Flowers for Algernon

Charlie's treatment indicates the way scientific "advancements" often take advantage of society's most vulnerable members. The scientists convinced Charlie to take part in the surgery without truly...

Charlie's view of himself changes in the novel Flowers for Algernon as his IQ increases. His view of himself changes again in the latter part of the story as he returns to his prior IQ level....

The operation on Charlie resulted in rapid development of his intellect. It took a while before Charlie started to recognize the results of the operation. However, he made progress and got smarter....

Charlie is upset about the incident with the dishwasher because the people are laughing at the boy because he is retarded. Charlie was once like the young dishwasher, and he is upset not only...

It is suggested that Charlie dies at the end of the short story "Flowers for Algernon" (as well as the novel of the same novel), as he is following the same process as Algernon, the mouse. Algernon...

When Charlie is mentally handicapped, he calls Frank and Joe his best friends. He doesn't realize that when they laugh, they are laughing at him, not with him. He doesn't understand that they are...

In Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, the relationship between Miss Kinnian and Charlie begins to change. Miss Kinnian had been Charlie's teacher at a school for the mentally disabled, but as he...

After the operation, as he gains intelligence, Charlie's attitudes become much less naive and childlike. When the story opens, he wants nothing more than to please the people in his life, whom he...

The short story "Flowers for Algernon" is told from the point of view of a 37-year-old man named Charlie, who has an IQ of 68. Because of his low intelligence, Charlie has a very innocent and...

The difference between Charlie at the beginning and the ending of the story Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes lies in his degree of contentment. The story tells of a man of low IQ who is...

One theme of "Flowers for Algernon" is the cruelty in taking advantage of the mentally challenged. Before the surgery, Charlie is a happy man, and he believes that he has friends. Frank Reilly and...

On May 15, Charlie does not actually mention Dr. Nemur and Dr. Strauss specifically, but her does talk about other professors at the university, and it might be inferred that, if he thought about...

In Flowers for Algernon, Miss Kinnian is Charlie's teacher at the school that he attends. She is also the person who recommended Charlie for the experimental surgery that will hopefully make his...

In Flowers for Algernon, a novel by Daniel Keyes, Charlie Gordon is a mentally challenged man who undergoes a scientific experiment to make him more intelligent. Prior to the operation, he works at...

As Charlie becomes smarter and smarter in "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes, he learns to do things he could not do before. His intelligence quickly surpasses the men he works with and...

At the end of the story Charlie feels better, and although he reverts back to his initial state, he knows that he made an important contribution to science. He is also glad that he got to...

Charlie's surgery has the positive effect of making him highly intelligent. His intellectual life explodes. He is able to learn a number of foreign languages, become advanced in mathematics, and...

When Charlie takes the inkblot test, he is sure that he failed it. The inkblot/Rorschach test is supposed to allow people to project their innermost emotions onto the inkblot shapes on the cards...

Before the operation, Charlie was more a victim to his family than in any sort of "relationship." He was more of someone who had to be dealt with versus someone who could hold conversations and...

In "progris riport 5-Mar 6," Charlie writes that he has an "eye-q" or I.Q. of 68 (page 9). At this point, Dr. Nemur is worried that Charlie will get sick from having an I.Q. that climbs too high...

Dr. Harold Nemur is a psychologist who comes up with the idea of Charlie's brain surgery to increase his intelligence, while Dr. Jayson Strauss is a neurosurgeon and psychiatrist who carries out...

If you think Charlie deserves a shot at living a full life, then the answer to this question is, in my opinion, yes; Charlie made the right choice in having the operation. At the beginning of the...

In Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes, the story is told from the perspective of Charlie, a developmentally disabled thirty-seven-year-old man whose greatest desire is to be smart. From his...

As Charlie gains intelligence, it suddenly dawns on him at the work party that his friends Frank and Joe invite him out to events so that they can make fun of him and laugh at him, not because they...

In this very sad story, the mentally handicapped Charlie Gordon undergoes an operation that makes him highly intelligent. He bonds with a mouse named Algernon, whose seemingly successful operation...

