Milena Barbosa's Key Ideas from Flowers for Algernon
by Daniel Keyes
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Flowers for Algernon tells the story of Charlie, he has 68 IQ and will undergo surgery that will gradually turn him into a genius.
As the plot unfolds, we will get to know the character's past and his discoveries before the world with a new way of processing the information that the brain with a higher IQ receives
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Ethics in research and science
The book makes us question about life issues such as loneliness, empathy, and humanity. The initial suffering of people with intellectual disabilities being considered as humorous toys by others of the same species, says a lot about how we humans deal with the perception of inferiority we have of the other.
To what extent is research that plans to change human characteristics acceptable? Is human testing acceptable?
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Respect and quality of life
In the end we are all humans with life perspective, feelings, and thoughts. Certain characteristics do not define us as better or worse than someone else. Here is my reflection on how the book moved me in relation to humanitarian tact and how we see life and other people.
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Psychology student. I like philosophy and things that try to explain the human behavior
CURATOR'S NOTE
An amazing book and from the beginning you are impressed when you go blindly reading the story without any kind of information about it. I recommend it to people who like psychology.
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