Մենք կատարեցինք, կիսամյակի ամփոփիչ՝ գօրծնական աշխատանք։ Որի լուսանկարները հրապարակում եմ՝ այստեղ․

 

Flowers for Algernon is a short story by American author Daniel Keyes, later expanded by him into a novel and subsequently adapted for film and other media. The short story, written in 1958 and first published in the April 1959.

Algernon is a laboratory mouse who has undergone surgery to increase his intelligence. The story is told by a series of progress reports written by Charlie Gordon, the first human subject for the surgery, and it touches on ethical and moral themes such as the treatment of the mentally disabled.

Charlie is a man with an IQ of 68 who works a menial job as a janitor and delivery person at Donnegan’s Plastic Box Company. He is selected to undergo an experimental surgical technique to increase his intelligence. The technique had already been tested on a number of animals; the great success was with Algernon, a laboratory mouse. The surgery on Charlie is also a success, and his IQ triples.

He realizes his co-workers at the factory, who he thought were his friends, only liked having him around so they could tease him. His new intelligence scares his co-workers, and they start a petition to have him fired, but when Charlie learns about the petition, he quits. As Charlie’s intelligence peaks, Algernon’s suddenly declines—he loses his increased intelligence and mental age, and dies afterward, buried in the back yard of Charlie’s home. Charlie realizes his intelligence increase is also temporary. He begins researching to find the flaw in the experiment, which he calls the “Algernon–Gordon Effect”. When he finishes his work, his intelligence regresses to its original state. Charlie is aware of, and pained by, what is happening to him as he loses his knowledge and his ability to read and write. He resumes his old job as a janitor at Donnegan’s Plastic Box Company and tries to go back to how things used to be, but he cannot stand the pity from his co-workers, his landlady, and Ms. Kinnian. Charlie states he plans to “go away” from New York. His last wish is for someone to put flowers on Algernon’s grave.

Human good and evil interact in this book, but good comes to evil with good. The emotional nature of the text sets it apart.

The author has chosen an unusual method of expressing the notes of the young man. When you read it, you’ll notice a number of mistakes, which you’ll assume are the consequence of carelessness, and you’ll even question how the book was published so carelessly. When you read them, you’ll notice that they’re not the consequence of carelessness, but rather of Charlie’s lack of knowledge of spelling and grammar.

The mentally retarded hero and his mockers swap positions over time.   In his posts, Charlie expresses surprise that these people would view themselves as knowledgeable and kind, and that they would never offend persons with physical disabilities, but instead humiliate mental illnesses cruelly. After all, the mentally ill are human beings as well. The author’s position is clear: it doesn’t matter what you do; how others react to your activity is a choice. Others decide your social standing. It is necessary for people to underline their advantages. It doesn’t matter how they take care of it; it’s always at the expense of the rest of society.

He might still develop without surgery, but in a more natural and slow way, it seemed to me. Charlie’s IQ was only raised as a result of the operation, which resulted in an overdeveloped memory. He was never brilliant because he remembered all that stuff rather than understanding it. In terms of moral principles, it is obvious that surgery would not be able to improve them. They talked to him a lot, he read a lot, and as a result of all of this, he learned a lot, but it doesn’t mean he was brilliant. I guess we all believe we have an opinion on at least one song or topic, but this does not mean that we are intelligent.

I didn’t truly find it enjoyable; I believe it was the author’s writing style that made it tough to read. However, I felt it contained educational elements to which society should pay close attention.

 

Ես՝ ունեմ եղբայր, որը հինգ տարեկան է, ես լավ եմ հասկանում սահմանը որտե՞ղ է վերջանում։ Երեխաներ կան տասներեք տարեկան են, բայց թվում են թե՝ քսան տարեկան են, թե իրենց տեսքով՝ և թե իրենց մտածելակերպով։
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