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Have you ever had brain surgery before? Well a guy named Charlie Gordon has. Sadly some things go very bad in his life during the surgery effects that changes his and his friends life forever. In Daniel Keyes´ science fiction novel ¨Flower for Algernon¨ a 37 year old man is picked for an experiment The scientist that picked him thought that his I.Q. of 68, could be TRIPLED! Charlie Gordon is a little mentally disabled, but is picked for a surgery that will not only upgrade his intelligence 3x, but changed his life and the world around him. What do you the reader think? Yes or no to the surgery? I thought no too. The reasons why is that Charlie lost his job, became forgetful, and most of all, had thoughts of suicide. So back to that first reason,lost his job thing. …show more content…

After the Artification Intelligence surgery or (A.I.) effects wore off, Charlie became forgetful. Enough to forget what he just learned. In his words he said ¨ I´m forgetting that i just learned recently. It seems to be following the classic patterns- the last things learned are the first the first things forgotten.¨ (keyes, 241). Get ready for the saddest and most hurtful reason why charlie shouldn't of had the surgery is… Charlie had thoughts of suicide and A LOT of depression. The bad part about thing about it is no one would really care that he would die.Probably not even his mom. The good part about that sentence is that he doesn't die from suicide. Opponents may say that Charlie finally had a purpose in life. What´s supporting that is a boy in a restaurant that smashes dishes (also mentally disabled) and people that are laughing and teasing him. Charlie was laughing, until he realized that he was once one of those people. Then he made a big scene that got him abnormally angered. Then he left and as he left he realized that he´s a reason in life. If Charlie wouldn't of had the surgery he wouldn't of made a scene. That proves that Charlie shouldn't of had the

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In his final entry, a farewell letter to Miss Kinnian and Dr. Strauss he states “If you ever reed this Miss Kinnian dont be sorry for me Im glad I got a second chanse to be smart becaus I lerned a lot of things that I never even new were in this world and Im grateful that I saw it all for a little bit {sic},” (Keyes 28). Even with all the agony that came with his experiment, from both the rejection of his friends and from his depressing loss of the knowledge he gained, Charlie thinks it was still worth it. Instead of being bitter he returns to the optimistic person in the beginning who believed he could turn smart if he worked hard enough. Charlie wasn’t spiteful to the scientists who performed the surgery or hostile to Miss Kinnian who recommended him for the surgery because of his optimism. He always wanted to be smart and he got his wish.

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Charlie said “ This is Algernon, he the mouse they did the surgey to”. They still Didn’t tell him what the effects are if he was even gonna become smart. They used him as a lab guinea pig. They Didn’t tell him if the smart was gonna last or go away, they left him clueless and they did more tests on him. Trying to get him where they wanted him and, then when they figured out what was gonna happen to charlie they felt bad for doing the surgery on him.

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My reasons are that, he would have passed up his chance to finally pursue his dreams, he would have gone his whole life without knowing that the people he thought were his true friends are actually just using him for a good laugh and he would have never learned his true feelings about Ms. Kinnian without the operation. First of all, ever since Charlie was a kid, he has always wanted to fit in and be smart. If you were ever in his position, made fun of and unknowing, you would want to do anything to fit in and be smart. Well, he actually got the chance to do that, to be what he´s always wanted, smart. Yes there was a downside to it like becoming dumb again or realizing he has been getting made fun of

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