brain surgery. After the surgery, Charlie learns how to read, write, spell, falls in love, and learns about his “friends” who were making fun of him before he had the surgery.

Critics argue that Charlie shouldn’t have gotten the A.I surgery because he regressed more than his normal I.Q of 68. Nevertheless, Charlie was very happy to have contributed to science and doesn’t regret a thing about it. In a letter Charlie wrote,”Yet for sake of science I am grateful for the little bit that I here to add to the knowledge of the human mind and of the laws governing the artificial increase of human intelligence” (Keyes 239). In addition to that Charlie now is more knowledgeable of the world around him. “I have reread my progress reports and seen the illiteracy, the childish naivete, the mind of a low intelligence peering from a dark room, through the keyhole, at a dazzling light outside”(Keyes 237). This evidence proves that Charlie’s life became substantially better after the surgery.

In the first place, after the surgery he comprehend information about what the teacher was teaching him. He improved in his grammar and his comprehension. In the text, he continued to try to get smarter by testing and taking flash cards but he wasn’t working. Charlie was smarter than he was a first and really amend him. Charlie wouldn’t be smarter if he never knew about the operation.

Would you go through surgery to improve your intelligence? In the story Flower for Algernon, Charlie Gordon did just this. Now, this really didn’t work out for him. This test emotionally effected him. It worsened his life in many ways, such as these ones.

After his knowledge starts increasing thanks to the operation, Charlie started realizing that what he thought were jokes from his partners, was actually them bullying him. They even make a petition in which they all signed to get Charlie fired from his job. A while later, after he starts losing all his knowledge, he comes back to his job and noticed that people were starting to treat him nicely and that they are protecting him from other bullies. Someone immediately starts bothering Charlie, but then one of his old “friends” came over and took care of him. Charlie wrote, “I said thanks Frank

Moreover, by having this surgery it can make people smarter than a normal person. Likewise, Charlie was smarter than his doctors. The surgery was helpful because after not being smart it made him smart. Although he lost some friends because of his smartness, he could outsmart them. It was a great way to become smart easily.

In Flowers for Algernon, Charlie goes through with the operation, and everything seems fine, until a few months later. Just as Charlie’s intelligence reaches its peak, it quickly starts to recede. The entire process takes just a few months, and in that time, all Charlie discovered is that it’s impossible to retain artificially gained intelligence, as demonstrated in this quote, “... the tripling of intelligence by the surgical technique developed by Dr.’s Strauss and Nemur must be viewed as having little or no practical application (at the present time) to the increase of human intelligence.”

In Daniel Keyes' novel Flowers for Algernon, Charlie Gordon, the main character, was given something he'd wanted for his entire life, intelligence, only to have it snatched away from him after about three months, leaving him bitter and alone, even regarding what he had achieved with boosted intelligence. Charlie isn't better off in result of the surgery that increased his intelligence because of the changes in his human relationships and his overall happiness of where he currently is in his life.

The doctors did not plan ahead and it did not work forever and it only lasted a short period of time. The effects killed Algernon as well as he started getting dumber and not wanting to eat. Charlie's intelligence stated waring off and he became dumb again as he could see his progress reports did not make sense anymore and the grammar and spelling changed. While it is true the doctors had made some mistakes Charlie actually got to experience life while being smart he gained a lot of it and so did the doctors .Charlie Gordons doctors acted ethically when they preformed the surgery to make him intelligent

Eventually, Mary Elizabeth forgives him. It is about time for Sam, Patrick, and his sister to graduate and for his favorite teacher to leave. Charlie starts to wonder how he will cope with the loss of his friends yet again. Then, he learns of the hidden horrors of his childhood and becomes indisposed with the knowledge of his molestation. Charlie is sent to a hospital where he gets help in rediscovering who he is. Following his release, Charlie is much better at creating relationships and is more hopeful for the

Charlie was a man that did not know how to stand up for himself. He allowed his peers to bully him, and treat him like he is worthless. Charlie thinks that if he allows people to laugh at him, and tease him, they will become his friend. He thinks “Its easy to make frends if you let