Analyzing Daniel Keyes Flowers For Algernon

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What would you do if you had the chance to triple human intelligence? This is the question Daniel Keyes answered in the story “Flowers for Algernon.” Charlie Gordon had this chance. Charlie learns about the struggles of becoming smart. Charlie has always wanted to become smart, but since he has a disability, Charlie isn’t able to learn like a normal human being. In this article, you will learn why Charlie should not have had this surgery. Firstly, Charlie is the main character who wants to be smart and has experimental brain surgery. After the surgery, Charlie’s spelling got better, along with his writing, vocabulary, reading, and many other educational aspects. Later on, Charlie learns his friends are fake. At the climax, Algernon dies, which …show more content…

Kinnian, who is a teacher for adults. But as Charlie gets smarter and smarter, he isn’t able to spend much time with her and Charlie decides to break up their relationship that isn’t benefiting either of them. But they mainly broke up since Ms. Kinnian wasn’t able to teach Charlie any new information. Charlie was getting so smart that he wasn’t able to have conversations with anyone else around him. Second, Charlie should not have had the operation since he lost all his friends and Ms. Kinnian. For instance, we can see this event happen when Charlie states, “This intelligence has driven a wedge between me and all the people I once knew and loved. Before, they laughed at me and despised me for my ignorance and dullness; now, they hate me for my knowledge and understanding” (Page 7). By looking at the evidence, we can see Charlie is unhappy being smart, even though it’s something he’s always dreamt of. Now, he finally understands that being smart can be bad and result in losing many close friends and people he loves. Some may say, however, that Charlie’s old friends become better people towards the end. But nevertheless, Charlie was miserable after losing

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