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Flowers For Algernon Mentally Challenged
437 wordsFlowers for Algernon by Daniel Keys Daniel Keys had always been curious to what would happen if human intelligence could be artificially increased. The thought was encouraged when a young mentally challenged boy approached Keys in wonder if he would ever be smart enough to join the regular class. This thought stayed with Daniel Keys for awhile and eventually inspired to write Flowers for Algernon. A short story about a man named Charlie Gordon, who like this boy was also in search of acceptance ...
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Flowers For Algernon Mentally Retarded
415 wordsFlowers for Algernon is a science-fiction novel written by Daniel Keyes. Keyes was born August 9, 1927 in Brooklyn, New York. The book was first published in 1966. Flowers for Algernon is about Charlie Gordon, a mentally retarded adult who has his intelligence increased by experimental surgery. Through the progress reports he is assigned to write, the scientists could monitor the surgery's outcome. His IQ is taken from a mere 68 to a brilliant 185. He understands that being smart does not make h...
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Flowers For Algernon Painful Memories
1,051 wordsMany popular novels are often converted into television movies. The brilliant fiction novel, Flowers for Algernon written by Daniel Keyes, was developed into a dramatic television film. Flowers for Algernon is about a mentally retarded man who is given the opportunity to become intelligent through the advancements of medical science. This emotionally touching novel was adapted to television so it could appeal to a wider, more general audience. Although the novel and film are similar in terms of ...
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Charlie Gordon Miss Kinnian
396 wordsHave you ever wanted something, no matter what the consequences were? Charlie Gordon did; he wanted to be smart. Charlie is a character from the story Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. It's a story of a mentally challenged 37 -year-old man with an I. Q. of 68. He is experimented on and becomes even smarter than the scientist themselves. He has no family but many friends and many so called friends. As the story progresses and Charlie becomes smarter he begins to realize who are his friends an...
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Flowers For Algernon Love And Friendship
994 wordsFlowers for Algernon is a story about a failed scientific experiment. However, the radio play also deals with other issues such as love and friendship, medical ethics, tampering with human intelligence and the consequences, and conflict of interest. On one level Flowers for Algernon is about a scientific experiment that goes wrong. Charlie Gordon is a thirty seven year old man, who has an IQ of sixty-eight. Charlie wants, more than anything, "to be smart. " Charlie agrees to take part in an expe...
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Mentally Retarded Person Charlie Gordon
785 wordsMain Characters 1. Charlie Gordon He is a thirty two-year-old, mentally retarded adult, who is living and working in New York. His life changes dramatically when he undergoes an experiment operation tom improve his intelligence. Charlie is the protagonist as well as the narrator of the story. 2. Rose Gordon Charlie's mother who appears mainly in Charlie's flashes of memory that he has about his disturbed childhood. She initially denies he retarded state and drives him to overcome it. She rejects...
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Flowers For Algernon Mentally Challenged
891 wordsThe story " Flowers for Algernon" , by Daniel Keyes, that we read in English was about a mentally retarded person, named Charlie who had an operation to increase his intelligence, but the operation was a failure and Charlie is slow again. He wants to move now so society won? t ridicule him for being slow again. Daniel Keyes wrote this short story for good reasons. Daniel Keyes wrote " Flowers for Algernon" to show people from an outside look on how we treat mentally challenge...
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Falls In Love Miss Kinnian
1,948 wordsTest and Key 1. Where is this story set? Future, in western Europe or North America 2. How old are Charlie and Miss Kinnian? 37, and 34. 3. What was the first test Charlie did, and what was it for/ What did Charlie call it? A Rorschach test, which asks the patient to say what he / she thinks of inkblots on cards. This test is to determine if Charlie is intelligent or truly retarded. Charlie called it a raw show test. 4. How did Charlie do on the test, and why is it important? He sees no inkblots...
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Mentally Retarded Person Charlie Gordon
1,791 wordsOne experiment was done on a mentally retarded person to try to raise his intelligence. The experiment worked, but after months, he came back to the state he orginally was at. In the book, Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes, this intelligence operation was done, and the patient was Charlie Gordon. After the operation, Charlie was very bright, but experienced loneliness, and physiological distress. Charlie was emotional upset because of his flashbacks from childhood, and because his intelligen...
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Long Term Effects Reading And Writing
1,129 wordsFlowers for Algernon introduces the reader to Charlie Gordon, a thirty-to year old boy, who will ultimately face the hardest realization ever imagined in his life. Professor Nemur and Doctor Strauss become pivotal characters to Charlie s experiment. Alice Kinnian s relationship with Charlie at first seems simple, but as Charlie becomes smarter, he suddenly realizes a desire for her other than a teacher. Donner s Bakery sets the stage for most of Charlie s adult life as a primary meeting place of...
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Falls In Love Miss Kinnian
1,939 wordsFlowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. Test and Key 1. Where is this story set? Future, in western Europe or North America 2. How old are Charlie and Miss Kinnian? 37, and 34. 3. What was the first test Charlie did, and what was it for/ What did Charlie call it? A Rorschach test, which asks the patient to say what he / she thinks of inkblots on cards. This test is to determine if Charlie is intelligent or truly retarded. Charlie called it a raw show test. 4. How did Charlie do on the test, and wh...
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Flowers For Algernon Charlie Gordon
752 wordsWhy is Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes a perfect story to begin a writing improvement program? A reason may be that it shows what a difference mechanics, vocabulary, and just being clear in writing can effect the way a person is treated. I dont remember how the party was over but I think I went out to buy a newspaper and coffe for Joe and Frank and when I came back there was no one their. The main character Charlie Gordon is treated badly because he is mentally retarded but as he becomes sm...
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Charlie Gordon Im Gonna
617 wordsHurting Charlie When was the last time you wanted something so much, you would sacrifice your life to have it; even if just for a moment? Charlie Gordon, a 37 year old man with a learning disability, did just that. In the story Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes, Charlie gets a chance to alter his I. Q. substantially through operation. The only drawback to this is, the long-term outcomes of the operation are unknown. The operation does succeed, but later Charlie is sent on a riveting downward...
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