Flowers For Algernon Persuasive Essay

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“Flowers for Algernon” Persuasive Essay Charlie Gordan was a superstitious, hard working, happy boy trapped in a man’s body, should he change his I.Q to become normal? In the science fiction book “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes, Charlie is a mentally challenged man, age 37, with an I.Q of 68. He wants to be normal and has a surgery to hopefully triple his I.Q. The surgery works but is not life lasting. Therefore, Charlie’s life is better now after the A.I surgery. Charlie knows what true friends are, he experienced feelings, and he was smart for a little while, are all reasons why it was good for charlie after the surgery. After the A.I surgery, Charlie found out what true friends are. Before the surgery, Charlie was always being pushed around by his …show more content…

This is true, but in the text Charlie himself says that he was happy and thankful for the time he had being smart. Plus he still did contribute to science. They also may argue that Charlie would have never been angry. However, he would also never have had the feeling of love for Miss Kinnian or the sadness of losing someone he loved when Algernon died. A final argument they could have would be that Charlie had tons of friends before the A.I surgery. Like in the text when Joe and Frank stand up for Charlie and tell Charlie that he can always count on them. Regardless, Charlie now knows that people truly are his friends and now he is not being pushed around. Charlie’s life was amazing after the A.I surgery. One reason was that charlie now has true friends who care about him. Also, Charlie got to experience good and bad feelings. And finally, Charlie was able to experience being smart. This story has shown us how happy it made Charlie when he was smart. We cannot give this surgery to everyone, but we still have to have respect and be kind to others no matter how smart they

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