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Flowers for Algernon
In Daniel Keyes’s book Flowers for Algernon, Charlie Gordon undergoes a risky surgical procedure in order to boost his intelligence to average—and then to above-average—levels. Charlie has...
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Flowers for Algernon
As Charlie Gordon begins to show signs of outstanding improvement in terms of his intelligence, an unexpected and ironic side effect begins to show itself: he is finally able to contextualize all...
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Flowers for Algernon
Charlie Gordon, a developmentally challenged young man, is the protagonist of Daniel Keyes’s "Flowers for Algernon." Charlie undergoes a risky surgical procedure to boost his intelligence and is...
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Flowers for Algernon
Charlie is listening to Burt deliver his paper to a scientific convention in Chicago. Charlie's already less than impressed with those around him on account of his rapidly developing brain power....
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Flowers for Algernon
When Miss Kinnian and Charlie have dinner on April 28, his intelligence is growing by leaps and bounds, but it has not yet reached its peak. He has, however, transitioned from treating Miss Kinnian...
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Flowers for Algernon
In Daniel Keyes' novel Flowers for Algernon, the main character has an experimental operation to increase his intelligence. After the surgery radically improves Charlie's intelligence, his outlook...
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Flowers for Algernon
In Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, Charlie Gordon is a developmentally challenged young man who undergoes a risky surgical procedure in order to boost his intelligence. Charlie has had a sad...
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Flowers for Algernon
The protagonist of Daniel Keyes’s novel Flowers for Algernon is Charlie Gordon, a mentally and developmentally challenged young man who agrees to undergo a risky surgical procedure that might...
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Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon tells the story of Charlie Gordon, a young man with a low IQ who has struggled since childhood with his lack of intelligence. Moreover, his mental retardation was the source of...
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Flowers for Algernon
The central irony of Flowers for Algernon is the fact that if Charlie Gordon had never had his intelligence increased threefold, he would have never been able to contextualize the horrific abuse...
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Flowers for Algernon
In Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, a 32-year-old man named Charley who has an IQ of 68 is offered an opportunity to participate in a scientific experiment to increase his intelligence. This...
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Flowers for Algernon
In Progress Report 16, Charlie finally experiences a breakthrough and completes his research on the "Algernon-Gordon Effect," which reveals that the effects of Nemur's surgery will deteriorate over...
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Flowers for Algernon
At first, it seems as if Charlie is better off as a result of the surgery. His intelligence increases rapidly until he is functioning at the level of a genius. He is able to enter into an adult...
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Flowers for Algernon
Charlie Gordon is an intellectually disabled man attending the Beekman Center for Retarded Adults where he learns to read and write. Despite his significantly low intelligence, Charlie has an...
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Flowers for Algernon
Algernon is the white lab mouse that undergoes experimental brain surgery that dramatically improves intelligence. Before the surgery, Algernon is a typical mouse with regular intelligence....
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Flowers for Algernon
Before Charlie Gordon receives the experimental brain surgery, Burt gives him the inkblot test and encourages him to explain the images he sees in each of them. Charlie completely misinterprets the...
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Flowers for Algernon
I suggest beginning with two texts that students should be able to comprehend easily and which have some commonalities. Children's literature is often great for mini-lessons with a focus like this...
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Flowers for Algernon
Charlie's invasive brain operation has obvious medical risks that could severely disable him for the remainder of his life or even kill him. Charlie also risks losing his memory, or a necessary...
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Flowers for Algernon
In the short story "Flowers for Algernon," Charlie Gordon, like the mouse Algernon, receives an operation to improve his intelligence. They are both the first of their kinds to go through this...
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Flowers for Algernon
In Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, a thirty-two-year-old man named Charlie Gordon, who has an IQ of 68, participates in experimental surgery to drastically increase his intelligence. The...
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Flowers for Algernon
One character trait I see in Charlie during this entry is ambition. He opens the diary text by writing, "I beat Algernon!" He is proud of his accomplishment and wants to progress more. He mentions...
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Flowers for Algernon
Since it is only a page, you would want to pick out the biggest plot points on the timeline from Charlie's journals. I would suggest focusing on something similar to the following: Charlie...
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Flowers for Algernon
Charlie quits at Donnegan's Plastic Box Company after 840 people sign a petition asking that he be fired. The only one who doesn't sign it is Fanny Girden. When Charlie asks her about it, he finds...
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Flowers for Algernon
In Progress Report 8, Charlie Gordon continues to lose to Algernon in maze races and does not understand that his coworkers are continually mocking him. However, Charlie continues writing his...
