Dear Readers of My Blog,
I am fully supportive of Charlie Gordon’s decision to go for the operation. Why do I say so?
Firstly, it was his wish to want to become smart and not stay dumb. He was willing to bear any pain to achieve this. I believe that everyone should do what he/she wants as long as it is not against the law. There is nothing wrong for Charlie to want to become intelligent and acquire knowledge, even if the result is temporary.
Before the operation, his factory-mates made fun of him but Charlie did not know and still thought that they were his friends. It was only after the operation that Charlie realised they were laughing at him and were not his friends. In life, we have many friends but how many can we truly call “friends”? Charlie was fortunate to be able to finally know who his true friends were: Fanny and Miss Kinnian.
Some people may argue that after the operation, he lost all his friends but are they really his friends? It seems to me that they befriended him with a condition tagged: when he is dumb and they can make fun of him and make use of his kindness to their advantage.
After the operation, he did not slack but used his newly-found intelligence to help increase humans’ intelligence. Knowing that his intelligence was deteriorating rapidly, he worked extremely hard to complete his study for the benefit of the community. Without this operation, he would not be able to complete this study.
After he became his old self, he remained very much motivated to work very hard to relive the feeling of being intelligent.
Thus, I strongly feel that he made the right choice.
What do you think?
See you soon :)
Nathan
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
"Flowers for Algernon": Character Analysis of Charlie Gordon
Dear readers of my blog,
The literature text I am referring to is "Flowers for Algernon".
After reading this novella, I realised that Charlie Gordon, though not bright, has many qualities that are worth emulating. How many of us are willing to endure pain and hardship in order to achieve our goals in our lives? How many of us, after attaining our goals, are willing to share the fruits of our labour with others? Well, Charlie Gordon did all of this!
An honest and diligent man who would not make up lies about others, he worked very hard to read and write better than the rest of his classmates. Charlie was also an independent person as he found the night school by making enquiries on his own.
Not an aimless soul, he had a goal in life to be intelligent like everyone else and worked hard to achieve this goal.
The superstitious Charlie brought his rabbit’s foot and his lucky penny everywhere he goes.
He was very kind to his friends, often helping them run errands. His love for animals is evident in his care for Algernon.
Charlie is willing to share his new-found knowledge with others. As his intelligence level deteriorated rapidly, he did not become despondent but instead, he worked even harder to complete his research, enabling the society to benefit from it.
I strongly recommend everyone to read this superbly-written story by Daniel Keyes.
Bye :)
Nathan
The literature text I am referring to is "Flowers for Algernon".
After reading this novella, I realised that Charlie Gordon, though not bright, has many qualities that are worth emulating. How many of us are willing to endure pain and hardship in order to achieve our goals in our lives? How many of us, after attaining our goals, are willing to share the fruits of our labour with others? Well, Charlie Gordon did all of this!
An honest and diligent man who would not make up lies about others, he worked very hard to read and write better than the rest of his classmates. Charlie was also an independent person as he found the night school by making enquiries on his own.
Not an aimless soul, he had a goal in life to be intelligent like everyone else and worked hard to achieve this goal.
The superstitious Charlie brought his rabbit’s foot and his lucky penny everywhere he goes.
He was very kind to his friends, often helping them run errands. His love for animals is evident in his care for Algernon.
Charlie is willing to share his new-found knowledge with others. As his intelligence level deteriorated rapidly, he did not become despondent but instead, he worked even harder to complete his research, enabling the society to benefit from it.
I strongly recommend everyone to read this superbly-written story by Daniel Keyes.
Bye :)
Nathan
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