An Experimental Autism Treatment Cost Me My Marriage Summary

The ability to have knowledge or intelligence can be seen as a power or a curse. However I believe that it can be a curse in life, because it allows people to understand other people’s feelings as well as be conflicted with themselves. Ignorance is truly bliss, even though some might oppose this ideal, ignorance simply outweighs knowledge, with its bountiful benefits. Knowledge allows people to get a better understanding of others and how they feel. In the article “An Experimental Autism Treatment Cost Me My Marriage” by John Elder Robison is a perfect example of being able to read other people with knowledge. This article talks about a man, John, who was given certain treatments that doctors wondered if it could help with autism. Ultimately it did help John and he went on to become more intelligent. However, it cost him his marriage. His wife, a very depressed person and the reason she was with John is because they both had their own issues. It was him being able to understand her emotions that creating conflict leading to his wife divorcing him. “My heart hurt, and I felt unspeakably sad. Later, people at

Emotions are very complex and understanding it is an even more complex idea. In “Flowers for Algernon” we see the main character, Charlie Gordon, a 32-year-old autistic male struggle with coping with his emotions and his newfound understanding and intelligence due to having a surgery that increased his intelligence and “cured” his autism. He is able to understand what happened in his past as well as people’s intentions. He begins to feel conflicted within himself, doubting his ability to make friends and how he was able to be used. “ ‘Now I what they mean what they say “to pull a Charlie Gordon.’ I am ashamed.” This quote is Charlie being able to distinguish how others felt and now he does not know who to feel. This leads him to regret the experiment at certain