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Charlie Gordon (Charlie was determined to become smart after the operation…
Charlie Gordon
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It helps the reader understand his character by reading his progress reports. The reader understands his situation, and is aware of how he behaves, how he thinks and how he feels. :
A protagonist is the main character of a story, which in this story, Charlie is the protagonist of the story and author of all the progress reports. In Flowers for Algernon, Charlie Gordon is transformed by a surgery that allows him to become intelligent.
Charlie is a 32- year old man with a low I.Q.
He has struggled his entire life toward the goal of being smart. Charlie is often referred to as "retarded" for having this condition. Charlie treats his coworkers with respect, and he is kind to them and the people around him. Charlie is an honest person, as the narrator says.
Throughout the story Charlie changes a lot, at the beginning before his operation he was not smart and people took advantage of him and he was scared of the operation after his operation he became smarter and he realized everything around him and how people used to treat him.
Dynamic Character
His central external conflict is him vs. society. This is his central external conflict because, at first, he is excluding from being “normal,” and people make fun of him. He is excited about the operation that he will finally have the chance to be like the rest of his friends. When he does become intelligent, he is again excluded from being “normal” because he is too smart, and his friends eventually try to get him fired.
First, he has a low I.Q level which causes him to want to be become smarter, but when he does become smarter, he loses all of his friends. This shows Charlie is still learning and is having some struggle with coming to terms with his intelligence.
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"We had a lot of fun at the factory today. Joe Carp said hey look where Charlie had his operashun what did they do Charlie put some brains in." "That made me laff. Their really my friends and they like me."
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"My name is Charlie Gordon I werk in Donners Bakery where Mr Donner gives me 11 dollers..... I am 32 yeres old and next munth is my brithday"
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