Flowers for algernon
"The fruit of that tree was forbidden to man...it [isn't] too late to get out...It was evil when Adam and Eve ate from the tree of knowledge. It was evil when they saw they [were] naked, and learned about lust and shame. And they [were] driven out of Paradise and the gates [were] closed to them. If not for that none of us would have to grow old and be sick and die"(75)Medical Science has performed many magnificent operations humans and animals. However, the question that plagues some people's minds is: Should there be a limit to what medical science can do for humans?This point is often discussed through out the novel Flowers for Algernon. One of the main ideas that author tries to make the reader aware of the thoughts that goes through the mind of a human experiment. In this novel, the protagonist, Charlie Gordon is 32-years old and mentally retarded. He receives an operation that gives him the ability to be intelligent. The book tells the story of his emotional and psychological struggle
It is unethical to use humans and animals as if they were useless garbage. Medical science cannot and should not change everyone's life. The operation caused them to feel pain that they could not handle. Charlie's mind often has trouble letting go of his past. It caused him a gargantuan amount of emotional conflicts and stress. It leads to pain that will eventually scar his mind, even after he loses his intelligence at the end. We should let humans live the way they were born. Algernon was not treated as an intellectual and that upset Charlie because he knew what that felt like.
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Charlie Algernon,
People Charlie's,
Charlie Gordon,
Surgeries Charlie's,
Adam Eve,
Medical Science,
Flowers Algernon,
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medical science,
life people,
humans animals,
knowledge world,
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