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Flowers for Algernon
Charlie is actually forced out of his job after nearly all of his coworkers sign a petition to have him fired. The reason for this is that the people he works with are no longer comfortable around...
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Flowers for Algernon
Charlie struggles so much with a need to be accepted and to be "normal". He spent his childhood being abused by his mother because he was different and she couldn't face it. As an...
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Flowers for Algernon
Charlie visits the Warren state home for the first time toward the end of the novel, out of curiosity. He wants to see what the facility looks like and how the residents are treated. He meets the...
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Flowers for Algernon
As a thirty-two-year old intellectually disabled man with an IQ of 68, Charlie Gordon has agreed to undergo experimental neurosurgery which will dramatically improve his intelligence. In order for...
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Flowers for Algernon
I don't think that Charlie's experience improved the lives of others. Dr. Nemur and Dr. Strauss—especially Dr. Nemur, who was getting older—rushed into the experiment too quickly. They took...
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Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon is a young adult science-fiction novel written by American author Daniel Keyes. The novel is made up of a series of progress reports written by protagonist Charlie Gordon, age...
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Flowers for Algernon
One detail can be found in the opening paragraph. Charlie mentions how Dr. Strauss is angry at him for not having written a progress report in two weeks. Charlie understands why the doctor's mad at...
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Flowers for Algernon
Charlie goes from having a very low IQ to a very high IQ. He then reverts to his low IQ. Charlie, not knowing what he is getting into, agrees to an operation that might make him more intelligent....
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Flowers for Algernon
After reading Flowers for Algernon, I see the terrible human impact of “personality engineering.” I see that Charlie suffered incredible emotional trauma after being manipulated by personality...
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Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon is about a developmentally disabled man named Charlie Gordon who undergoes a surgical procedure to increase his conventional intelligence. A mouse named Algernon has already...
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Flowers for Algernon
At the beginning of Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, Charlie Gordon is a 32-year-old man with a very low IQ. He has a simple menial job and attends Beekman College Center for Retarded Adults...
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Flowers for Algernon
The first test Charlie took was a Rorschach Test - Charlie refers to it as a "raw shok test" - a psychological test in which the subject is shown an inkblot and asked what he or she sees in it. The...
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Flowers for Algernon
The "Algernon-Gordon Effect" is the discovery that Charlie makes regarding the fact that his intelligence gain was only temporary. It is the name of a report that he writes for the Welberg...
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Flowers for Algernon
Dr. Strauss and Professor Nemur never say outright why they don't attempt the surgery on someone with an average intelligence, but there are a few things we can consider. For one, the doctors may...
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Flowers for Algernon
In the novel "Flowers For Algernon," Charlie Gordon is a science experiment. Algernon is a mouse that is involved with Charlie as another part of the same experiment. Charlie has an IQ of 68 and...
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Flowers for Algernon
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...
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Flowers for Algernon
In Daniel Keyes' story Flowers for Algernon, a man named Charlie Gordon has experimental surgery to try to become smarter. Charlie is developmentally delayed and has a low IQ, but he is happy with...
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Flowers for Algernon
Rose Gordon finally stops trying to "make Charlie smart" when she gives birth to Charlie's little sister, Norma. Before she has Norma, Rose refuses to see that Charlie is mentally handicapped and...
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Flowers for Algernon
In Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, Miss Kinnian does much to help Charlie. She is his teacher at a school for adults with learning disabilities, and she sees his potential. Though he has a...
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Flowers for Algernon
In answering this question, it is important to note that "Flowers for Algernon" started as a short story and was later turned into a novel. naturally, the subsequent novel had more complex...
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Flowers for Algernon
As the story begins, Charlie is a mildly mentally impaired adult working as a janitor in a factory. He realizes that he is "dumb" and attends night school classes to try to learn to read and write....
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Flowers for Algernon
One of the first things that is missing from the film is Charlie's written narration. This was one of the most interesting things in the novel because we could literally see his transformation...
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Flowers for Algernon
The most striking aspect of Flowers for Algernon is the astonishing character development that Charlie undergoes throughout the book. In many areas, his development is not only continuing, but...
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Flowers for Algernon
In "Flowers for Algernon," Charlie Gordon is a man with an IQ of 68. He is considered mentally retarded and is taking part in an experimental surgery to gain intelligence. The statement "The more...
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Flowers for Algernon
In the novel Flowers for Algernon, Charlie undergoes a procedure to increase his intelligence. Prior to this experiment, many people around him, such as his coworkers and the doctors, either make...
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Flowers for Algernon
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...
