Well, that is not what I think! Why in the world would you even to begin thinking that? In “Flowers for Algernon” wrote by Daniel Keyes, this is some things I think in my view. I believe that Charlie and Algernon were true best friends. They were true friends because they had operations together they also did almost everything together. I don’t think that Charlie needed the operation. This can be clearly seen first of all when, Charlie keeps talking about Algernon and how they do mazes and operations together. It all seems weird at first but once you get it your mind will be blown. How can a person be bestfriends with a mouse? How can a mouse be friends with a human? None of it makes sense this is all so confusing.. Is it even possible for a mouse and a human to be friends? Why do they do everything together? “ I dint see how we could have the same amazed if Algernon had a box and I had a paper but I dint say nothing.” (Keyes 56) Algernon and Charlie done everything together they were such good friends. At first Charlie said “ I hate that mouse.” (Keyes 59) But he finally beat Algernon and they became such good friends. …show more content…
He was happy to have an operation like Algernon. The operation made him smarter it really did. But, I do not think he should've had the operation.. Charlie was getting so smart after the operation. He was starting to spell correctly and it was coming easy to him he even read the grammer book and understood it. “I read the grammer book last night and it explanes the whole thing.” (Keyes 65)Charlie didn’t need an operation to be
I Dr. Strauss, chose Charlie for the surgery, it got me a lot of grief from Dr.Nemur but I knew it was the right choice. Charlie is a man of low intellect but he is very cooperate, motivated, and not hostile. These traits are exceptionally rare in a man of 68 IQ. Another reason that Dr. Nemur and I chose Charlie was that he worked extremely hard in Miss Kinnians class. Working hard got him to be the best because he picked up spelling and writing faster than others in the class. Some other reasons I chose Charlie was because he did all the tests without much complaint. We almost lost Charlie when he tested against Algernon in the maze and didn't write the progress reports for 2 weeks. When the tests were to
Before Charlie had the operation preformed on him, he had friends at the bakery he worked at. They were not really his friends because they always made jokes about Charlie, but he was not smart enough to realize it. As he gets smarter he loses his friends because they think he is just trying to act smart.
Was Charlie better off without the operation? Through Flowers for Algernon, Daniel Keyes sends an crucial message to society that man should never tamper with human intelligence or else the outcome can be personally devastating. After Charlie's operation, he felt isolated and lonesome, change in personality made him edgy around people or (lack social skills), and suffered from traumas due to past memories.
He was able to see the world through the new eyes that he had gained from the operation learning new things about the world and being able to talk and interact with the people around him as a normal person. For a moment in time Charlie was normal ,and even after he had lost everything Charlie still learns in the end that even though he may have lost everything he was still happy to be able to finally fulfill his dream of being normal. In conclusion I still think Charlie should have undergone the operation for these reasons ,because in the end if he hadn’t he would have experience these many great things and finally fulfilled his lifelong dream of becoming smart and
“I recall your once saying to me that an experimental failure or the disproving of a theory was as important to the advancement of learning as a success would be” (Keyes 301). The reader now understands the experiment was not a success. Charlie also validates Algernon’s expected death when he says “Algernon died two days ago. Dissection shows my predictions were right. His brain had decreased in weight and there was a general smoothing out of cerebral convolutions as well as a deepening and broadening of brain fissures” (302). This confirms Algernon’s expected death by the “Algernon-Gordon
Algernon is a mouse. He's a special mouse, Charlie Gordon is told, and it must be true, because whenever Charlie and Algernon run a race (Algernon is in a real maze; Charlie has a pencil-and-paper version), Algernon wins. How did that mouse get to be so special, Charlie wonders? The answer is that Algernon's IQ has been tripled by an experimental surgical procedure.
For Charlie, Ignorance is bliss. He realizes that his so called ? friends? were just using him to entertain their perverse humor. Also, he was also fired from the job that he loved so much because his new intelligence made those around him feel inferior and scared.
He is then judged even harsher which is why you shouldn’t try to be someone that you’re not. You should stay true to yourself. In the story, it says “Their going to use me! I am so exited I can hardly write” (Keyes page 351). This implies that Charlie is anxious to undergo the surgery that will make him smart. Another part says “If you volenteer for this experament you mite get smart”. (Keyes page 351) This shows that the operation will make him more intelligent so he can fit in with everyone else. This proves that Charlie is trying to be someone he is not in order to fit
Charlie Gordon is the main character in Flowers for Algernon. Charlie is a mentally retarded, 33 year old adult. He desperately wants to be smart, especially after a very troubled childhood in a family who had a hard time adapting to his illness. Charlie has a great attitude about changing his life, and is willing to do whatever it takes to accomplish the task of becoming smart. Charlie partakes in a surgery to boost his intelligence that has only been tested on rats, specifically one named Algernon.
As Charlie becomes more intelligent, they take him more seriously, although Charlie realizes they aren’t true friends early on.
Charlie worked hard trying to discover how long his smartness would last. While studying Algernon, he noticed that he was becoming more jumpy and that he would attack Charlie sometimes. Charlie wondered whether this was because of the experiment. Algernon got worse and he refused to do the mazes and to work. After a few weeks Algernon died. Tests showed that Algernon’s brain had started to shrink, causing him to die.
Friendship in the novel Of Mice and Men change the characters actions, their relationships, and their mood throughout the book. The friendships in this are vital to the development of each character. The strong relationships seem to build a better life for the men. George and Lennie had the strongest relationship in the novel, which caused George’s decision to kill Lennie be a very difficult one to
Charlie’s mental ability is tested by racing a mouse, Algernon, in all kinds of tests, including the maze. “I hate that mouse. He always beats me” (59.) Charlie isn’t stating that he hates Algernon because he’s jealous, or that he even hates him at all. He doesn’t appreciate the fact that Algernon makes him bad about himself. Charlie in actuality takes in the truth of the situation, in which he is Algernon. Algernon is Charlie. The two are in a way alike, because they both see things as they are. This also creates the irony that Charlie first “hate...
...ve frends…"(Keyes 309). This shows that Charlie realizes that his friend like him for whom he is not for how smart he is. After all of this Charlie becomes a more complete person because he realizes that he is better off being mentally disabled rather than being very intelligence since he understands what he is turning into, he finally makes true love to Alice and gets his true friends.
If Charlie didn’t have the operation he would not be able to realize that Joe and Frank were making fun of him. Joe and Frank would just keep making fun of him and he would not be able to stick up for himself. Once in the story Charlie said,“It's a funny thing I never knew that Joe and Frank and the others liked to have me around all the time to make fun of me. Now I know what it means when they say "to pull a Charlie Gordon.” I'm ashamed” (page 524). Somebody who has been made fun of before should know that anybody would want to stick up for themselves. This shows that it was a blessing for Charlie to have this operation because now he can stick up for