Flowers For Algernon Essay

Everyone goes through different experiences in life, just as everyone has different types of intelligences and skills. In total there are nine types of intelligences but there is only 2 listed using 3 paragraphs. These examples come from “Flowers for Algernon” or “Dakota Fullest Earns Nation’s Highest Folk Honor”. Some ways in which people demonstrate their knowledge and skill is through Howard Gardner’s Logical/ Mathematical , Bodily/ Kinesthetic , and Intrapersonal intelligences.
One way that people demonstrate their intellectual abilities is through the Logical/Mathematical intelligence. For example in “Flowers for Algernon” Charlie understood and was fascinated by the Calculus of Intelligence. This evidence demonstrates that Charlie understands what the “Calculus of Intelligence” means. He did research on it and was fascinated by it.Another example from Flowers for Algernon, Charlie realizes that the experiment he took part in was a failure. This evidence shows that Charlie understood and found out that the experiment was a failure. Mostly based off of the way Algernon died. First he was going back to being aggressive, and didn’t and couldn’t find his way through the maze to eat, then his brain

shrunk. Charlie soon realized that, that would also be happening to him. While the Logical/ Mathematical intelligence clearly describes a way that people are smart, there are still many other ways people can be intelligent.
Another way that people demonstrate their brain power is through the Bodily/Kinesthetic intelligence.For instance, in Dakota Flutist Earn Nation’s Highest Folk Honor.

Dakota carved his first flute when he was 59 only using a pocketknife.This evidence demonstrates that he can use his hands to create things. Things such as flutes that not only need your hands but your brain too. An additional example from Dakota Flutist Earn Nation’s Highest Folk Honor is that he also knows how to play the flute.This evidence shows that he is skilled at using his hands to play a flute which is very complicated to some people. Although the Bodily/Kinesthetic intelligence illustrates an additional way that people are bright, there is yet one other way in which a person can be

intelligent.
A final way that people demonstrate their mental capabilities is through the Interpersonal intelligence.To help demonstrate this point, in Flowers for Algernon, Charlie wanted to go back to being smart, and that we would read and study more to be able to do that.This evidence demonstrates that it’s what he really wants and he knows he wants it and he’s willing to do anything to reach that goal. It is also important to note that in Dakota Flutist Earn Nation’s Highest Folk Honor, that Apika started teaching flute making because we wanted to keep that tradition alive. This evidence demonstrates that Akipa was willing to give up his free time to teach other students how to make flutes because he wanted to keep that tradition alive. The Intrapersonal intelligence demonstrates one final way in which a person can be intelligent.
In conclusion, people can demonstrate their knowledge and skills through Logical/Mathematical, Bodily Kinesthetic and the Intrapersonal intelligences.
People with the Logical/Mathematical intelligence have the skills of reasoning, logical thinking and understanding complex ideas. The bodily/ kinesthetic on the other hand have the skills such as being able to carry out movements, having a sense of direction and have a sense of time. The intrapersonal intelligence is more of a self intelligence. People with this intelligence have the skills of setting goals, making appropriate choices and knowing what they want. It’s important to have different ways in which people can demonstrate their intelligence because defining intelligence is complicated. Everyone has different skills and use it in different ways. Everyone has their own definition of intelligence.