Charlie is unable to get some of the words during the argument between Dr. Strauss and Dr. Nemur. In the argument, Dr. Nemur is not convinced that Charlie is the best choice for the experiment, and...

Charlie Gordon experiences an enormous emotional change during the course of the story "Flowers for Algernon." While his intellectual development is clearly documented--Charlie's vocabulary...

Charlie likes Algernon from the start but at first feels bad when the mouse beats him at the maze games they are both asked to play. He wonders why the mouse is so smart and speculates it might be...

On March 4th, when Charlie took the Rorschach Test, he was supposed to view the images of the inkblots and freely imagine what he saw in them. But Charlie only saw the inkblots for what they were:...

At a psychological conference in Chicago, Charlie becomes upset. First, having become more intelligent that either of the doctors who engineered his heightened intelligence, he realizes their data...

The "Algernon-Gordon Effect", in Charlie's words, is "the logical extension of the entire intelligence speed-up", which can be described in the following terms: "Artificially-induced intelligence...

In the novel Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, a 32-year-old man named Charlie, who has an IQ of 68, undergoes a surgical operation to improve his mental performance. The attitude he has...

Charlie’s job loss is directly related to his increased intelligence after the surgery. On the surface, Charlie’s increased intelligence made him a better worker. He took on new responsibilities,...

In both Charlie and Algernon the same process has been carried out in which intelligence is artificially increased, though the result is not permanent. Charlie experiences life as a brilliant man,...

The first test that Charlie takes is a Rorschach Test. This is a psychological test where the subject is shown an ink-blot on a piece of paper and asked to describe what they see. When Charlie does...

Before Charlie Gordon has surgery to dramatically improve his intelligence, he is depicted as a simple-minded, friendly individual who is harmless and outgoing. As a mentally disabled man, Charlie...

Frank and Joe's actions were not a sign of true friendship.I think readers should be suspicious of Frank and Joe because of their previous inhumane behavior towards Charlie. Before his surgery,...

After his operation, Charlie becomes much more intelligent. We see his vocabulary change and his spelling improve. However, he also becomes much less gullible. He realizes, as he did not before,...

"Flowers for Algernon" tells the story of a simple man with a low IQ named Charlie Gordon who receives the opportunity to undergo an operation to increase his intelligence. When he is offered the...

Charlie, a mentally handicapped human, and Algernon, a mouse, are both "lab rats" used for an experiment. They are forced to compete with each to solve mazes meant to test their intelligence....

First of all, Charlie is the ideal candidate for the experiment because he's ambitious and wants to get on in life. Unfortunately for him, he lacks the intelligence to improve his lot, and so...

In "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes, Charlie is given a Thematic Apperception Test in which the test proctor shows Charlie pictures and asks him to tell her a story about each one. Charlie...

Charlie's diary entry on March 6th suggests that he doesn't fully understand that the surgery's effects could be temporary. In that entry, notice how Charlie writes down much of the conversation...

In "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes, Algernon is very important because Charlie follows in his footsteps. The intelligence experiments Dr. Nemur and Dr. Strauss are performing on Charlie were...

The "Algernon-Gordon effect" is a term used by Charlie in his most advanced state of intelligence. The term refers to the mouse Algernon and himself who were used as guinea pigs in an experiment...

Charlie's main internal conflict comes from his relationship to the idea of intelligence and the value he ties up with it. This conflict develops over the course of the story as he experiences life...

*I just had this thought--If you are reading this in high school, you may be reading an abridged version of the story from your literature book-- in which case, you may not have the scene with Dr....

Charlie is a thirty-two-year-old intellectually disabled adult with an IQ of sixty-eight who works at Donner's Bakery and attends Beekman College Center for Retarded Adults before undergoing...

Charlie's operation is experimental, and in order for the doctors to be sure they have the best possible subject for the experiment, they must find out all they can about their candidates, and...

In Daniel Keyes' story "Flowers for Algernon," Charlie and Miss Kinnian start out as student and teacher. Charlie looks at Miss Kinnian as an older woman who is smart and who can teach him how to...